By Dan Lentz 1. Name something you wanted for a long time but never received. 2. Name something you wanted for a long time and received. 3. What was each experience like? Read John 11:17-27, 41-44. 4. From these verses, list some things each of the following individuals wanted: Martha […]
By Sam E. Stone Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the “synoptic Gospels.” These three accounts of Jesus’ life follow a similar outline and record many of the same events. The Gospel of John, written some years later, supplements our knowledge of Christ’s ministry in a wonderful way. While John recounts many of the […]
By David Faust Psalm 107 Quick—where do the folow-ing words appear in the Bible? “He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the seawere hushed.” If you’re like me, you immediately think of the four Gospels, which tell the well-known story about how Jesus calmed a storm at sea. Surprisingly, however, those words […]
By Ben Cachiaras In the 1983 film A Christmas Story, a precocious boy named Ralphie is haunted on his daily trek from school by a big, mean bully named Scott Farcus. He lurks in alleyways, terrorizing the younger members of the neighborhood by taunting, chasing, and worst of all, twisting their arms behind their […]
Public Divided Over Birth Control Insurance Mandate A national survey found that, of the Americans who are aware of the controversy over a proposed federal rule requiring employers to provide coverage for birth control as part of their health care plans, 48 percent of them supported an exemption while 44 percent said religiously-affiliated institutions should […]
