By Laura McKillip Wood Eugene Peterson calls a life of discipleship “a long obedience in the same direction.” If anyone embodies this quote, Dr. Mark Huddleston and his wife, Martha, do. Called into ministry at a young age, they served first in the mountains of East Tennessee. During this time, Mark also continued his education, […]
By Dr. Mark Scott The book of Judges is one of the darker books of the Bible. It covers a time frame from 1370 to 1040 BC. God called several leaders to help Israel during those dark days, but none of them achieved the status that Joshua or Samuel enjoyed (the leaders who bookend this […]
By Lindsey Bell Pornography Declared a Public Health Crisis In 2016 Utah became the first state to claim that pornography was a public health crisis. This year Virginia and South Dakota have done the same. South Dakota’s resolution states that children are being exposed “at an alarming rate” and also claims that pornography is leading […]
By Jamie Shafer Ecclesiastes 3 tells us there is a season for everything. Life is a series of beginnings and endings. Sometimes our new beginnings require something else to end—even something we hold dear. For Beau Vanderbur, former pastor of Sycamore Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his wife, Sheila, the journey of the past […]
By Dr. Mark Scott God’s love is pervasive (expanding, spreading, and permeating). Jonah’s love was narrow, miserly, and shrunken. The angry prophet desperately needed to get on the same page with the Lord when it came to his wide embrace of all people. That is the story of Jonah 4. Last week’s lesson dealt with […]
