By Victor Knowles Hazel Miner, 15, was an 8th-grade student in a one-room school at Center, North Dakota. On March 15, 1920, the teacher dismissed school early because of a sudden spring blizzard. Hazel, her 10-year-old brother Emmet, and her 8-year-old sister Myrdith headed for home in a buggy. But the buggy overturned and […]
By Javan Rowe Most of us fluctuate between highs and lows in life, with countless intricate layers in between. One minute our children bring us joy; the next we respond to them in anger and frustration. Our kids may know our love for them is unchanging, regardless of their behavior, but can we say […]
By Cheri Lynn Cowell If a billboard that read “School of Love” were erected on your church’s lawn, what changes would need to be made to fulfill this mission? Does the community surrounding your church identify it as the place where one learns how to really love? First Corinthians 13 is known as the […]
By Simon Presland I have read through the short epistle of 2 John many times over the years. After my most recent reading I came to a conclusion: I would love to have a mentor like the apostle John! When I read his writings, I often picture a kind elderly man garbed in a […]
By David Timms Of all the New Testament documents—27 total—John’s third letter is the shortest. Comprising 219 words in the original Greek, it fills just one page. It doesn’t mention Christ, faith, salvation, sin, or the second coming. It’s not a sermon, nor a doctrinal defense against heresy. It contains no intricate theology. Instead, […]
