by admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog, Yet Speaking
I. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He, whose word cannot be broken, Form’d thee for his own abode: On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes....
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
The past several weeks of unjargoned have covered a selection of the “jargon” used by biblical scholars. While we will certainly come back to this in a later series, we have reached the end of this segment—which means that next week it is time for our quiz! If you...
by admin | Oct 25, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Your problem is bigger than you think. Now I must confess, since have no way of knowing who might be reading this, I don’t know what your problem might be. It could be as minor as a hangnail or as devastating as cancer, as temporary as (most) power outages or as...
by admin | Oct 24, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
All human communities live out of some story that provides a context for understanding the meaning of history and gives shape and direction to their lives. If we allow the Bible to become fragmented, it is in danger of being absorbed into whatever other story is...
by admin | Oct 22, 2016 | Blog, Book of the Month
Chapter Nine—Refreshment at God’s River Christian and Hopeful’s reflections on the monument to Lot’s wife are a model of how to respond to those that have fallen to destruction. The failures of others should always lead us to self-examination rather than...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Blog, Friday Findings
When Does Mommy Get to Rest? “Mothering remains a challenge. Moms with young kids are always on-call. Who knows what the next seven days will entail? But in whatever needs are to arise, moms live in an everyday promise we have in Christ. One day we shall see him face...
