Today we continue our series: “Ten Lessons for Today from the Christmas Story” with Episode 5. The first Christmas wasn’t as tidy (or as sanitized) as it is often portrayed in nativity scenes. In many ways, it was a mess. However, there was a message in spite of the messiness. And two thousand years later God can still help us to find messages in our messes. Scriptures referenced in this episode include Luke 2:12; Isaiah 53:3, 5; Luke 1:46-48; and Matthew 2:12.
Income inequality and poverty are realities that have marked human history. From the ancient world to our modern societies, the gap between rich and...
Through Amos, God condemns the marked oppression, the flagrant injustice, the unwonted luxury and extravagance, the shameless feasting and drunkenness, and the gross immorality...
The apostle Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 6 provide a revolutionary reinterpretation of the Fifth Commandment, shifting the focus from absolute patriarchal control to a...
