Great Stories of the Bible
I Never Would Have Guessed!
Scripture: Acts 9:1-22 Look at this guy on the left. His name is Arthur Hollands. He looks like someone you’d definitely not want to meet in a dark alley at night. But the picture of him on the right may change your tune about him. What’s he doing? He’s baptizing someone. Contrary to how it may look on the outside (according to many of our pre-conceived notions), Arthur Hollands is a Christian evangelist. A fair number of you are, or…
Does God Play Favorites?
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door! Does anyone here recognize this proclamation? It’s part of a poem by Emma Lazarus entitled ‘The New Colossus,’ which is inscribed on a plaque affixed to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. (Colossus is defined as ‘a statue of gigantic size’). Here’s the…