It’s that time of year again: Christmas is coming. Depending on where you live, snow might be falling. Lights deck the houses and the trees, and Christmas music is perpetually in the air. Thanksgiving has passed, but the holiday dedicated to giving joyful thanks for the greatest gift of all […]
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Bible Spotlight: Luke 7:36-50
“One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table” (ESV, Luk. 7:36). Here we have a Pharisee, one of the religious leaders of the day who claimed to be righteous through their strict adherence to law and […]
Bible Spotlight: Philippians 2
“If your attitude is not right, then it doesn’t matter what you do” is a statement I’ve been told for years. It doesn’t matter what ‘good’ things we do on the outside–one can donate millions to orphans or dedicate one’s life to community service–for if in our hearts we do […]
Holding Fast to the Word of Life
If someone walked up to you and questioned you, “Why?” again and again, where would you end up? How do you know that what you have believed all your life is really true? What is your justification? Paul wrote 2 Timothy to Timothy during the last years of his life […]
Meet Hannah Wong: Bible Spotlight Columnist
Out of the depths of southeastern Michigan, arose a thinker, a sister, a “sheltered homeschooler.” Meet Hannah Wong, clay‘s 16-year-old Bible Spotlight columnist. Her parents named her “Hannah” with the desire that she will grow up to be like Hannah in the Bible. Hannah is a clay veteran. After three […]