Jubilee

Jubilee

In the Bible, the Jubilee is a year of celebration, rest, and liberation that comes every fifty years. Debts were forgiven, slaves were freed, people were allowed to return to their own property. It occurred every fifty years (Leviticus 25:8ff). This year of...
Vision Problems on the Rise in America

Vision Problems on the Rise in America

“We were poor, but we didn’t know we were poor.” Most people who say this grew up in the Great Depression. They didn’t realize they were poor because everyone around them was poor. There was no contrast. They didn’t compare themselves with each other like we do today....
Our Music

Our Music

Our Music Music speaks volumes about who we are. Ralph Vaughan Williams once said that music expresses the soul of a nation, highlighting its deep connection to art, life, and the human spirit. In worship, God calls for vocal music, with the heart as the only...
Traveling On

Traveling On

The old 19th-century hymn that has been recorded and re-recorded says, “My heavenly home is bright and fair, I feel like traveling on.” This reflects the attitude of God’s servants throughout the generations. Abraham sojourned in Canaan but was looking for a city...
Three Good Fellows

Three Good Fellows

We need other Christians. We depend on them to help us. Even Paul needed brothers and sisters to help him do his work and bear his burdens. In the little book of Philemon, Paul named some of these good “fellows.” Philemon the fellow laborer (v. 1). This brother worked...