A Festival

Read  Leviticus 23:1 through 27:34 The house was filled with the noise of laughter. The rooms carried the aroma of food. Great-grandparents held their great-grandchildren. A father finally saw his son after months in another country. A grandmother carried her grandson for the first time. Everyone was taking pictures and telling stories. This family celebration was an experience they would …

Following the House Rules

Read  Leviticus 17:1 through 22:33 “Everybody else wears strapless dresses. I don’t see why I can’t!” Mallory felt like smacking her head as she tried to explain the family’s modesty beliefs to her daughter once again. When she grew up, Mallory’s daughter understood and became even stricter with her own children. But as a teenager she wanted to follow the …

No More Distance

Read  Matthew 27:1 through 28:20 Sean’s grandmother showed him some of the letters her husband had written to her while serving in the army overseas. “He wrote to me almost every day. Sometimes the wait seemed unbearable, but I knew your grandfather was doing his best not only to fight the battle but to return to me as well. I’ll …

Honest Christian

Read  Matthew 23:1 through 24:51 Little Jimmy was asked in Sunday School to quote a Scripture regarding the sin of lying. “Lying is an abomination to God,” he said, “and a very present help in time of trouble.” This is a humorous story, but one that aptly describes the attitude of today’s culture toward character, integrity, lying, and hypocrisy. “So …