POURED OUT

Whenever we take Communion, we have before us symbols of a sacrifice.

February 23, 2015

Christian Standard

Miscellaneous

Spreading Our Hands Toward Heaven (Previewing the 2015 NACC)

By Stephanie Young Into the turbulent chaos of our times rings a signal: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below””you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way” (1 Kings 8:23). So begins a prayer for the nation of Israel by her king, as he stood before the whole assembly, spreading his hands toward Heaven. The national concerns were strikingly similar to our present day””unjust treatment by a fellow man, defeat at the hands of an enemy, disaster and disease, foreigners who