Outlook Standard Lesson for May 5, 2024
Scripture Passage and Lesson Focus: Romans 3:21-30
One of my favorite movies is director Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru (“To Live”), partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. In the film, lifelong Japanese bureaucrat Kanji Watanabe nears retirement. The system Watanabe has dedicated his life to is demonstrated when a group of parents asks to replace a pit...