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It is obvious that culture in this country is becoming more corrupt and carnal. Even people outside of Christ recognize the fact. Prisons and prisoners, addicts and drug dealers, pre-marital sex and out of marriage pregnancies, homosexuals and lesbians, robbers and rapists, car thefts and home break-ins, embezzlers and evil, crude speech — ALL ARE ON THE INCREASE! Since "evil companionships corrup...
I'm not a sports junkie, but being from West Virginia it does my heart good to see the Mountaineers having a good year in football. The game they played against Baylor on September 29th, 2012 is now an important part of their history. It was not just a good game for West Virginia, however. Yes, they won it 70-63 (whew!), but starting quarterbacks for both teams broke school records for passing yar...
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.”- Jesus, Luke 12:48Never before in human history has there been such an opportunity to read, study and understand God’s word than there is right now in the United States of America. Never!There is more literacy in the English language and more freedom and re...
You may have already seen this; it’s been around before, but certainly worth an- other look.Statistics Don’t Lie! Here’s how to stay safe in this world today, and prepare for the next. Avoid riding in automobiles...they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. Do not stay at home because....17% of all accidents occur in the home. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks...14% of all accidents ...
You know you’re a senior when the kid at the box office doesn’t want to see proof of age when you ask for the senior discount at the movies. This scene along with the other signs of age have gotten me thinking about the future and what I want and don’t want as I go from being a senior to just being old.1. I Don’t Want Fake IndependenceI do not want to force my children to main...
He said His word, that is His teachings, are the rock upon which we must build our lives if we want them to withstand the storms of life: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.” - Matthew 7:24 After Hurricane Andrew blew through Florida in 1992 a film crew was surveying the da...
“An irate parent phoned her little boy’s Sunday school teacher. ‘Is it true that you told all the kids that they were crazy?’ she demanded. ‘No, I didn’t’, the teacher replied, ‘but I did tell them they should all be committed.’”¹The above quotation presents a two-fold problem: 1. Some words (like committed” have a dual meaning that can beget confusion! 2. We do need more children a...
Every precious, innocent child deserves a good childhood. This includes you. You should have been born to two loving, caring parents who worked together to make a happy home. If you did not have that advantage, you got cheated, and that’s not fair. It is not fair if you were born into dysfunctional circumstances. It was not your fault if your parents divorced, or ...
A recurring theme in all “Preacher Jokes” is the idea that they exaggerate the numbers that attend services. I know one minister of a 250 member church who routinely answers the common question, “How big is your congregation?”, with the answer, “Somewhere under 3,000 members…” Some may dismiss this interest in numbers as irrelevant when it comes to spiritual matters but a quick look at the record ...
#1 Pray for your child and their future spouse - use the passion you have for them as James says that the prayer of a righteous man does much good (5:16). Remember that they are God’s children too, and He wants to be a major player in their upbringing. Invite Him often and passionately. Cast all of your (parenting) cares on Him, because He cares for you,...
I am always surprised when I obtain an epiphany (“an experience of sudden and striking realization”). I know it is a loose translation of my experience, but I was totally overtaken with another conformation of the magnificence of our God… a bird’s singing. I grew up believing that most birds, maybe except for owls, slept during the nighttime hours only to awaken just before dawn to great the...
Joseph Randle is a running back at Oklahoma State, who has been listed as a likely pick for national honors at the end of this football season. While he is obviously skilled as a football player, in The Oklahoman (“Cowboys brighten some children’s day,” July 19, 2012, p.3C) about a visit by some members of the OSU football team to St. Francis Children’s Hospital. Myles Metcalf...
Lawrence Krauss recently wrote, “Humans, with their remarkable brains may have just taken a giant step toward replacing metaphysical speculation with empirically verifiable knowledge. The Higgs particle is now arguably more relevant than God” [1]. In other words, a recent discovery takes humans one step closer to showing “no God required” in the cr...
The recent trend in education and politics to remove any mention of God or the Bi-ble is really a subtle attack on individual rights and freedoms. Eliminating faith from public life weakens the nation’s understanding that man’s individual rights and free-doms are created and given by God, not the “State”. I believe that the endgame of removing the Bible from education and politics is to return us ...
George Gritter was scripturally sound when he observed (and passages are given to verify that fact): God is holy; He hates sin; (I Pet. 1:15f; Prov. 6:12-19) God is just; He condemns sin; (Deut. 32:4; Prov. 12:2) God is sovereign; He punishes sin; (I Chron. 29:11f; Isaiah 13:11) God is gracious; He forgives sin!”¹ (Tit. 2:11-14; Lk. 24:44-47; Rom.5:6-11) What a verification of ...
I have a problem with www. Not the Internet www, (world wide web), but rather with “Wait”, “Want”, and “Why”. Let me explain… I have a “wait” problem. I am impatient. I don’t always want to wait on anything or anyone. This causes me a difficult situation when I appeal to God for something and He says, “w...
Watching people die is always a growth experience. I don’t say this lightly because the trauma for family and friends is real and painful. But if you’re in the medical profession or serve as a hospice worker or minister, the constant passing of people from this life to the next occurs repeatedly in your everyday work and serves more to teach than frighten or depress. It seems the more I help peopl...
Solomon has written in the Psalms (127:3-5) that children are a gift of the Lord. They are gifts, however, that come as do-it-yourself kits. It takes a child to make a father. Yes, I know we usually think of it the other way around, but it is true. It is true biologically, and it is especially true relationally. A man is not truly a father unless he be...
God looks on the heart. No one can see our hearts but Him. Regardless of the strength of my faith, it does no one any good whatsoever if all I do is “have” it. So God has sent His Son to teach us, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven”, Matthew 5:16. People ca...
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came to see him and the Israelites after they had been delivered from Egypt (Exodus 18:1-27). Seeing Moses serve as a judge over all of the issues that arose among the people from morning until evening, he counseled him to make a change. Jethro told Moses to choose able men who feared God, were honest and who hated dishonest gain. &nb...