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New Jersey police are reinforcing good behavior by giving out tickets. They say normally when a person gets a ticket, it’s a bad thing. But with the new policy, it is sometimes a good thing. Two bicyclists were some of the first people to learn about the new policy. Sgt. Ostermueller of the Cherry Hills…

Ford says they have created a car that reads speed limit signs and slows down by itself. The company says the newest edition of its S-Max car has a technology that scans traffic signs and adjusts the throttle to help keep drivers with legal speed limits and avoid fines. The new system, called the intelligent…

A survey investigating personal finances has found that roughly 18% of Americans say they expect to be in debt for the rest of their lives. The number has effectively doubled since the last time the survey was taken in May 2013. Overall the survey found that credit card indebtedness has increased moderately…

In Shattered Dreams, Patrick Mead writes, “Being faithful is not a passive thing, it requires work. It is active. Instead of working to control the outcomes of your life, are you ready to take the next step of faithfulness, even if life doesn’t turn out as you’ve planned? What do you want more of, your…

Sometimes the duty to protect and serve means going the extra mile. A police officer in Illinois stopped a pizza delivery man for cutting through a parking lot to avoid a red light and found that the driver had drug paraphernalia in the car. After arresting the delivery man and a passenger in the car,…

Several studies over the past few years point to changes that are taking place in humans due to the technology we are exposed to. Technology has made people think, feel and dream differently and it has altered memory, attention spans, and sleep cycles. These changes are attributed to the brain’s ability…

When 15-year-old Yasir Moore went into a Target store to buy a clip on tie for a job interview, he was surprised by the response of the store staff. When he asked one of the employees, they told him they didn’t carry clip-ons. Rather than let the young man leave, Dennis Roberts helped him find a tie…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

A police officer arrested John Balmer in Florida Kmart store for possession of drugs. How did the officer know? Balmer was wearing a T-Shirt that said, “Who needs drugs? No, seriously, I have drugs.”—Jim L. Wilson http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-wearing-i-drugs-t-shirt-4934888 Numbers 32:23…

Perhaps you have seen in the news that some outside groups are critical of the Boy Scout’s devotion to their Code of Conduct and their membership admission standards. Membership has its privileges, but it also has its responsibilities. It is no different with Church membership. When we decide to follow…

In his book, Practicing Basic Spiritual Disciplines, Charles Stanley writes “When the Holy Spirit speaks to an obedient person’s heart, that person doesn’t even stop to consider whether he will act. He responds instantly.” -- Practicing Basic Spiritual Disciplines, 17. Deuteronomy 11:1 (NASB77) "You…

It is hard to know what to do when the world keep changing. Does anybody know what the rules are anymore? Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus liken our world to Chinese Baseball, when they write, “Chinese baseball is played exactly the same way as American baseball with one major exception, and that is this:…

In Taiwan, a culture that prizes families and denigrates unmarried women, Chen Wei-yih has reached 30 years old with no prospects. Her answer? Marry herself. She has planned a wedding, complete with photographs, reception, and invitations to 30 of her closest friends. The only thing missing will be a…

LOVE “There was once a Christian counselor who met with a man who was having difficulty in his marriage. With sensitivity to the man’s concerns, the counselor told him that the answer was to love his wife just as commanded in Ephesians 5:25. The troubled husband replied that he just could not do that…

Our little girl, Elizabeth, age 2.5yrs, could count, but not very well. But we started teaching her the rudimentary principles of stewardship. She has three piggy banks -- a little purpule one for God, a larger ceramic one that looked like a princess for savings, and a really big pink one for personal…

Fifty percent of Americans cannot pass a test of simple questions regarding religion such as “name of the first book of the Bible.” Americans are religiously illiterate, said Stephen Prothereo after the results of a new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. We have raised a couple of generations…

FAMILY In Ten Minutes from Normal, Karen Hughes, former counselor to President George W. Bush writes, “I do believe that life is a series of small choices through which we sometimes communicate big things. . . you can have a family and a career and meet your responsibilities to both; you’ll have to make…

In 1969, in Mississippi, a group of people were preparing to have a "hurricane party" in the face of a storm named Camille. Were they ignorant of the dangers? Could they have been overconfident? Did they let their egos and pride influence their decision? We will never know. What we do know is that the…

I Don't Understand Some passages of scripture are easy to understand. Everyone knows what "Thou shall not commit Adultery" means, right? Well, almost everyone. But other passages make me scratch my head and ask, "What did He mean by that?" Though I can explain all the major interpretations of the book…

Vengeance Have you ever heard someone downplay a scriptural command because it is in the Old Testament? I've heard it a million times, especially when it comes to God's command for people to tithe. Matthew 5:17 should set this record straight. Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law…

10 Commandments for Drivers The Vatican issued a 10 commandments for motorists warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse of alcohol or even simple rudeness. The unusual document also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin,” particularly when used to make a dangerous passing maneuver…