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From: Jim Meigs from FBC, Center Point, Alabama

No part of history has come down to us so well attested as the life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. A man believes what Tacitus tells him, although very likely Tacitus did not see the things and only got them secondhand. But as a reputable historian, his witness is received. Surely the witness of…

Copernicus declared the truth that the earth and the planets revolve around the sun. His opponents replied that this could not be true, for if the planet Venus revolved around the sun, she must present the same phases as the moon. This was very true. Copernicus looked up to Venus, but he could not see…

One winter, three men in the woods found themselves face to face with an angry bear. They turned and ran, only to reach a ledge overlooking a lake. To be saved, they had to jump. The first man thought, "The ice on the lake is probably not thick enough to save me, but I'll jump anyway." The second man…

Sherman's quote about Grant's commitment to a plan “The chief characteristic of your nature is the simple faith in success you have always manifested, which I can liken to nothing else than the faith a Christian has in the Savior. This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. When you have completed…

This is a excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It imagines what the wise men would have encountered when they arrived at Bethlehem. The account is purely fictional, but it draws upon the promises that filled the hearts of all who believed when Jesus was born. Enjoy! That night, the Wise…

Archeologists digging in an ancient garbage dump dating to the 5th and 6th centuries say they are puzzled by what they have uncovered. Professors Oren Tal and Moshe Ajami say the dig outside of modern Tel Aviv has yielded the usual fragments of pottery and glass, as well as animal bones. They admit they…

Have you given up on dating? If you're frustrated with the games, the communication mishaps, and the sheer thought of going on another blind date, hang in there! You don't need to give up on finding love just yet. In fact, alternative methods to the traditional dating scene could give you a new outlet…

By Fruzsina Eördögh Dmitry Itskov wants to live forever. The 32-year-old Russian billionaire and media mogul thinks he can do this by building himself (and everyone) an android body by the year 2045. There are a few flaws to Itskov’s idea, but that hasn’t stopped more than 20,000 people from publicly…

By John Blake, CNN President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit.…

By Kate Rogers Published January 23, 2013 |FOXBusiness The Panera Bread Foundation has opened a new community café in Boston, which has no cash register or prices, just suggested donations. Panera Bread Company, which has 1,600 restaurants across the country, opened the café to provide community members…

Published December 07, 2012 | LiveScience Three out of five scientists do not believe in God, but two out of five do, said John Donvan, opening a debate on the issue of science and religion Wednesday in New York City. The discussion pitted the perspectives from both sides against one another: Does science…

September 29th, 2012 10:00 PM ET By Alan Miller, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Alan Miller is Director of The New York Salon and Co-Founder of London's Old Truman Brewery. He is speaking at The Battle of Ideas at London's Barbican in October. By Alan Miller, Special to CNN The increasingly common refrain…

On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, wtih little more than an hour of daylight remaining, Colonel Isaac E. Avery of hte 6th North Carolina was mortally wounded as he led a brigade up the slope of Cemetery Hill. As he lost consciousness he scrawled a final message: " Tell my father I died with…

Published March 13, 2013 LiveScience A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge…

Missouri History Why Is Missouri Called the "Show-Me" State? There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri's sobriquet "Show-Me" state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates. The most widely known legend attributes the phrase…

May 4, 2012 9:11 am Author: The American Dream Do you know what the fastest growing religion in America is? It isn’t Christianity. According to the latest U.S. Religion Census that was just released on May 1, 2012, the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The data for the census was compiled…

Published June 25, 2012 Space.com Our universe could have popped into existence 13.7 billion years ago without any divine help whatsoever, researchers say. That may run counter to our instincts, which recoil at the thought of something coming from nothing. But we shouldn't necessarily trust our instincts,…

Unless our hearts are broken, our wills surrendered, our sin exposed, and our cool logic abandoned, we are only imitation Christians who are aliens to the life of grace, who mimic true faith through learning and practice. Duane A. Garret, vol. 19A, Hosea, Joel, electronic ed., Logos Library System; The…

A Child's Prayer The minister's six-year-old daughter had been so naughty during the week that her mother decided to give her the worst kind of punishment. She told her she couldn't go to the Sunday School Picnic on Saturday. When the day came, her mother felt she had been too harsh and changed her mind.…

Posted: 06/29/11 07:58 PM ET The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of global evangelical leaders which yielded some interesting results. For one thing, 92 percent of those surveyed believe taking a yoga class is incompatible with being a good evangelical. Seriously? We're against yoga?…

I first began to understand this the summer between my ninth- and tenth-grade years. My next-door neighbor was two years ahead of me in school and a bright and argumentative nonbeliever. Many warm evenings we would argue about the existence of God until late at night. To a stalemate. It was so clear…

This all kind of reminds me of something I just read about NASA. In 1972, I turned 13 years old and NASA launched the exploratory space probe Pioneer 10. According to Leon Jaroff in Time magazine, the satellite's primary mission was to reach Jupiter, photograph it and its moons, and beam data to earth…

An interview on ABC's PrimeTime Live OR 20/20 program, on the subject of longevity, interviewed several people who were over 100 years old. One woman, Mary Eliot, left an indelible impression on me. She was 102 years old. Her daughter Joselyne has just died a day before the interview due to a heart attack.…

By Todd Starnes Published September 06, 2011 | FoxNews.com A weekend of religious-themed observances at Washington National Cathedral marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks will include a Buddhist nun and an Imam, but not an evangelical Christian, leading the head of the…