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According to "Santa's Relativistic Journey" for Santa Claus to be able “to deliver all his presents in one 12-hour night, he would have to travel at 76 percent the speed of light the entire time.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cinderellas-glass-slipper-wouldve-shattered_5681d41de4b06fa68880fcd6?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird+News&section=weird-news…

The Japanese have found a good friend for you and it will only cost you $1,600. Pepper is a 4-foot-tall human-shaped robot built by Tokyo-based telecom giant, SoftBank. Pepper’s programming allows it to sense your emotions based on vocal inflections and facial expressions. Pepper can talk, dance, tell…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ.…

The Great Courses offers audio and video courses on a great variety of subjects. One that is offered, taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman from the University of North Carolina, is all about Jesus, but named How Jesus Became God. The first lesson is “Jesus—The Man Who Became God.” The professor has it…

The fool says in his heart, "God does not exist." Psalm 14:1, HCSB The idea of a living, personal God gives men and women the jitters. They sense deep within that they are accountable to Him, but they don't know just what to do about it. C. S. Lewis put it like this: "The Pantheist's God does nothing,…

San Diego calls its July 4 fireworks display the “Big Bay Boom.” In 2012 they certainly got a big show. A technical malfunction set all the fireworks off at the same time. The result was a spectacular—and spectacularly short—display. For the 15 seconds it lasted, it was quite a show. The three years…

A Christmas present caused quite a stir at a European Union embassy in Berne, Switzerland. After two separate explosions injured people at the Swiss and Chilean missions, Berne police were not taking any chances. In this case, it was harmless, just a Christmas present—nothing to be alarmed about. --http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BM2RI20101223…

EMMANUEL/CHRISTMAS When the Walt Disney Company planned a yearlong celebration marking the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney’s birth, they encountered a unique problem. A survey of visitors at Walt Disney World in Florida found that many of the park’s guests under the age of 15 did not know Walt Disney…

Christmas Prayer Our family lives in one of the most beautiful places on earth and we are enjoying good health. We are blessed. Life is good. But if all is going so well, why am I experiencing such a longing for more? It is not an emptiness. I'm at peace and feel whole. All I can say is there is a deep…

Miracles When I read the miracles of Jesus, I am amazed by His power. Just think about it-He could heal a person with a touch or just a word. At His word, the seas calmed, and Lazarus threw his grave clothes to the ground and walked out of his tomb. The works of Jesus often proceeded or were initiated…

The Virgin Joseph The Virgin Birth is a core doctrine among evangelical Christians, to Catholics, the Virgin Mary is an Icon who they pray to. A lot is made of Mary's virginity, and rightly so, but what about Joseph's? What about the virgin Joseph? Doesn't he deserve some credit here too? Consider the…

Emptied Philip. 2:5-11 NASB "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, [6] who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. [8]…

The Center for Public Christianity in Sydney, Australia conducted a poll about the holiday and tenants of the Christian Faith. The survey of 2,500 average Australian citizens turned up some surprising results. The survey found nearly half of the respondents believed Jesus Christ rose from the dead, though…

Have you ever stood in awe of God? Do you remember a time when you suddenly realized something about God that made you go…Wow? I remember the moment that I suddenly realized that God really became human. I was sitting in Sunday school in our Church basement. I was alone at a table with the teacher because…

A BLESSED LIFE 1 Cor. 15:14 "and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain." In the Christmas Classic, "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey has the opportunity to see what the world would be like if he'd never been born. If he was never born, he wouldn't have…

"'I'll be back soon,' a World War II soldier told his wife before leaving her and their infant son. Five years of war and fighting went by. The young mother would show her boy a portrait of the soldier and say, 'See, that's your daddy. One day he's going to come home.' In reality, she didn't know what…

When was the last time you became passionate about who God is? Are there times that you are amazed by the fact that God is within you? . I remember studying about the Holy Spirit when I was about fifteen or sixteen years old. I came home that evening and I was troubled. Since I had been a little girl…

Jesus Christ Opened lide of his creation Stepped into aromatic box of earth Religious powers Intent to trap But he already there In death per them Wounds' liquid loss Soaked cardboard Now soggy flat No ribbon or wrap More colorful Than Jesus' blood A revelation Of life unbounded

"A friend was lecturing in Latin America. He was going to use a translator, but to identify with his audience; he wanted to begin his talk by saying in Spanish, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." He arrived at the auditorium a little early and realized he did not know the Spanish words for ladies…

The temple of Jerusalem, which had replaced the previous sanctuary which the Israelites carried around in the wilderness, was the place selected by God during the Old Covenant to express his presence to the people in a special way. But this was only an imperfect anticipation or prefiguring of the full…

A little boy and girl were singing their favorite Christmas carol in church the Sunday before Christmas. The boy concluded “Silent Night” with the words, “Sleep in heavenly beans.” “No,” his sister corrected, “not beans, peas.” [1] The people of that time were being heavily taxed, and faced every prospect…

Joshua Bell emerged from the Metro and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket. By most measures, he was nondescript—a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet,…