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According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is now the second most lethal drug in the U. S. It is the second leading killer of the American people, following only tobacco. Deaths from heavy drinking have soared to their highest level in 35 years. All together, “alcohol…

Do you remember Pig Pen, the character from the Peanuts comic strip that walked around with a cloud of dust surrounding him? Well it turns out; we all have such a cloud surrounding us. “Every human body is surrounded by an invisible cloud of millions of microbes that is as unique as our fingerprints.”…

2014 marks 50 years since US Surgeon General; Dr. Luther Terry linked cancer to smoking. His efforts initiated a wave of change within the United States; resulting in the number of people smoking declining from 43% in 1964 to 18% in 2014. --Jim L. Wilson and Ron Williams -- http://www.voanews.com/content/tobacco-report-from-fifty-years-ago-has-changed-the-world/1831124.html…

In study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, suggests that when using social media, people need to be aware that the prevailing mood online is likely to influence them. The author of the study, James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California says…

Speaking to a group of college students in the Spring of 2013, former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, told the crowd that regardless of what happens with his career, his main goal is to impact lives, whether he is on or off the field. Regardless of the controversy that surrounds him, a survey taken…

Researchers have found that certain types of behavior may be contagious. In an article published in the Harvard Business review, researchers found that when a supervisor is unkind at work, employees have a strong tendency to act the same way. The research encourages business leaders to be as positive…

In 2012, several students at Burns High school in Lawndale N.C. were looking for something to do. They decided to play a prank. Their target? The high school football field. Their weapon? Goats. That’s right. The students released a dozen goats on to the football field in the middle of the night. Because…

A new study shows divorce is contagious and spreads through family, friends, and co-workers. The research conducted by three universities is part of an ongoing look at 12,000 residents in Massachusetts that began in 1948. Results indicate people are 75 percent more likely to be divorced if someone they…

A British researcher says many children are growing up believing marriages are not meant to last because so many high profile sports and pop stars set a bad example. Reg Bailey is preparing a report for the British Department of Education detailing the ways children learn about gender roles in life.…

Chinese artist Lui Bolin has made an art of blending into the scenery. Taking camouflage beyond putting on a set of specially marked clothes and standing by the bushes, Bolin uses assistants who help him paint himself head to toe and then fades into his surroundings. He has vanished in grocery stores,…

INFLUENCE While some viewers felt the advertisement featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam that ran during Super Bowl XLIV got lost in the shuffle during the broadcast, Focus on the Family says the ad achieved some positive results. In USA Today’s Ad Meter poll taken the day after…

Sherriff’s deputies investigating the theft of an SUV in central Florida were surprised to discover the suspect had a lot more experience than they thought. Deputies found the stolen 1998 Dodge parked in the driveway of a home, and inside they found the suspected thief playing the popular video game,…

As fire fighters began to get the upper hand on the huge Station Fire in Southern California, they learned the fire was arson. Investigators originally thought the huge fire had been started by lightning or another accidental cause. The fire destroyed dozens of homes and blackened over 148,250 acres,…

Television carried cigarette advertisements when our younger son was four years old. As a result, every time an ad came on, I warned, "Those things have poison in them." I never realized the impact the statement would have until one Sunday morning on the way to church. When we reached a four-lane freeway,…

Moment in time J. R. Miller said it well: “There have been meetings of only a moment which have left impressions for life, for eternity. No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence … yet … everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty;…

JESUS In his book, America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story, Bruce Feiler, makes the claim that America’s true founding father was Moses. Tracing the references to Moses’ words in American history, documents, and monuments, he builds a case that Moses was the model that led America to her greatness…

INFLUENCE Recently the website, Askmen.com asked readers to cast votes for the man they thought was the most influential of 2009, resulting in a list of 49 men. Each had several qualities that made them influential. In some cases, it was wealth, in others ability in sports, celebrity status or media…

I close today by paying tribute to two of my fathers. Now I don’t have a physical step-dad or anything, but I do have two dads. One is my physical dad, and the other is my father in the ministry. Now my real dad was a pastor, too. He always set a clear example for me to follow. He told me the truth and…

Then there’s my father in the ministry. After 16 years, I have learned so much from Bro. Gordon that I couldn’t even begin to write it all down. I have watched him show love to people who were mistreating him. I’ve seen him handle difficult situations with amazing wisdom. I don’t think, however, that…

So let me ask you: Who is influencing you? The New York Times in publishing its interview with Peter Singer said that "no other living philosopher has the kind of influence (that Singer has)." The New England Journal of Medicine said he has had "more success in effecting changes in acceptable behavior"…

THOUGHTS University of Cincinnati marketing professor James Kellaris has coined a new term for the songs that often get stuck and people's heads. He calls them "earworms." Kellaris began studying the phenomenon in 2000, and has heard from people from all over the world requesting help or offering solutions.…

MUSIC During the stress filled days leading up to Christmas, British farmers are playing recordings to keep their turkeys calm, and hopefully increase profits. Farmers have long believed that covering up the sounds of farmyard life is good for the birds. There is already some evidence that turkeys and…

CONSISTENT LIFE I recently heard of four scholars who were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beautiful, eloquent old English. Another said he preferred the American Standard Bible for its literalism, the way it moves the reader from passage to…

Think about this, the most important spiritual influence you will ever have on anyone as an adult, is your own family. The average church has a child 1% of his time, the school has a child 16% of his time, the home has the child 83% of the time! The home marks a child for life!

In his book, 360 Degree Leader, John Maxwell writes, “We tend to put a lot of emphasis on intelligence and skill in this country. And while those things are important, they cannot substitute for strong character.” --360 Degree Leader, 75. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Acts 24:16 (NIV) “So I strive always…