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Philip Yancey wrote of a friend of his named Susan, a Christian who told Yancey "that her husband did not measure up and she was actively looking for other men to meet her needs for intimacy": When Susan mentioned that she rose early each day to "spend an hour with the Father," I asked, "In your meetings…

For instance, sports fans around the world can rely on one fact about their sport: the home team wins more often than the visiting team. A 2011 Sports Illustrated article concludes: "Home field advantage is no myth. Indisputably, it exists …. Across all sports and at all levels, from Japanese baseball…

Miroslav Volf, a Christian theologian from Croatia, used to reject the concept of God's wrath. He thought that the idea of an angry God was barbaric, completely unworthy of a God of love. But then his country experienced a brutal war. People committed terrible atrocities against their neighbors and countrymen.…

One of the Greek's ancient myths is about a man named Tantalus. Tantalus was the intimate friend of Zeus, who admitted him to Olympian banquets where the gods would feast on nectar and ambrosia. In time Tantalus betrayed Zeus's secrets and stole the divine food to share with his mortal friends. For his…

A farmer was on his way home after picking up his new car. As he approached his farm, he decided to test the acceleration. He passed the side road that led to his house and drove on for a mile or so. Then, after making a sharp U-turn, he sped back toward the side road. A man driving a station wagon observed…

THEY HAD DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT...WELL ALMOST EVERYTHING, ANYWAY. THE MECHANICS AT SABRETECH HAD BEEN HIRED BY VALUJET TO REFURBISH SOME USED AIRCRAFT FOR IT’S AIRLINE. PART OF THAT REFURBISHMENT INVOLVED REPLACING THE USED OXYGEN GENERATORS WITH NEW ONES. AS THE MECHANICS PULLED OUT THE OLD GENERATORS,…

In 2000, an Illinois scientist named William Walsh made an unusual discovery. He chemically examined some strands of hair from the head of the body of the famous classical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven. He discovered in his analysis that Beethoven’s body had 100 times the normal of lead that a human…

It would be a poor preparation for your first Sunday in Heaven for you to have neglected your last Sunday on earth---- Waverly Herald

My life was changed this past summer. I was at my cousin's house helping him with yard work, including chopping a lot of wood. My uncle and I loaded up the back of the tractor and carried about three trees-­worth of branches, limbs, and scruff to use for a fire. As we were finishing about 8:30 or so,…

A Louisiana man was overheard saying, "When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana." When asked why, he replied, "I'd rather be here because everything happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the civilized world." (from Austin Tucker of Shreveport, LA)

In A Life Well Spent … Russ Crosson tells a fictions story that I want to close with this morning. … I think you’ll find it brings perspective on how we should be living now … as priests of God. … Fully committed to Him. He writes … “It began as an uneventful Sunday morning. Jim had been calmly sitting…