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Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 8 views
Published January 03, 2013 | Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Call her the girl with no name. A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means "light breeze" in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
P. J. O’Rourke is now living with the joys of raising a teenage daughter. Recently while she was complaining about life not being fair, O’Rourke said to her, “You’re cute. That’s not fair. You’re smart—that’s not fair. Your family’s well off—that’s not fair. You were born in the U.S.—that’s not fair.…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 12 views
This came home to me a many ago when I was living in Nashville, Tn. I was teaching music in a Christian school and was out for the summer. As so many teachers do, I had, of necessity, found me a summer job. I had started my own business named Russell’s Jetspray in which I would go around to different…
Robert Phillips • Illustration • • 48 views
In June, 1865, just two months after the Civil War had concluded, General Robert E. Lee attended church at St. Paul's Church in Richmond. The pastor invited the congregation to come to the chancel rail to receive communion. A former slave walked to the chancel rail and knelt to receive communion. A stunned…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 20 views
Published March 24, 2011 | Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chad Holtz lost his old belief in hell, he also lost his job. The pastor of a rural United Methodist church in North Carolina wrote a note on his Facebook page supporting a new book by Rob Bell, a prominent young evangelical pastor and…
Chad Oltman • Illustration • • 14 views
The problem with ‘biblical justice’ by Greg Boyd ---- Over the last couple months I’ve participated in several panel discussions on faith and politics. And there’s something that has left me a bit confused. Over and over I’ve heard well-intentioned Christians emphatically proclaim that we need to stand…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 6 views
If you are in a church in conflict and want justice, forget it! A group wants love and tranquility before it wants justice. -Peter Steinke, 9-14-00
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
An old Gaelic "blessing:" May those who love us, love us, And those who don’t love us, May God turn their hearts, And if he doesn’t turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles So we’ll know them by their limping. As I pointed out in a TFTD message a couple of weeks ago, we all struggle with our attitude…
Andrew H. Rogers • Illustration • • 39 views
Charlotte, North Carolina A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
A man was sitting in a cafe when all of a sudden some one came in and beat him up. When he woke up he said to the owner: “Who was that?” “That was Kung Fu from China,” replied the owner. Next week the man was eating in the same cafe when a different person entered and beat him up. When he woke up he…
The Rev. Canon Philip R. Taylor • Illustration • • 6 views
REFORMATION SUNDAY John 8:31-36 Left brain, right brain discussion about slavery and freedom. Word…disciples…truth…freedom. The crowd only wants to object that they have never been slaves; therefore they don’t need to be freed by the truth, discipleship and word of Jesus. They proclaim that they don’t…
Dawn • Illustration • • 15 views
Summary Exodus 23 - Didactic Overview of Text Here the Lord continues with further instructions in justice. Multiple warnings are given about ensuring that judges render a fair verdict regardless of wealth. It then continues with the Sabbath year regulation where the fields are to lie fallow. The Lord…
David Van Brakle • Illustration • • 558 views
Here’s a brief drama/skit, reproduced with permission. See http://www.fea.net/bobsnook; e-mail: bobsnook@fea.net. JUDGE: (enters wearing black robe, crosses to podium, pounds gavel) This court is now in session. Anyone having business before this court, draw near and be heard. WIDOW: (enters carrying…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 5 views
“If you have a friend who likes snowboarding, you go snowboarding with him and it strengthens your relationship,” he explains. “Well, God loves justice, so if you seek justice with God, you’ll get to know Him better by being involved in something He cares about.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things,…
Joshua Gilliam • Illustration • • 27 views
. NOT A TAME God. One of C. S. Lewis’s favorite comments on Aslan, that great beast, the figure of Christ in the Narnia Chronicles, is, “He is not a tame lion.” The deep growl, the severe mercy; the uncompromising, firm-but-smiling gaze. When Aslan speaks no one in the story can question who is in charge.…
Joshua Gilliam • Illustration • • 1,062 views
This is a Prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems Prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 7 views
Someone recently sent me a list of police comments that were reportedly were taken from actual police car videos around the country. Here are some of my favorites: “Relax; the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. They’ll stretch out after you wear them awhile.” “If you run, you’ll only go to jail…
Steve Hereford • Illustration • • 7 views
"What Is needed to-day is a Scriptural setting forth of the character of God-His absolute sovereignty, His ineffable holiness, His Inflexible justice, His unchanging veracity. What Is needed to-day Is a Scriptural setting forth of the condition of the natural man-his total depravity, his spiritual insensibility,…