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Officials in Brussels, Belgium said there has been a delay in starting repairs to the streets of the city. They said underground tunnels beneath the city are crumbling, and the roadways are in poor shape, and rather than blame bureaucracy, the officials told parliament that problem is mice. During a…

In 2009, Mark Templin went to the hospital complaining of chest pains. He seemed to recover, but returned a week later complaining of problems with his vision, memory, and speech. The medical center gave him a CT scan and informed him that he had terminal brain cancer. Templin was so shocked that he…

In Shattered Dreams, Patrick Mead writes, “Life is not about you and your dreams, shattered or otherwise. It is about God’s plan of redemption. A plan you get to be a part of when you accepted His precious gift of salvation. And a plan you get to participate in as you submit your shattered dreams to…

Life is Beautiful is a film about a man and his son captured by Nazis to a concentration camp. The father tried his best to entertain his son so that the boy would not realize their situation. He showed his love by keeping his son happy in the camp until he was taken away to be executed. Love is not…

After years of interviewing disaster survivors, TIME writer Amanda Ripley said virtually all survivors make this request: learn from what has happened – make it worth something, despite everything. What good came from the sinking of the Titanic, the explosion of the Hindenburg, the Great Chicago Fire,…

Life is rough. Sometimes, it is really rough. In those times, it is easy to want to quit—to just give up and go home. But the truth is the rough times gives us strong footholds to progress in life. Gospel singer Wintly Phipps says, “If the mountain was smooth, you couldn’t climb it.” --www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0…

People often report seeing images of Jesus in trees, buildings, or slices of toast. Researchers say the surprising image that appeared in a cancer tumor has been inspirational from them. Scientists at the Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research created a cancer protein 12 years ago so they…

It was a normal January day. I had been working at the church in Elizabethton, TN. and lunch time came, so I headed down the street to my home for lunch. When I walked through the door, I could tell something was terribly wrong. There sat Marie, our baby sitter on the couch with a look of horror on her…

Two men who The Ohio Highway Patrol honored as heroes for rescuing a woman from her burning car have now decided to sue her, claiming they suffered physical and emotional injury during the rescue. David Kelley and Mark Kincaid were driving a truck in southeast Ohio when they saw debris on the road and…

Aaron was happy being alone. His trips into the western wilderness areas were usually by himself. Then came the day when an 800-pound boulder fell and trapped his right arm. Alone, with no hope of rescue, no one even knew where he was, he endured 127 hours of entrapment. He finally broke the bone, cut…

In her book, ‘It’s No Secret, Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know’ Rachel Olsen offers hope to those who are experiencing the dark times in life. Olsen writes,”We may not be able to view the shore beyond the twenty-foot waves, but God hones in on our precise location on that deep, dark lake.…

A family facing foreclosure and the possible loss of their family home can say their home was saved through the provision of a fictional superhero. As the unidentified family was preparing to move, they began searching for extra boxes to use. In one box they found several old comic books, one of which…

Sometimes comfort needs to be more than words. “The New York Times reports that touch is its own complicated, highly accurate, highly effective signaling system.” They interpret that to mean that high fives and sympathetic touches can say more than words. --Reader’s Digest, May 2010, p24 Illustration…

The recent rescue of 33 trapped miners in the nation of Chile had the attention of the entire world. Though it was less reported, the nation of Chile believed the rescue of the miner was a spiritual matter. After the miners were discovered alive 17 days after the collapse of the mine, churches across…

TRIALS In the movie, “August Rush,” Evan Taylor has been separated from his parents and was placed in an adoption agency. He had bounced around from home to home and believed that his parents were searching for him. When he ran away he was found by a ruthless cruel street man – Maxwell ‘Wizard’ Wallace…

ONE MAN WROTE, “I LEARNED A HIGH APPRECIATION FOR PAIN'S WARNING FUNCTION WHILE COLLABORATING ON THREE BOOKS WITH DR. PAUL BRAND, THE MISSIONARY SURGEON WHO DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE DISFIGUREMENT THAT MAKES LEPROSY SUCH A DREADED DISEASE TRACES BACK TO THE LOSS OF PAIN SENSATION. THEOLOGIANS BLITHELY…

DISTRESS/TROUBLE The deputy finance commissioner of the state of Tennessee recently spent an evening in an elevator because a phone bill was never paid. Jerry Adams oversees the state's $25 billion dollar budget. He was working alone on weekends, when an elevator he was in broke, stranding him between…

A recent survey by the Gallup organization found the recent economic hardship in America has not had much effect on the number of people attending religious services each week or the number of people who say religion is an important part of their daily life. The Gallup study conducted in March 2009 found…

JUST CONSIDER J.H. ZORTHIAN: IT HAPPENED OVER FIFTY YEARS AGO. THE IRONY OF IT, HOWEVER, AMAZES ME TO THIS DAY. A MURAL ARTIST NAMED J. H. ZORTHIAN READ ABOUT A TINY BOY WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC. HIS STOMACH CHURNED AS HE THOUGHT OF THAT EVER HAPPENING TO ONE OF HIS THREE CHILDREN. HIS WORRY BECAME…

I didn’t learn to ski till I was well into my 30's. The first time I ever went was the first time I took a group from Peace up to Winter Place in West Virginia. I was not that worried. I figured I could strap on a pair of skis and do just fine, so I didn’t bother to take a lesson. I mean if you don’t…

HANGING IN AN ART GALLERY YOU FIND A PICTURE THAT SUMMARIZES THIS MESSAGE SO WELL. FRAMED THERE YOU SEE A MOUNTAIN SCENE OF GREAT PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, BUT THE STILLNESS OF NATURE IS ABRUPTLY CONTRASTED TO A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, FOR IN THE CLEARING IS WHAT USED TO BE A LOG CABIN. ONLY NOW ALL THAT REMAINS…

GOD'S PURPOSES When Mike Foscolos returned to his destroyed San Bernadino, California home after recent fires, he discovered a reminder of God's love for him despite the tragic circumstances. Foscolos was evacuated Saturday, October 25th when fires burned dangerously close to his home. He returned that…

STRENGTH The threat of war is having a positive impact on soldiers preparing for a possible conflict with Iraq. On a recent Sunday morning, eight young men approached the altar in a canvas church, received blessings from a chaplain, and were baptized in a freshly dug pool. They emerged to applause from…

SPIRITUAL VALUE Though Hurricane Charley battered parts of Florida, churches in the area say they have seen God at work. Scott Borden survived the storm huddling in a small closet and praying. Though his home was not severely damaged, his church was hit hard. Borden feared the 600 members of the congregation…

PAIN In Seeking the Face of God, Gary Thomas writes, “The absolute demand for ease and comfort is unrealistic; it is Satan’s lie and temptation to make us bitter toward God. --Seeking the Face of God, 177. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Proverbs 3:11 (NAB) “The discipline of the LORD, my son, disdain…