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Ob-Gyn doctor Camilla Hersh, founder and owner of Virginia Women’s Health Associates, explains why she is opposed to the incest exception to abortion. One patient, a pregnant 14-year-old, was brought to her. The pregnancy was the result of incest. In talking to the girl and her family the subject of…

An unidentified Syrian refugee gave Police in Minden, Germany 150,000 Euros (over $166,000) that he found in a cupboard a charitable organization gave him. While we don’t know who he is, we do know what he is—a man of integrity. Imagine, a man with such great need, finding so much, but having the integrity…

One of the clearest commands in scripture, coming straight out of the Ten Commandments, is the command against stealing. You may it interesting, or perhaps unnerving, to know that 1 in 6 teens and young adults admit to stealing something in the past year. These young people were involved in a survey…

German police say a landlady’s concerns about a chemical odor from a tenant’s apartment led them to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to get gold from old cellphone and computer circuit boards. The woman called police because she had not seen the tenant for some time and was concerned that something…

A Pennsylvania man pled guilty to burglarizing his neighbor’s home by cutting a hole in the wall between his basement and the neighbor’s. The man’s lawyer, Anthony Rybak told a judge that he did not see how anyone could think he would get away with such a crime. He said the obvious lack of wisdom exhibited…

There is nothing more annoying than being rudely interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the middle of a movie, speech, or sermon. In Naples Italy, Father Michele Madonna used to put up signs asking people to silence their phones during services. At first, the signs worked, but over time, people would…

A Seattle elementary school credits an alert garbage man for finding nearly $12,00 in checks. Micah Speir was picking up trash next to some bins near the school when he found a number of checks made out to the school. He contacted the principal who met him on his route and gratefully took the checks…

Sometimes the duty to protect and serve means going the extra mile. A police officer in Illinois stopped a pizza delivery man for cutting through a parking lot to avoid a red light and found that the driver had drug paraphernalia in the car. After arresting the delivery man and a passenger in the car,…

In November 2013, near a Louisiana casino, almost a quarter of a million dollars fell out of an armored car. When the drivers noticed their error, they retraced their path and found Officer Jessica Luebke guarding the money. When she noticed the money on the side of the road, she secured it and called…

Perhaps you have seen in the news that some outside groups are critical of the Boy Scout’s devotion to their Code of Conduct and their membership admission standards. Membership has its privileges, but it also has its responsibilities. It is no different with Church membership. When we decide to follow…

Author G. K. Chesterson wrote, “All theology has two simple principles: that we matter and that everyone else matters.” That restates the Apostle Paul’s instruction that we are to regard others as more important than ourselves. In this day of Black Lives Matter, white lives matter, or all lives matter,…

New research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology has found that being rude is contagious. Researchers tracked 90 graduate business school students and found that if they rated someone they interacted with a rude, they were also more likely to be judged as rude by someone else. The researcher…

In his book, Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In, Louis Zamperini writes, “My father had a rule: We pay our bills first, and then we eat. We all need a code of ethics to guide us, especially in tough times when everyone has to do their part for the greater good, for the family or the group to survive.” --Jim…

An Ohio judge ordered 62-year-old Edmond Aviv, a man convicted of harassing his neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner for five hours holding a sign proclaiming, ”I AM A BULLY!” The sign was also required to state that Aviv picked on children that were disabled and that he was…

A newspaper in Florida is reporting that when Ana Maria Moreta Folch had problems with her neighbor she took matters into her own hands and had their mobile home bulldozed. Moreta Folch told a heavy equipment operator that she owned the trailer that Maria Gottfried and her family was living in. Moreta…

Marv Hoyt, the former Idaho director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was an outspoken wildlife advocate, who has been critical of the mining industries practice of generating pollution that kills sheep and cattle. Hoyt is the former director, because he was forced to resign in the wake of poaching…

After the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans in 2013, Coach Andy Reid told players to celebrate but to do it wisely. After the game Chief’s defensive player Tambia Hali took 15 friends to a local restaurant for a huge all-you-can eat-meal. The bill totaled $1,800 and the restaurant automatically…

By Michael Martinez, CNN updated 11:18 AM EST, Thu January 17, 2013 | CNN.com | Lance Armstrong: A champion at cheating? Cheating scandals are commonplace -- from athletes to investors to teachers. Brooke Baldwin looks at the psychology of "Why We Cheat" at 3 p.m. ET Thursday. (CNN) -- Why cheat? The…

After filing a police report, and calling the bicycle shop to get the serial number to help identify her bike, Kayla Smith told friends about her plight through social media. An hour later, a friend called to tell her they had found her bicycle on Craigslist. Smith arranged to meet the person selling…

What is the ethics of stealing? Terry J. Davis at the University of Louisville should be able to look it up for you in the book that he stole from the on-campus library. The title of the book is “Resolving Ethical Issues.” –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell World, August 25, 2012 p. 19 1 Peter 4:15 (NKJV)…

When an employer mistreats an employee, one possible response is to quit. Another possibly would be to convince the entire staff to quit at the same time. After the manager of a footwear and apparel store in a New York mall was rude to an employee, all three employees of the store quit. They wrote a…

An Oregon man turned an opportunity for a good deal into a good deed. When a transient offered to sell the man a three-speed Linus roadster for $40, he knew it was probably stolen, but he bought it anyway. Instead of riding off on the new bike, the man realized it was an expensive bicycle and saw a sticker…

In 2012 International Cycling officials stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life from International and US cycling. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says he participated in "most sophisticated, professionalized, and successful doping programme sport has ever seen."…

On June 25th, 2012 the Queen of England spoke about giving honor to whom honor is due. While the queen accepted Prince William’s new bride into the family, she is requiring that she curtsey when in the presence of a blood princess, especially if her husband is not beside her. --http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18580322…

The National Association of Evangelicals has prepared a new code of ethics for pastors and is asking church leaders from all denominations to sign it. Dr Joel Hunter, senior pastor of a church in Florida is a board member and one of the first pastors to sign the document. He said the document is designed…