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THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

THE LORD'S PRAYER (Could be a skit for worship) Rather cleverly done. This is in two parts, The Prayer (in blue or black type) and GOD (in red type) in response. It is very, very good. ********** Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Yes? Don't interrupt me. I'm praying. But -- you called ME! Called you? No,…

Suppose you had been a pig all your life, and that you were suddenly made into a man. Well, now you are a man, you look through a telescope; swine cannot do that. You look through a microscope; I never knew a pig do that in my life. Swine do not talk, but you speak, you sing, you pray, you are quite…

The servant in your house, however diligent, is not your heir; for a servant to claim to be the heir would not be tolerated for a moment in a court of law. The servant may be able truthfully to say, “I have been in my master’s house these many years, neither have I transgressed at any time his commandments;…

A mission in Mississippi helps people who have seen better days by teaching them to work on motorcycles owned by people who have also fallen on hard times. The Mission at the Cross houses 25 men at a time. Daily activities include mentoring and other programs to build character and develop new skills.…

Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say they have cracked the code to being happy. They have been studying this for decades, working with tens of thousands of patients. Now they think they have found it. They key parts of the code are 1) focus on the right things. 2) Learn to compartmentalize your life and…

In his autobiography, Pat Summerall the former player and broadcaster tells of becoming a born again Christian during his treatment for alcoholism at the Betty Ford rehab clinic. The message of the Gospel is changed lives in the grace God gives in Jesus Christ. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell World,…

Research conducted at Yale University’s Infant Cognition Center contradicts a common belief that children are born as blank slates and learn right and wrong from watching other people. Researchers found that babies as young as three months can actually distinguish good from evil. The study used puppets…

Background: This is an excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It explores the Christian adage: Wise men still seek him. What would it be like if modern seekers were with the wise men when they worshiped Jesus? Brought-Low was a troubled man with a troubled past. His foolish deeds in his youthful…

The growth of social media has created a new perspective on friendship. Over a period of several years, it is easy to collect a lot of cyber friendships that are no more than people that appear on the computer screen. News feeds can be full of chatter and information, but not much of it is from real…

The growth of social media has created a new perspective on friendship. Over a period of several years, it is easy to collect a lot of cyber friendships that are no more than people that appear on the computer screen. News feeds can be full of chatter and information, but not much of it is from real…

A teenaged Indian boy worked for years to earn enough money to free his mother on bail. Kanhaiya Kumari was born in an Indian prison because his mother was five months pregnant when she was arrested for murder in 1993. Both mother and son remained in prison together for six years, and then Kanhaiya was…

This is a excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It imagines what the wise men would have encountered when they arrived at Bethlehem. The account is purely fictional, but it draws upon the promises that filled the hearts of all who believed when Jesus was born. Enjoy! That night, the Wise…

In 2013, Michael Jordan celebrated his 50th birthday! Most people wouldn't believe that a man often praised as being the best basketball player of all time was actually cut from his high school basketball team. Fortunately, Jordan was able to overcome that discouraging setback! He refused to let it stop…

By John Blake, CNN President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit.…

Illustration by Colin Smith – 5/09/09 on study of 1 John: When a child is in the womb the life of the child is surrounded by water. As soon as the child is born and he takes the first few breaths his nature changes and he can no longer live in the water. He now can only live in the air. We can go in…

Born Twice? Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh,…

Blaise Pascal had a kind of born again experience the night of November 23, 1654. A brilliant scientist and intellectual, Pascal met God, as it were, face to face, and wrote what he saw and felt, as it was happening to him. He recorded on a piece of parchment, “From about half past ten in the evening…

I have never been the same since sitting at the feet of Richard Wurmbrand. It was literally at his feet. He took off his shoes and sat in a chair on the slightly raised platform at Grace Baptist Church in south Minneapolis. (I learned later it had to do with damage to his feet during the torture he had…

I used to be the Minister of Youth here at Peace, way back in the ‘90's. A lot of our current teens were not even born then, but that’s another story for another day. When I first came to this church, we were having a cycle of kids who were . . . shall we say - DIFFICULT. OK, some of them were pretty…

The United States has enjoyed its position as the world’s economic superpower for decades. However, in recent years, this dominance has come under fire and many other countries have made their way up the economic ladder to challenge the US. The International Monetary Fund (IMF,) has made a startling…

After thousands of birds fell out of the sky on New Year’s Eve followed by a large fish die off nearby, some people began questioning if these events were signs of a coming apocalypse in 2011. Several news organizations quickly located experts to talk about the possibilities. Anderson Cooper decided…

That’s what William Borden did. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, or perhaps you might say a golden calf in his back yard. He was heir to the Borden dairy estate and, because of this, was a millionaire by the age of 21. As you can imagine, he went to Yale for his education. But William was…