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Sunday is a comin’! (by S.M. Lockridge)

A swift young man, out of the ranks of the victors, runs with all speed to the city, rushes through the gate, into the marketplace, and proclaims to the assembled people the welcome news: “Our country is victorious; our commander is crowned with laurels.” That young man is the forerunner of the victorious…

He who is dead is free from the law. Take a man who has been guilty of a capital offense: he is condemned to be hanged, he is hanged by the neck until he is dead—what more has the law to do with him? It has done with him, for it has executed its sentence upon him. If he can be brought back to life again…

When the children of Israel went through the Jordan, they were told that the Jordan would divide before them. But they were still more fully assured when the priests went forward with the ark, for as soon as the feet of the priests touched the margin of the river, the waters began to divide. As they…

While the whole world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many feel hopeless as a result, Queen Elizabeth issues her first ever Easter message in 2020, filled with hope for her subjects during this time of crisis. She reminds us that Easter is not cancelled this year but remains “a symbol…

Puppets Roger and Stella discuss Palm Sunday.

While she and her neighbors stayed at home to social distance, a teenage girl decided to encourage her neighbors by singing to them on Easter. The teen’s mother helped her set up some speakers in their driveway so she could be heard by the neighbors. They posted a video of the event on social media afterwards,…

2020 Good Friday worship service

One day a man’s four-year-old daughter asked him why they celebrated Christmas. He didn’t have a good answer for her, so he went to the local book shop and bought a Children’s Bible and began reading it to her. They even memorized a Bible verse together. He never talked, though, about the cross and resurrection…

Mila Kunis is a Jewish actor that has two children with Ashton Kutcher. She is determined that they will not grow up to be Hollywood brats. The two children, Wyatt 3, and baby Dimitri will not receive any Christmas presents this year. Last year Wyatt, only 2 at the time, received so much stuff that there…

Each spring, about 400 people arrive for spring training at the Texas Rangers facility in Surprise, Arizona. They include players, wives, coaches, and office staff. When the team arrives, Pastor Jason Griffin begins his role as Team Chaplain for spring training. Griffin also pastors a church in the area,…

A woman who wanted to help her church build a new building put a rare and valuable gift in the offering plate during a special Easter offering. The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, gave an 1866 proof Liberty Head double eagle coin to the church to help finance the new building. Her church has…

A church in Southern California passed out Random Act of Kindness (RAK) cards and asked their members to perform random acts of kindness in the community and leave a RAK card with the name of the church. One church member tried this at a Starbucks drive through. Handing the RAK card to the Starbucks…

“Workers at a Mississippi funeral home got a shock when a corpse started moving inside his body bag.” Walter Williams, 78, had been declared dead several hours earlier and morticians were about to start the embalming process. Then the coroner, Dexter Howard, noticed something not quite right. There was…

In his weekly editorial for the magazine, The Week, William Falk tells about a show on the Food Network called Restaurant Impossible. In each episode of the program, chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine accepts an invitation to revive a dying family restaurant somewhere in Smalltown, America. Irvine critiques…

Antonio Arias has a problem. Four years ago a hospital mistakenly declared him dead and a death certificate was filed that bears his name, Social Security number, and date of birth. Now no matter how much he persists, no government agency or bank will believe he is alive. His credit cards have all been…

Many people who live along the Jersey shore took time to attend Easter sunrise services demonstrating their faith is still strong despite the storms they have endured. One pastor who lead a service said tragedy brings people together in ways they normally would not have. Though two iconic crosses in…

In his book, The Insanity of God, Nik Ripken writes, “. . .people flocked to Christ in greater numbers during difficult days of persecution because that’s when they could recognize how God sustains and strengthens His followers through times of trouble.” —Jim L. Wilson Nik Ripken, and Gregg Lewis. Insanity…

Published March 13, 2013 LiveScience A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge…

Several pastor and Christian leaders had positive things to say about the TV miniseries, The Bible, which aired on History channel in March 2013. Expressing his views in writing, Franklin Graham said, it was fitting that the series aired during the month leading up to Easter, because it would remind…

A three-year-old British toddler was doing something as harmless as hunting Easter eggs in Somersett, England. He found a brown one but was having some trouble getting it in his basket. When the adults examined his egg they discovered he had found an unexploded hand grenade from WW II. An army bomb squad…

2045, The Year Man Becomes Immortal shouts the cover of Time magazine! Of course that is a couple thousand years late. Jesus already promised that those who believe in Him will never die. The Time article is about the Singularity movement. The Singularity moment is when computer intelligence passes human…