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Many years ago a certain prince visited the Spanish galleys, where a large number of convicts were confined, chained to their oars to toil on without relief—I think nearly all of them condemned to a life sentence. Being a great prince, the King of Spain told him that he might in honor of his visit set…

Lucy Kellaway, writing in the Financial Times, says one key to being a successful chief executive is learning to lie. It is important to your success to learn to bear false witness in at least four areas. Never admit you are not enjoying your work. Never say you don’t like someone in your organization.…

U.S. citizen Andrew Brunson has served as a church pastor in Turkey for twenty-two years. In 2016, after a failed coup against the Turkish government, Turkish police arrested Pastor Brunson and held him in Turkish prisons since. He is facing 35 years in prison if the court convicts him. Even though Turkey’s…

February 14, 2017 was like any other workday at Spangahlem Airbase in Germany until a message took everyone by surprise. A simple red message popped up on all of the computers on the base warning, “Missile Inbound. Seek Shelter Immediately!” Officials say they were not sure how many people were affected…

Some people are bad liars. A Nebraska man was fined $100 for marijuana possession after police searched his car and found his stash. The sheriff said that his deputies stopped the 21-year-old man on suspicion of driving drunk and did a quick search of his vehicle. Under the passenger seat they discovered…

Some people have the ability to recall specific details about dates and events decades after they happened. Research has found that even people with exceptional memory abilities can be fooled by introducing false memories. A University of California team tested 20 super-memory people and 38 other people…

In 1950, Kathryn Johnston wanted to play Little League baseball. Since Little League was for boys ages 8-12, Kathryn had two strikes against her. She was a girl and she was 14, two years over the age limit. She solved that problem by going across town where no one knew her or her family and made the…

Rhode Island legislators are dealing with a bill that would pardon a man they believe was wrongly hanged for killing a wealthy mill owner over 160 years ago. John Gordon died in 1845. Though his murder trial lasted nine days and included over 100 witnesses, the jury only deliberated for 75 minutes before…

In his book, The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller writes, “Nearly everyone defines sin as breaking a list of rules. Jesus, though, shows us that a man who has violated virtually nothing on the list of moral misbehaviors can be every bit as spiritually lost as the most profligate, immoral person. Why? Because…

A lie, no matter how small it is, always costs. Bob Harris, weatherman for New York television station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics, and geology at three colleges, he left school…

by Charles R. Swindoll Proverbs 10:11-21, 15:1-7; James 3:1-12 Abraham Lincoln's coffin was pried open twice. The first occasion was in 1887, twenty-two long years after his assassination. Why? You may be surprised to know it was not to determine if he had died of a bullet fired from John Wilkes Booth's…

Alimujiang Yimiti is an Uyghur Christian who has been arrested by Chinese authorities. Charged with “revealing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations” he is really imprisoned for his Christian faith and his witness to the Uyghur people. Another Uyghur Christian, Wusiman Yiming, was sentenced…

Christ freed us from the law, not so we could live without it, but so we could voluntarily live by it. Living in an imperfect world is evidenced by the lawlessness of many people around us. But perhaps a more unusual example of ridiculous imperfection would be some of the laws different cities have enacted…

1 - Ephesus (2181 - Ephesos = “permitted”) Revelation 2:1-7 Passover - (Ex 12:11) - Yahweh Yira (יֵרָאֶה יְהוָה) – ‘The LORD provides’ - (Gn. 22: 8) - Spirit of the Lord - (Is 11:2) - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - (Mt5:3) - “Father, forgive them; for they do not…

Islam and Christianity Compared Islam is one of those “other gospels” that Paul warned us about time and again. In Chapter 11 of II Corinthians, Paul warns us that Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Islam teaches that God is so far above man in every way that he is virtually unknowable.…

In Seeking the Face of God, Gary Thomas writes, “When we are ashamed about where we are spiritually, we have two choices: We can create a false front and a glittering image (the spiritual-cosmetology approach) or we can be honest before God, ourselves, and others about our weakness and allow transformation…

The Power of Words "These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: [17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, [18] An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, [19] A false witness that speaketh lies,…

ABUNDANCE Though 41 of percent, Fremont California's 209,000 residents earn more than $100,000 a year, wealth cannot ensure their protection. Prompted by too many false alarms and too little money, the Fremont police department says they will begin ignoring most of the burglar alarms they receive. The…

COUNTERFEITS Maybe the most recognizable celebrity in the world today isn't as recognizable as everyone first imagined. A Sacramento man was convicted of using Tiger Wood's identity to defraud credit card companies of $17,000. According to prosecutors, Anthony Taylor used Tiger's real name, Eldrick T.…

CELIBACY In her book, Born Again Virgins, Wendy Keller argues that the unmarried who have had a time of sexual activity will benefit from celibacy. She was joined by Doug Carroll, a writer for the Arizona Republic and E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist for Elle magazine on CBS's The Early Show to discuss…

LYING Maxim Magazine asked Tara Reid, who was expected to testify in a Capital murder case, if it is ever OK to lie, she answered: “Yes, it’s like, I know I’m lying, but it’s just gonna make my life so much easier.” —Newsweek, March 4, 2002, p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson There is some room to agree…

What’s in a Name? 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 (ESV) Culture wars are fought upon the battleground…

| Answering Common Objections to the Doctrine of the Trinity---- By Ben Rast Contender Ministries August 23, 2005 ---- | | Though the doctrine of the Trinity is quite biblical, many Christians find themselves unable to adequately answer the attacks on this doctrine by other monotheistic religions such…

The Nature of Unsaved Men & Women Ephesians 2:3b-5 …we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)… Condition…

"Man rises superior to every terror of nature as soon as he is able to give it a form, and can make it a definite object...He tears away the masks from the spectres which terrified his childhood, and they suprise him with his own image, for they are merely his own imaginations." --Schiller We stand together…