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The service of God is the element in which alone we can fully live. If you had a fish here upon dry land, supposing it possible that it could exist, yet it would lead a very unhappy life. It would scarcely be a fish at all! You could not tell of what it was capable; it would be deprived of the opportunity…

When you come to your table you find a variety there. Sometimes there is one dish upon it, and sometimes another, but you are never at all surprised to find the bread there every time. And perhaps we might add that there would be a deficiency if there were not salt there every time too. So there are…

The Moravian missionaries to Greenland thought they should first instruct the Greenlanders in the doctrine of the Trinity. So they preached away to them of the Godhead, but the Greenlanders did not care about it. One of them, while interpreting the third chapter of John, came across that blessed passage,…

What’s a pair of sneakers worth? In April of 2021, “Auction company Sotheby's announced on Monday that Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype shoes have sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million through a private sale to sneaker investing platform RARES.” https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/04/26/Kanye-West-Nike-Air-Yeezy-auction-Sothebys/1851619448461/…

On the border of Germany and Denmark lives a little old man and woman who are very much in love. Trouble is, one of them lives on each side of the border. Since their countries were locked down and the border closed, they have been unable to visit each other. Yet everyday Inga Rasmussen, 85 drives from…

In Toledo, Ohio KC Ahlers’ son was born with a rare medical condition. In a desperate attempt to raise money for medical care he posted a flyer near a mall asking for donations. Someone posted a sign next to the flyer that read: “Stop asking for money. Let the baby die. It’s called Darwinism. Happy Holidays.”…

Since rumors of a fountain of youth surfaced centuries ago, humans have been looking for a way to live forever. A new high-tech attempt is linking your brain to a computer, creating a digital replica, and uploading it to the computer. You enter a booth, scan and upload your mind to a server, then download…

Skirmantas Strimaitis was ticketed to fly from Vilnius, Lithuania to Bergamo, Italy for a ski outing. When he arrived at the airport he learned he was the only passenger on the 188-seat airplane. The plane’s crew outnumbered him seven to one; nevertheless, he made the two-hour-plus flight as the only…

In the article, “Why did Wikipedia succeed while other encyclopedias failed?” Megan Garber writes about certain factors led to Wikipedia’s success, including familiarity, user-friendliness, and an easy access to participation. Unlike other professional encyclopedias, Wikipedia depends on its users for…

On July 20, 2018, the Walt Disney Company fired film director James Gunn – the director of two very popular movies based on the Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel comic book property – from their employment due to a series of offensive jokes he posted on his Twitter account in 2008 and 2009, posts he apologized…

Most of the time, the value of an item is determined by the price someone is willing to pay for it. Believe it or not, Golden Goose, a clothing brand from Italy is selling distressed shoes, complete with the equivalent of duct tape wrapped around it, for $530.00 Amazing! Why would anyone pay so much…

Jacqueline Ades, 31, went on a date, just one date, with a man she fell for. Unfortunately it didn’t fall both ways and Ades began to stalk and harass her former date. When she was finally arrested she had sent him more than 65,000 text messages. When questioned about it she agreed that the number of…

On a routine call in September, Albuquerque police officer Ryan Holets noticed a man and woman doing heroin behind a convenience store. The woman was not only injecting a needle into her companion's arm, she was also eight months pregnant. As Holets warned her of the damage she was doing to her baby,…

A new study from the University of Vermont suggests eating hot peppers can help you live longer. In the study, researchers looked at the health and diet data of more than 16,000 Americans for nearly 19 years. They discovered that “those who regularly ate hot peppers were 13 percent less likely to die…

A hospital in Barrie, Ontario has apologized for an advertisement on their parking garage gate for cancer patients. Cancer patients entering the cancer ward for treatment saw the ad for the funeral home. A patient with cancer needs to see and hear words that are uplifting, not an appeal for their service…

Jeni Stepien is a Pennsylvania schoolteacher who was recently married. The man who walked her down the aisle and gave her away had her dad’s heart. He received it as a heart donor recipient when Jeni’s father was murdered ten years ago. After Arthur Thomas received the heart in 2006, they kept in touch.…

How many things there are in the world, which we have upon our tables and which we even eat, that if we were to put beneath our microscope we should be afraid to touch! For we should see all kinds of loathsome creatures creeping and crawling about in them—such things as we never conceived! And so it…

In The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, “Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ.…

FBI Director James requires every new FBI special agent and intelligence analyst to go to the Holocaust Museum. He says, “I want them to learn about the abuse of authority on a breathtaking scale. I want them to see humanity and what we are capable of. I want them to see that, although this slaughter…

67-year old Sabine Moreau intended to drive 80 miles to Brussels. The Belgian woman programed her car-navigation system and set out. Six countries and 1800 miles later she drove into Zagreb, Croatia. It was then she realized that she missed her turn somehow. Once she realized she was lost, she found…

ETERNITY Ray Kurzweil is described as a futurist and inventor. At age 65 his goal is to live long enough that he will still be alive when the contents of our brains will be able to be downloaded to a computer. Then he can upload his intelligence, experience, and identity to the internet allowing him…

Two recent news stories remind me that love can be fickle. When a newlywed wife called 911to report her husband missing during their Florida honeymoon, police told her that he had been arrested for attempting to hire a prostitute. A Washington state family returned home to find a burglar in their home.…

Studies have indicated the growth of a new group of Americans in the past few years. This group, referred to “nones,” is those who claim that they are not associated with a particular religious group. Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv says he believes the growth of this group has more to do with…