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One of the main responsibilities inherent in rearing children is protecting them from harm. In Oregon, a father was molesting his daughter. At a men’s accountability group in his church he confessed to a group and was willing “to repent of his sins.” A member of the group alerted police, who charged…

In his book, It Calls You Back, Luis J. Rodriguez discusses the true relationship between a father and son who dealt with gangs. This son gets in a fight with his father about being in a gang. The son then runs away from the father and the father chases him “from street to street, alley to alley.” Then…

A tropical bird found in England may have logged the most air miles in the history of aviation. Wildlife officials say the red-footed booby, a native to the Caribbean, was found on a beach in southern England. The bird was 5,000 miles from its native habitat and was the first reported sighting in Britain.…

In 1967, Manhattan lawyer Ivan Schneider brought a Jaguar XKE convertible. Schneider says that car was one of the first and best looking luxury cars he ever owned, and it also the only one to be stolen. The car disappeared in March, 1968 and did not resurface until a routine export report check through…

In 2002 Belgium legalized euthanasia for adults. 12 years later they have “extended the right to die” to include children even though “a group of 175 pediatricians urged lawmakers to take longer considering the consequences and said medical advances prevent terminally ill children from suffering before…

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope was at a birthday party when six-year-old Bryson Moore slipped and fell into the deep end of the swimming pool. Hearing cries for help, Pope leaped in, fully dressed, with cellphone and wallet in his pockets, to rescue the boy. “I wasn’t waiting on anyone else,”…

The entire British nation is looking for a woman named Samantha after her soldier boyfriend, evidently deployed in Afghanistan, left a phone message at the wrong number. According to reports, Diane Potts from the northern English city of Gateshead, and found the message on her answering machine. The…

For an Oregon woman and her children their GPS device turned out to be a curse and a blessing. Melissa Batz and her children were about 15 minutes away from reaching their destination on a camping trip when their GPS unit sent them on a detour. The family drove onto a backcountry road, and soon got stuck…

Do you see what I see? Purpose: To walk circumspectly, being aware of the traps that seek to draw us from God's goal in our lives. 2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was…

63-year-old Jeanne Schnepp got stuck in raging waters during a fishing trip and her partially deflated raft hung on some brush leaving her with no way of escaping the river. Five days into her ordeal, a passing fisherman happened to see her. Schnepp said the brush she was trapped in was only a few hundred…

EVANGELISM "Bruce" walks through the church door out into the warm Columbian evening and begins panning the horizon to see if he can see the missing person from his party. Bruce doesn't get shook easily. Back home, he's a tough negotiator, a leader in his church and community. But the guerillas in the…

Why do we do what we do? Sometimes we lose our sense of purpose. On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with…

TRANSITIONSMINISTRYOUTREACH According to D. Michael Lindsay, a consultant for religion and culture to the Gallup Institute, there are two critical moments when a person might lessen or increase their involvement in a local church “times of relocation and family transition.” “As a result,” Lindsay says,…

LOST AND FOUND As of July 1, 2003 a new lifesaving technology became available to millions of Americans. Personal locator beacons similar to beacons used by mariners and aviators, allow lost hikers, campers, and others to be tracked in an emergency when they carry the devices. When activated in an emergency,…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

SECTION OUTLINE FOURTEEN (ROMANS 14) Paul discusses the believer’s responsibilities toward those Christians who are weak in the faith. I. No Believer Should Be Judged by Another Believer Down Here (14:1–8). A. We are not to criticize others’ legalism (14:1–8). 1. The rules (14:1–6) a. Don’t judge in…

Advent of Christ, the First A. Announced in the Old Testament by: Moses Deut. 18:18, 19 Samuel Acts 3:24 David Ps. 40:6–8; Heb. 10:5–8 Prophets Luke 24:26, 27 B. Prophecies fulfilled by his: Birth Is. 7:14; Matt. 1:23 Forerunner Mal. 3:1, 2; Matt. 3:1–3 Incarnation Is. 9:6 Time of arrival Dan. 9:24,…

I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…

by Jeanette Lockerbie Can a child understand the gospel? When does such understanding come? At what age is a "little one" accountable to God? Some groups, believing that a child is too young to know about such things, have legislated a particular chronological age. Thereby, they deprive many a boy or…

the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers THEME: Angels March / 1987 "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Hebrews 13:2 IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE ANGELS Have you ever seen an angel? Dr. S. W. Mitchell thought he had. Dr.…