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In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “According to a study by Michael Slepian, a professor of management at Columbia Business School, the average person keeps thirteen secrets, five of which he or she has never shared with anyone else.…

In his book, The Fifth Gospel, North Carolina pastor Bobby Conway encourages Christians to do more than read the Bible, but to live it as well. Conway says the inspiration for the book came from British evangelist Gypsy Smith who said, “There are five Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Christian.…

In the French Alps, sits Le Chambon, a small village between the borders of Italy and Switzerland. Being Huguenots, the people of Le Chambon followed a long line of unswerving faithfulness to Christ, and with the spread of Nazi occupation they remained unmoved. The pastor in Le Chambon, André Trocmé,…

For instance, several years ago a Scottish scholar named Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, while studying the writings of Luke, discovered what he thought to be errors in the book of Acts. He decided to travel throughout Turkey and the Middle East to prove the Bible wrong. However, in every point of dispute,…

This is a excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund.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 his book, We Are All Weird, Seth Godin writes, “RICH is my word for someone who can afford to make choices, who has enough resources to do more than merely survive. You don’t need a private plane to be rich, but you do need enough time and food and health and access to be able to interact with the…

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “Two-thirds of the psalms are laments, complaints to God. God grieves in Genesis for having created humanity (see Genesis 6:6). David wrote poetry after the death of Saul and his best friend, Jonathan,…

Find 40 Books of the Bible This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a Mr. Valdez Raburn, in an airplane seat pocket, while on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. John Hess, who owns a beauty salon in N.J., ere... MI? Ah, it was N.Y.! He found it tucked in one…

Thanksgiving Quiz – The Answers! Here are the answers to last week’s Thanksgiving Quiz: 1. When did a whole nation pause to give thanks to God? The Israelites, after the crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 15). 2. When did four thousand people praise God with instruments? Under the appointment of King David…

Posted: 06/29/11 07:24 AM ET Several days ago, a historic vote in the state of New York, pushed aggressively by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, legalized the practice of same-sex marriage. Such an action was certainly a momentous decision for marriage equality rights in the LGBT community. The vote was not exactly…

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…

In their new book, Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, Ed Diener and his son, Robert Biswas-Diener, claim that happiness comes apart from money or material goods. Ed is psychology professor at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and Robert is a psychologist and lecturer…

SURRENDER In the book, Dying to Live, author Clive Calver offers an unique example of what it means to take up our cross every day. Calver writes, “An old friend of mine once put it very simply. He confessed, ‘I want to die to myself, and I want to be crucified with Christ. But I know that as soon as…

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,…

UNANSWERED PRAYERS In his book, Out of the Whirlwind, Mark Tabb explains why God doesn’t always answer our prayers the way we’d like Him to. He writes, “Job thought his prayers bounced off the ceiling unheard. He could not understand the silence from heaven. Yet the silence did not mean that God’s blessings…

In his book, Leading Without Power, Max De Pree writes, “I’ve often noticed the manager of a professional sports team or a member of Congress or a pastor using the phrase “my people.”Even though such an expression may rise from the best of motivations and real concern, to the ear of a follower this language…

Cheerful Givers "He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. [3] 'I tell you the truth,' he said, 'this poor widow has put in more than all the others. [4] All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." (Luke 21:2-4 NIV)…

STEWARDSHIP After terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001, people opened up their hearts and their pocketbooks to give to those directly affected by the tragedy. The American Red Cross received $547 million dollars for the cause, but until there was a public uproar, the Red Cross was not planning…

During the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, James Carville was one of his closest advisors and staunchest supporters. In his book, Stickin’ Carville talks about the many questions he received about his own little girls and what he would tell them about the controversy he was involved in. Carville…

ANSWERING THE PETER JENNINGS ABC REPORT ON JESUS | Dr. Ron Rhodes Many of you no doubt saw the Peter Jennings Report on Jesus this past week. I know that many of you were disturbed by this program. For this reason, this special issue of the REASONING FROM THE SCRIPTURES NEWSLETTER is provided as a brief…

The effectiveness of the Bible in your life lies in how much of it you obey. The US Department of the Interior once conducted an experiment using migratory birds. The birds were tagged with metal strips reading "Wash. Biol. Surv."—for Washington Biological Survey. The code was changed, so the story goes,…

TARGETING In his book, "Reformission", Mark Driscoll writes, "Christians have fallen into the same trap, starting different services at their churches and hiring a pastor who is the same age as the group the services are supposed to be reaching. We must dig deeper into our understanding of the people…

SERVANT LEADERSHIP In his book, "The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make", Hans Finzel writes, "...everyone in our organization rests on my shoulders and I am at the bottom of an inverted pyramid. I spend countless hours helping others be effective by providing them the facts, the energy, the resources, the…

A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…