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One life spent in distinct opposition to the gospel of Jesus is a terrible thing. A Scotchman took some thistle seed to Australia, that he might see a thistle grow on his farm. He only wanted one or two rare old Scotch thistles to make him think that he was at home. Now, thousands of acres are covered…

If a man is in business, it is not necessary that he should commit forgery in order to fail; he can fail by simply neglecting his business. If a man is sick, he need not commit suicide by taking poison; he can do it just as surely by neglecting to take proper medicines. So is it in the things of God.…

I can use no better illustration than the distinction between fainting and dying. There lies a young creature; she can scarcely breathe; she cannot herself lift up her hand, and if lifted up by anyone else, it falls. She is cold and stiff; she is faint, but not dead. There is another one, just as cold…

One Richard Denton, who had been a very zealous Lollard, and was the means of the conversion of an eminent saint, when he came to the stake was so afraid of the fire that he renounced everything he held and went into the Church of Rome. A short time after his own house took fire, and going into it to…

In the night skies there had long been observed bright masses of light. The astronomers supposed them to be stores of unfashioned chaotic matter—until William Herschel’s telescope resolved them into distinct stars. What the telescope did for stars, the religion of Christ, when received into the heart,…

THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

While some found the emergence of billions of cicadas in the spring and summer of 2021 annoying, David Rothenberg, a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, used the opportunity for man and nature to work together. While the insects swarmed all around, Rothenberg…

# Philippians 3:17–21 ## Opening So far in this chapter Paul has warned against the Judaizers, and any who would place their confidence in who they are, or what they have done and not the finished work of Christ alone. By way of rebuking this idea, Paul gives his own longs list of “fleshly” qualifications…

Love and care of family is an important responsibility for parents. We are to take care of the children entrusted to US. That does not give us excuse to disregard the rest of society. Lou Munilla moved from California to Idaho when California passed a law that virtually all school children are to be…

Researchers have confirmed that the seventh planet from the sun literally stinks. They said they had wondered about the clouds that make up the planet Uranus for a long time. After observing the way sunlight bounced off the planet’s atmosphere, researchers confirmed that the gas in the cloud tops is…

Resident of the Dutch village of Jelsum said the idea of using a rumble strips in the highway to sound out the anthem of the Friesland region sounded like a good idea at first, but it quickly became an annoyance. As a novelty, authorities had strips placed in the road, so that when a vehicle drove over…

Much of the Pixar movie Inside Out? takes place inside Riley’s head, an 11-year-old girl, with five emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust embodied by characters who help Riley navigate her world. Early in the film, Joy admits that she doesn’t understand what Sadness is for or why it’s in Riley’s…

# Philippians Lesson 1 ## Intro to the Study of Philippians I’ve been given the privilege of teaching the opening weeks of this study through the book of Philippians. Before we get to the text of Philippians I am going to take a few minutes to refresh your memory of the background of the Philippian churches…

Wendy Birmingham, lead author of a new study out of Utah on marriage, said the study said they found a quarter of the couples in the research were genuinely happy, but the rest fell into the ambivalent category. Couples in what the researchers termed “ambivalent marriages,” those that not bad enough…

The seal of the United States of America reflects the early inception of the country and its subsequent history. In its design, the motto E Pluribus Unum, out of many, one. It has been understood to mean that the thirteen colonies became one nation. This has evolved to mean, that out of many peoples,…

Did you know that King Richard III of England was originally buried in a roughly dug grave, without a coffin or burial shroud? The location of King Richard III's grave remained a mystery for centuries until archaeologists rediscovered his bones under a parking lot in Leicester, England, in 2012. On March…

Aurelia Mojica’s motto is you have to love and care, nothing more and nothing less. She celebrated 107th her birthday with her family in Lubbock, Texas in September, 2014where she has lived there for more than forty years. She is older than the city which celebrated 106 years in March, 2014. Aurelia…

A book of psalms dating to 1640 and believed to be the first book published in the United States was auctioned for a record $414.2 million. The book was one of several originally owned by the Old South Church in Boston. The church has the distinction of being known as the church Samuel Adams attended,…

Computer software developed by a team in Israel is giving new insight into what researchers believe about the authorship and composition of the Bible. The software analyzes style and word choices to tell if different authors wrote portions of text. The program is part of a sub-filed of artificial intelligence…

I must confess that God is still growing me in this area and I have a long long way to go. I have, however, met other pastors who seemed to really “be in step.” When I was a little kid living in Jacksonville, N.C., my dad pastored the “First Church” in that town. We would often go out in the country,…

You may recall these lines from this past year’s Christmas musical. They were words that George Bailey spoke to Mary on their first “date.” He said: "Mary, I know what I'm going to do tomorrow and the next day and the next year and the year after that. I'm going to leave this little town far behind,…

Published July 05, 2011 | Popular Science Call it a twist on the study of gut bacteria. Scientists sampling DNA strains from the navels of volunteer donors have found 662 microbes that are apparently new to science, showing that the human navel is apparently a ripe environment for bacteria. The Belly…

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…

Suppose he got pneumonia from all this work and exposure. Would that have been “persecution”? Paul did not make a distinction between being beaten by rods or having a boating accident or being cold while traveling between towns. For him any suffering that befell him while serving Christ was part of the…

Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan, shares the story of a woman in his congregation who was learning how the grace extended to us through Christ's work on the cross can actually be more challenging than religion. He writes: Some years ago I met with a woman who began coming to church…