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In the movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings there is a classic scene where Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Aragorn, and Gandalf the wizard are traveling through the Mines of Moria when they are suddenly attacked by a giant and maleficent beast known as a Balrag.…

In San Diego, a would-be robber walked into a branch of U.S. Bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. The teller read the note, looked at the man, and replied, “No.” The robber turned and walked out the door. I wish I could respond to every temptation so forth rightly and successfully. Just…

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. In 1346, during the Hundred Years’ War, the English army of King…

An Episcopal Bishop, Heather Cook, struck a cyclist with her car and fled the scene. While she was fleeing, 41-year-old Thomas Palermo, a married father of two, lay dying. Other cyclists tracked Cook down, confronted her, and she returned to the scene. The Diocese of Maryland placed her on leave and…

Researchers have discovered that guilt may heighten a person’s sense of pleasure. To examine the theory, they asked one group of women to look at the covers of various health magazines, and asking another group to look at magazine covers that had nothing to do with health. Afterward, all of the women…

How can a man of such great loyalty, sacrifice, honor, discipline, and willpower as General David Petraeus get caught up in an adulterous affair? “How could he allow things to go so far?” asks Joel Stein in his November 2012 Time Magazine column. Stein’s answer is that people in Petraeus’ situation are…

For most people the Christmas shopping season means spending a little more to share gifts with friends. For those in who work in the retail sector, the busy holiday season is a time to boost their loss-prevention efforts. Studies reveal that one in every 11 people who walk into a store are likely to…

In 2017, child welfare officials removed about 90,000 children and teens from their families because of a parent who had a substance abuse problem. Welfare officials estimate that about 6 million children younger than age 11 have parents who suffer from drug addiction. The Week, November 8, 2019 P. 16…

Do you remember learning in school about the Lewis and Clark expedition across Western America? One interesting story that is told from that time is the story of John Colter, a frontiersman in the party who after three years of exploring began trapping beavers. The site he chose for his trapping activities…

The way to spiritual life and vitality is to live by the Word of God. In the Australian bush country grows a little plant called the "sundew." It has a slender stem and tiny, round leaves fringed with hairs that glisten with bright drops of liquid as delicate as fine dew. Woe to the insect, however,…

Ken Meyers on avoiding temptation: I believe that the challenge of living with popular culture may well be as serious for modern Christians as persecution and plagues were for the saints of earlier centuries…Enemies that come loudly and visibly are usually much easier to fight than those that are undetectable.…

Shortly after I became a Christ follower an older man challenged me to find key verses in the Bible that might speak to specific situations that I would find myself in through the course of a normal day. After identifying those critical verses and linking them to the challenges that may come my way,…

TEMPTATION The little calf on the end of the lasso had his feet firmly planted resisting the tug of the rope. Today Gary Wittmayer would be the "cowboy" who would throw (lay them down) the calves so that the cowboys could vaccinate, brand and make steers out of the young bulls. This was Gary's first…

One important point ought to be made concerning the use of I Corinthians 10:13 in counseling. The passage is particularly useful to set the tone of counseling from the very beginning. Sometimes these principles must be asserted frequently in the first few sessions. When a client has begun to solve his…

Ten Scriptures to Pray for Those You Love 1. Pray that your loved ones would turn from their sin and receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 2. Pray for your loved…

#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…

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…

TEXT: JAMES 1:27- SUBJECT:” WHOSE ARE YOU?”{ The mere hearing of the Word, then, is no guarantee of salvation, and James is very clear in its warning that there is the distinct possibility that a hearer can deceive himself that he is saved, for v.26 states that it is possible for the tongue of a man…

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…