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Will Carroll, the drummer for thrash metal band Death Angel, spent twelve days in a medically induced coma after being diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus and experienced strong visions. Will said he “saw himself leave his body and plummet down to hell, where Satan punished him for the deadly sin of sloth.…

Over the last 42 years, Bernie Carroll has earned the title of “Britain’s Angriest Man.” What did he do to earn it? He has been sending opinionated letters to his local newspaper every day. He originally focused his letters on the Liverpool city council. Over the years he expanded his rantings to topics…

In an odd twist of circumstances, Mike Peyton, a Wyoming man had a ring returned to him 45 years after he threw it as far as he could in a fit of teenage rage. He told a local newspaper that his girlfriend at the time was wearing the ring when they broke up in the early 1970s. When she handed it to him,…

Not all mistakes are created equal. Take Carmen Chamblees’ mistake for instance. She was angry with her ex-boyfriend and decided to set his car on fire. I think we would all agree that was a mistake. She didn’t just think about it, or threaten to do it, she carried out her plan. Again, I think we would…

In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “To reconnect, lovers have to be able to de-escalate the conflict and actively create a basic emotional safety.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 122 Ephesians 4:26 (HCSB) Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down…

In a video presentation, Dr. Hanna Fry, author of the “The Mathematics of Love,” said research suggests that being free to complain might actually create a healthier marriage relationship. Fry says couples who end up doing best really low negativity threshold. They tend to speak up when things bother…

Published December 07, 2012 | LiveScience Three out of five scientists do not believe in God, but two out of five do, said John Donvan, opening a debate on the issue of science and religion Wednesday in New York City. The discussion pitted the perspectives from both sides against one another: Does science…

The HuffingtonPost.com quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson on the uselessness of anger. “For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.” Of course that is only the beginning of what you lose when you hold on to your anger, but it is a good reminder. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week,…

Jayme Leon wanted his money back and he wasn't going to take "no" for an answer. He was angry because his quarter pounder had onions on it and he claimed he ordered it without them. When he called to complain, an employee agreed to issue the refund so he showed up to get his money. However, he showed…

Tri Robinson tells of his own recognition of this in his own marriage. When I got home from [a] mountaintop weekend [that had changed my life, drawing me closer to Christ], I was excited to share with Nancy what had happened. This was the very thing that for many years she had desperately wanted and…

Rudeness is like a contagious illness. It spreads quickly and virally, almost like the common cold says author Danny Wallace. Wallace researched the prevalence of rudeness in our online society and discovered a ridiculous amount of strange acts of revenge, from rubbing fries on a person’s windshield…

“The Gulf of Mexico is not the only place blowout preventers fail,” according to Jeffrey Kluger in Time Magazine. Time, July 5, 2010, p. 13 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell That is certainly the truth. We all need a blowout preventer on our temper. Sometimes they fail under stress. Our…

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.—Benjamin Franklin Many years ago, a senior executive of the Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was running the firm. On the day the news leaked out, most of the executives…

ANGER Robert Caton apparently had had a little too much to drink. Employees at the Tesco store in Andover, England refused to sell him anymore. The agitated Caton simply returned to his Rolls Royce and drove it through the front window crashing into the store and injuring six people. -- World Magazine,…

Not committing all means not committing at all. A certain man lived in Haiti and wanted to sell his house for $2,000. Another man wanted very badly to buy it, but because he was poor, he could not afford the full price. After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell the house for half the original price…

The story is told of an old philosopher in Athens who didn’t get along very well with his wife. On one occasion she went to the Agora and sought out the old sage, boisterously giving him a piece of her mind. The old man sat there stoically and said nothing. Infuriated all the more at being ignored, his…

Salon.com reports that Americans spent $50.4 billion on lottery tickets. They further report that poor households spend a much greater portion of their income on lotteries—about 9 percent. While states continue to depend more on gambling income America’s couples continue to languish in poverty. Eleven…

You are probably aware that Corrie ten Boom, along with her sister and father, were sent to Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, for hiding Jews. Her sister and father died there, but Corrie was released, due to a “clerical error.” And the Kingdom of God is better off for it. Corrie ten Boom likened…

You are probably aware that Corrie ten Boom, along with her sister and father, were sent to Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, for hiding Jews. Her sister and father died there, but Corrie was released, due to a “clerical error.” And the Kingdom of God is better off for it. Corrie ten Boom likened…

Three days ago Rick Warren proffered this question for me to mull over. "What is the mature church?" I knew immediately how I would respond. "The 'mature church' is the church filled with immaturity." Anywhere in the world, whether plant or animal, the clear delineation of "maturity" is the ability to…

In Character Is DestinyJohn McCain wrote about his imprisonment in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. "During the time I was held in solitary, I was caught, not for the first time, communicating with my dear friend in the cell next to mine. For my transgression, I was kept overnight in a punishment…

On June 1, 2007, minor league Mississippi Braves baseball manager Phillip Wellman threw a major league tantrum that earned him the national spotlight, if only for a moment. During a losing game against the Chattanooga Lookouts, Wellman was infuriated over a call made by the home plate umpire. Wellman…

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,…

SATAN Foxes have taken to the big city. In fact, some 5,000 urban foxes now live in London and roam the streets, usually at night. They have visited Downing Street, Buckingham Palace Gardens and the House of Lords. Yes, one fox even wandered into the lobby of the House of Lords in February as they discussed…