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BIBLE MEDITATION: “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy.” Isaiah 57:15 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain” ( Exodus 20:7 ). We all know that profanity is one way that you can take God’s name in vain, but I’ll tell…

If children have learned a thing by heart, rather than merely by rote, they have made it their own, and it remains with them. A man with whom God the Holy Spirit deals is one who does not have to go to Exodus 20 to know what the law is. He does not need to stop and ask concerning most things, “Is this…

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A wallet found inside the walls of cottage undergoing renovation in Georgia was returned to the family of the owner. Mary Kay Andrews, an author who owns the house now, said crews found the wallet inside a wall, and it appeared the wallet had been there for decades. Documents inside the billfold identified…

Alaskan, Barrett Fletcher identifies as a pastor. He is the “Pastafarian” pastor of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He opened an Alaskan government meeting with a prayer while wearing a colander on his head. In his prayer he said, “I’m called to invoke the power of the true inebriated creator…

Time Magazine recently devoted much of a weekly issue to the discussion of living longer. One of the key articles was about the effect of church attendance on life expectancy. Several studies have shown a definite relationship between attending religious services and living a long time. One comprehensive…

Tequila Isaacson is an Idaho woman who was traveling on a Washington State highway. She was at a rest stop when a Pickup truck in the parking lot next to a coffee shop caught on fire. While the boy’s parents worked to get him out and another man called 911, Isaacson began searching for a fire extinguisher.…

Just released data from the Netherlands indicates that in 2015 there were 7254 assisted deaths. The really alarming statistic however is that 431 of those were people who were “terminated” without their permission. On both ends of life, before birth, and near the end, doctors are taking life from babies…

A new study at the University of Toronto suggests that family bonds are far more important to adult wellbeing than friendships. Researchers surveyed some 3000 people between 57 and 85, asking about their closest relationships, health, and well-being. They found that those who felt “extremely close” to…

It is against the law to insult the King of the Netherlands. A 44-year-old Dutchman, unidentified by police, posted a Facebook rant describing the King as a murderer, rapist, and thief. A court found the man guilty of cursing the Dutch king and sentenced him to 30 days in Jail. The second commandment…

Do you want to conquer envy and covetousness? According to a study from Denmark’s Happiness Research Institute, maybe you could give up Facebook. The study found that people who gave up Facebook for just one week reported suffering less envy and being “more satisfied with their lives” than those who…

One of the clearest commands in scripture, coming straight out of the Ten Commandments, is the command against stealing. You may it interesting, or perhaps unnerving, to know that 1 in 6 teens and young adults admit to stealing something in the past year. These young people were involved in a survey…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

Matt Carpenter is the star third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, who slumped at the beginning of the 2015 season. In May, he missed an entire series because of extreme exhaustion. Carpenter has a strong work ethic that includes arriving early and using his days off for batting practice. So Cardinals…

Michelle Wilkins, a 26-year-old Colorado woman answered a Craigslist ad for baby clothes. When she arrived she was attacked by a woman who cut her seven-month fetus from her womb. The mother survived the attack, but the baby did not. The suspect faces eight felony charges, including unlawful termination…

The story is told of a man who was running a zoo which had a very active Gorilla and demonstrating lion. The Gorilla particularly attracted so many visitors and of course was a money spinner for the owner. One day, the Gorilla died. The Zoo keeper carefully skinned the gorilla and dried the skin. One…

A 26-year-old abortion counselor from New Jersey posted a video of her own abortion on the internet. During the procedure she is seen smiling while holding hands with the nurses. Afterward she said, ‘I don’t feel sad. I feel in awe of the fact that I can make a baby. I can make a life.’ Then she can…

Someone stole a bicycle belonging to Kayla Smith. Sometime later she was looking on Craigslist and saw her bicycle listed for sale. She called, met the seller, and asked for a test ride. Then she got on the bike and rode it away. Is it stealing when you take back an item that has been stolen from you?…

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “For years I learned from leaders and consultants around the country how to lead a large, growing church. None of the training I received concerned itself with knowing myself. The problem was that…

A young 18-year-old from Connecticut would do well to remember the fifth commandment. When his mother insisted he clean his room, he cursed her. When things got out of hand, the police showed up and arrested him. His response was to tell the police, “I have rights.” --The Week, October 14, 2011 p. 6…

When Ray Fisman landed his first job after college, it was for a salary greater than all the money he had earned in his life up to that point. According to his own testimony, He was content, until the moment he discovered how much more other people just like him were earning. Then he said, “my monthly…

How important is it to keep the Lord’s Day holy to the Lord? It seems to be less and less so in American Culture and even among American Christians; but to one company it remains sacred. David Salyers who works for the ad agency that works for Chick-fil-A was asked, “What do you think would happen first:…

On July 5, 2017 a surprising trend appeared on Twitter. That day, many people began using the phrase “I, the Lord” in their feeds. Twitter reported that the phrase was used 15,700 times on the day the trend started. Many of the references were from the book of Jeremiah, with others found in Exodus 20:5,…

During the 19th century when Americans set out to build a transcontinental railroad, congress set the rules up as a race. Both companies, the Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from California, raced to lay as much track as they possibly could. As they pressed across the mountains and…

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…