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There is therefore no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh , but after the Spirit

While the whole world reels from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many feel hopeless as a result, Queen Elizabeth issues her first ever Easter message in 2020, filled with hope for her subjects during this time of crisis. She reminds us that Easter is not cancelled this year but remains “a symbol…

Evidence from a study conducted at Ohio State University suggests the best way to discover a person’s true nature is to put them in a time-critical situation. Researchers found that an individual’s traits become more noticeable when they are forced to make a quick decision. Results of the study revealed…

There is an interesting new sport in Russia—a slapping contest. Face slappers must stand opposite each other, separated only by a tall box, and slap each other in turn until one either faints or concedes. Unlike in boxing, competitors are not allowed to try to dodge the blow. Vasily Kamotsky, a 28-year-old…

High school senior Kate Wynja won the Class A girls state golf tournament, but then realized she has submitted an incorrect scorecard. She accidentally credited herself with a 4 on the 18th hole, instead of a 5 and knew she had to report it. As a result, she was disqualified, and her team fell from first…

Though he didn’t win the election, New York City mayoral candidate Aaron Commey said he was shocked that so little attention paid to his arrest for trying to highjack an airline in July, 2000. Commey boarded a National Airlines plane in New York and ordered the pilots to fly to Argentina or Antarctica.…

A small, isolated town at the edge of the Aleutian Islands had no police protection for several days after all three of its officers suddenly resigned, and the city council voted to fire the police chief. The community was without a police presence for four days, but there were no major calls into the…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “Hopelessness and despair can adversely impact the endocrine and immune systems, even hastening death. Conversely, being an optimist may help reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and other causes. A thirty-five-year…

A British paintball company says they were surprised by the number of applicants for a job post they put up. The company is looking for a ‘bullet tester’ with a ‘relatively high pain threshold’ and has received about 10,000 applicants. They are looking for a person willing to be shot at to ensure that…

A London-based diamond retailer launched a 1.14-carat diamond into the air attached to a weather balloon. The promotion announced that whoever found the diamond could keep it. Then things went a little haywire. It drifted off course and the tracking GPS system failed. For several months people carefully…

Did you happen to read the recent article that claimed: “the Faster You Die, the More Popular the Game?” People enjoy a challenge. As it turns out, video game designers are purposefully making their games more difficult—and gamers love it! People who play these games post videos on their improvement,…

In 1931, a young mother died suddenly. Her two children, ages seven and four, were sent to separate homes and raised apart. After 80 years, Doris Petre discovered that her older brother was alive and well, living in Brunswick, Maine. 80 years after the separation, Doris and Richard Watrous met each other…

A stray dog who survived an attempt to put him to sleep has become a canine celebrity. The dog named Wall-E was among several dogs abandoned when an Oklahoma shelter closed. Due to overcrowding, a vet tried to euthanize the puppy. The dog was found alive the morning after he received two does of a lethal…

It has been a tough six months at Cornell University. Over that time, six students have taken their own lives. With the reputation of a “suicide school,” school and mental health officials have launched a massive effort to find the problem and stop it. --The Week March 26, 2010 p. 9. Illustration by…

Scientists are planning a ground-breaking research project to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells. The results could provide an unlimited supply of blood for emergency transfusions, free of the risk of infection, it is being reported. The three-year project will be led by the Scottish…

And there really are many reactions to trouble. You’ve seen them. You’ve probably done them! When trouble comes, some people turn into great pretenders. They act as if nothing’s wrong. They may have just experienced devastation, but they are in denial. They’re kind of like a NC State Wolfpack team back…

I didn’t learn to ski till I was well into my 30's. The first time I ever went was the first time I took a group from Peace up to Winter Place in West Virginia. I was not that worried. I figured I could strap on a pair of skis and do just fine, so I didn’t bother to take a lesson. I mean if you don’t…

Contrast Dave’s reaction with that of a 14 year-old girl. Nancy Ortberg gave her story. It seems Nancy worked as a registered nurse for about ten years. One of her earliest patients was a young girl of about 14 who had been in a dirt bike accident. She met this young girl in the physical therapy department.…

Warren Wiersbe says: “A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.” What really separates the two? Well, the answer may lie in another saying most of us have heard: “Life is 2 percent what happens to…

I recently entered a staff member’s office to find them distraught. They’d been working pretty hard on a project and even though they had given their all to it, they were still being pretty highly criticized. I could tell they were really discouraged, to the point that they really wanted to let loose…

Several years ago in a message, I told you the story of how my dad shot my dog, Fido. I think a few of you may have heard that and thought that my Father somehow hated dogs. That is definitely not true. In fact, he’s got a real soft spot for them. When he used to live in rural Georgia, in fact, he had…

Your emergency situation is often God’s testing time. The purposes of God often develop slowly because His grand designs are never hurried. The great New England preacher Phillips Brooks was noted for his poise and quiet manner. At times, however, even he suffered from moments of frustration and irritability.…

He deserves not the name of patient who is only willing to suffer as much as he thinks proper.—Thomas a Kempis I once heard a preacher explain how trials are like washing machines. You have to let the machine run its course in order for the clothes to be completely cleaned. No matter how badly you feel…