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A Bride in the UK ended up shaming a wedding guest on the Facebook Group, “That’s It, I’m Wedding Shaming.” Apparently, the guest ignored the unwritten etiquette that only the Bride wears white, on this very special day. The unimpressed Bride got her sweet, but brutal revenge by posting the following…

The social networking app Nextdoor has added a new feature to remind neighbors to post kind comments. The Kindness Reminder is designed to convince people from posting mean comments. The feature previews comments before posting. If the post is too much like one that’s been flagged in the past, the app…

Police in New Jersey are looking for a man who tried to steal $2 worth of gasoline. Police say the suspect was carrying a gas can when he approached an attendant outside a gas station, pulled a knife and demanded $2 in gasoline. When the attendant refused to comply, the suspect ran away. Authorities…

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to serve a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says he doesn’t remember. His attorney says 23-year-old Christian Eshenbaugh suffered a brain injury in a car accident and has become a “completely different person.” Eshenbaugh pleaded guilty to charges…

Election officials in Ohio say most of the votes in the 2012 Presidential elections were cast for the official candidates, but there were some write-in votes. In the Canton area, write-in votes were reportedly cast for actor Clint Eastwood, New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow, and comedian Jon…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) surprised and dismayed his parents when he decided by age of fourteen to become a theologian and later a pastor. When his older brother told him not to waste his life in such a "poor, feeble, boring, petty, bourgeois institution as the church", 14-year-old Dietrich replied:…

Gary Enrig quotes Tom Anderson in this true story. Tom writes, “I made a vow to myself on the drive down to the vacation beach cottage: For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father, totally loving…no ifs, ands, or buts. The idea had come to me as I listened to a commentator on my car’s…

Our primary goal in the Christian life is to glorify God by fulfilling His purpose for our lives. As a hundred thousand fans watched, Richard Petty ended his 45 race losing streak and picked up stockcar racing's biggest purse—$73,500. It all happened at the Daytona 500. Petty's win, however, was a complete…

Some of you haven’t heard, but Santa Claus has a problem this year. He’s negotiated a new contract with his union and sent out this letter: I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population…

by Charles R. Swindoll Proverbs 10:11-21, 15:1-7; James 3:1-12 Abraham Lincoln's coffin was pried open twice. The first occasion was in 1887, twenty-two long years after his assassination. Why? You may be surprised to know it was not to determine if he had died of a bullet fired from John Wilkes Booth's…

Michael was the third of four children born to a Marine father.[1] Afflicted with asthma as a child, Monsoor strengthened his lungs by racing his siblings in the family's swimming pool. Monsoor attended Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, California. He played tight-end on the school's football…

Matthew 21:12–13 Our minds should be focused on God and giving Him praise as we enter His house each week. Someone once wrote the following poem entitled "If You Want to Kill The Church": Never go to your church or meetings held there, If you do go, be late, it's no one's affair. If the weather is bad,…

Learning to Hate But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Revelation 2:6 (NIV) Christians are taught to love, but there are also things they must hate. This biblical hatred is not petty dislike or a retaliatory impulse; it is passionate antipathy…

Hats off to Richard Petty, the King of Stock Car Racing. Over 30 years ago he promised his mother that he would have nothing to do with strong drink and has remained true to his word. He refused even to place a Busch beer sticker on his race car, thus making the car ineligible for the Busch Pole Award…

OPPORTUNITY Ashley Smith gained nationwide fame when the Atlanta shooting suspect held her captive in her own home. Smith softened her captor's heart by reading him selections from the book, The Purpose Driven Life, and telling the fugitive that God had a plan for his life. Now Smith will have the opportunity…

Global War on Terror is out -- "overseas contingency operation" is in. Democratic Party is out -- "Democrat Socialist Party" is in. Terrorist attack is out -- "man-caused disaster" is in. Since the new administration took office, Washington has been consumed, on both sides of the aisle, by a kind of…

On September 11, 1992, an unusual parking ticket was given on Piru Street in south-central Los Angeles. At 9:46 a.m. an officer wrote up the ticket for an illegally parked Cadillac. There was no question that the car was in violation. The driver did not object to the ticket. In fact, the driver didn’t…

Flight 401 It was Flight 401 bound for Miami from New York City with a load of holiday passengers. As the huge aircraft approached the Miami Airport for its landing, a light that indicates proper deployment of the landing gear failed to come on. The plane flew in a large, looping circle over the swamps…

CONFLICT Fights and quarrels are deeply rooted in our human nature. Every now and then, I stick my head into the preschool room and watch our little one's play during Sunday School. One minute, two children will be sitting next to one another, content with their toys. The next, one of them will be trying…

The Coast Guard called off its search for three missing football players at sunset Tuesday. The news came after crews combed choppy waters off the Florida Gulf Coast for a third full day since NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and friend William Bleakley disappeared. Their fishing boat capsized…

In October, 1935, the African nation of Ethiopia was occupied by the fascist forces of Benito Mussolini. Ethiopia, traditionally a Coptic Christian culture, had over the centuries endured the brutal tyranny of Islam and other oppressors, and were now faced with another trial of significance. Their much…

TREASURE A jobless man from Argentina who found $50,000 buried in trash is being sued by the woman who claims she lost the fortune. Recent economic problems in the country have forced thousands of Argentines to earn their living by collecting and selling street garbage such as cardboard. 46-year-old…

REFLECTIONS Classic and contemporary excerpts. .■.::■■ ^ | The flippant believerI am disturbed when I hear believers say "Lord" thoughtlessly. Many Chris­tians are guilty of making Christ only a figurehead while continuing to run their lives just as they did before. It may be possible to fake the lordship…

HONOLULU — Search-and-rescue teams found a third body on the island of Kauai Friday, three days after a privately-owned dam burst and released a violent torrent of tree-snapping water and debris. Authorities said a woman's body was recovered in a stream bed. The body had not yet been identified, but…

The planning meeting was held at the Wesleyan Church world headquarters in northeast Indianapolis. Regional denominational leaders present represented: Wesleyan Church Church of God, Anderson Christian & Missionary Alliance Nazarene Evangelical Free Methodist Brethren in Christ Salvation Army Also –…