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Americans Believe in Heaven and Hell I believe John Lennon was wrong. I believe that heaven and hell are real places and that each of us will spend eternity in one place or the other. Interestingly, recent polls show that I'm not alone in that belief. A 1991 survey commissioned by U.S. News and World…

THIS OLE HOUSE Composer/songwriter : Stuart Hamblen Publishers : Duchess Music Ltd. Highest Position : #1. Weeks on chart : 23 Recorded : May 22, 1954 Flip side of her "Hey There" which also hit # 1 This ole house once knew his children This ole house once knew his wife This ole house was home and comfort…

THE MIDDLE C OF LIFE You and I need a middle C. Haven't you had enough change in your life? Relationships change. Health changes. The weather changes. But the Yahweh who ruled the earth last night is the same Yahweh who rules it today. Same convictions. Same plan. Same mood. Same love. He never changes.…

A child would generally stand on his feet in a gust of wind if he knew it was coming. But when the wind happens to come around a corner furiously, he may be taken off his feet. Mind you are well ballasted by prayer every morning before your vessel puts out to sea, or carrying the quantity of sail you…

When we light a fire, we always put the straw and kindling at the bottom. When we first light it, there is flame and a great deal of smoke. But afterward, when the flame gets hold of the coals, there is not so much blaze, but there is really more heat. You may have lost some of your flame and smoke,…

The ship may not need an anchor in calm waters; when upon a broad ocean a little drifting may not be a very serious matter. But there are conditions of weather in which an anchor becomes altogether essential. When a gale is rushing toward the shore, blowing great guns, and the vessel cannot hold her…

One reason God has a poor people is so that He may display more the power of His comforting promises and the supports of the gospel. “There,” says the architect, “this building is strong.” Yes, but it must be tested: Let the wind blow against it. There is a lighthouse out at sea, but it is a calm night—I…

The feather flies in the wind, but it has no inherent power to move. Consequently, when the gale is over it falls to the ground. Such is the religion of excitement. But the eagle has life within itself, and its wings bear it aloft and onward whether the breeze favors it or not—such is religion when sustained…

Plants unknown in certain regions have suddenly sprung from the soil: the seeds have been wafted on the winds, carried by birds, or washed ashore by the waves of the sea. So vital are seeds that they live and grow wherever they are borne; and even after lying deep in the soil for centuries, when the…

Many Christians resemble the nautilus, which in fine smooth weather swims on the surface of the sea in a splendid little squadron, like the mighty ships. But the moment the first breath of wind ruffles the waves, they take in their sails and sink into the depths. Many Christians are the same. In good…

A “richly supplied” entrance has sometimes been illustrated in this way. You see yonder ship. After a long voyage, it has neared the haven, but is much injured; the sails are rent to ribbons, and it is in such a forlorn condition that it cannot come up to the harbor: a steam-tug is pulling it in with…

I may say to every believer in Jesus that his condition is very like that of the landsman on board ship when the sea was rather rough. He said, “Captain, we are in great danger, are we not”? As an answer did not come, he said, “Captain, don’t you see great fear?” Then the old seaman gruffly replied,…

All things here pass away. I cannot tell you the strange joy I felt after the earthquake at Menton, France. I had been to see many of the houses that had been shaken down, and the two churches that were greatly injured, and I was full of the earthquake. I had quite realized its terrors and its power,…

I have heard of a church clergyman who was once waited upon by his churchwarden, after a long time of drought, and was requested to pray for rain. “Well,” said he “I will offer it, but it’s not a bit of use while the wind’s in the east, I’m sure.” There are many who have that kind of faith: they believe…

If you had walked through some of the shady glens around the city of Jerusalem, you might have heard in the distance the cry, “Unclean! Unclean! Unclean!”—a bitter wail that sounded like the sighing of despair, as if it came from some poor ghost that had been commanded to walk this earth with restless…

Imagine a river, full of sandbanks, with a channel that twists and turns in a tortuous fashion. There is a vessel on it with an experienced pilot on board. Even he is very anxious, and is constantly heaving the lead and frequently going at half-speed or stopping altogether. Now if a steamer with a good…

To me it is a solemn memory that I professed my faith openly in baptism. I vividly recall the scene. It was the third of May, and the weather was cold because of a keen wind. I see the broad river, and the crowds that lined the banks, and the company on the ferry boat. The word of the Lord was preached…

The truth is something like those stalactite caverns and grottoes that you must enter and see for yourself if you would really know their wonders. If you venture there without light or guide, you would run great risks. But with blazing torch and an instructed leader, your entrance is full of interest.…

“From the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews.” Paul shakes out the whole lot for the dogs, and is glad to be rid of it all for Christ’s sake. It reminds me of a ship in a storm. When the captain leaves the harbor he has a cargo on board of which he takes great care,…

Scientists constructed the “biosphere 2” to learn more about how our planet’s systems work. One of their discoveries was unexpected. They learned that trees grew quicker in the biosphere, but because there was no wind they would fall under their own weight before they could completely mature. Without…

Noise from strong winds prompted a Niagara Falls, New York resident to ask the local police to stop the wind from blowing. An audio recording released by the department reveals how a dispatcher handled the unusual request. She said, “All cars be advised, someone called to see if the police could stop…

Mike Seidel, a reporter for the Weather Channel is getting some heat over social media for the way he stood while doing a broadcast. Instead of facing the camera squarely, when Hurricane Florence was approaching North Carolina in September of 2018, he shifted his weight to the side and stood like he…

When Nate Mercereau heard about neighbors of the Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, CA) complain about the humming noise made by wind passing through the slats in the bridge he found it “remarkably musical,” and decided to build music around it. Following the bridge’s lead, he plays a melody line that…

Though it sank years ago, the Titanic continues to capture people’s imagination—especially as they speculate on how the disaster could have been avoided. Captain Charles B. Weeks studied the relative size its rudder to the hull to determine if a larger rudder would have made a difference. There are different…

A rare earthquake in North Carolina brought Scripture to life for frightened churchgoers. A lector at the outdoor Sunday mass at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church had just reached a Bible passage in which the prophet Elijah intoned, “After the wind there was an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake,”…