He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” (Acts 9:4) As a teenager, Corrie ten Boom wanted to hear Sundar Singh, the Indian evangelist, so badly that she took with her a blanket, intending to sleep outdoors, to...
Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. (1 Kings 18:21) What do you do when your dreams are shattered and your prayers go...
Interested in developing a lifestyle that is peaceful and fulfilled? Here are ten steps that are certain to make a difference.James, the half-brother of Jesus reminds us that Elijah was "just like us!" Imagine, Elijah, the prophet, "just like us!" He had his ups...
A mother's love helps us understand—at least in a measure—the love of Him who left heaven to be born at Bethlehem, leaving behind everything, giving His life that we might have life. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the...
How much does it take to stop a person dead in his tracks? Whatever the answer, it took more than that to cause Paul to quit.Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. (2 Cor. 4:1)Of the thirteen letters that came from the pen...
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23)"How could anyone do such a horrible thing?" we ask ourselves as a terrorist commandeers a plane and with full intent and knowledge of what he is doing plows into a building or a packed sports...
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 6:23)Something is wrong, very wrong, with humankind today. You pick up a newspaper and read the headlines. You quickly change the channel as the evening news comes on...
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4, KJVOn Good Friday, 1964, a violent earthquake whose magnitude was 9.2 on the Richter scale destroyed much of...
Remember, "the large print giveth and the fine print taketh away." Read that document carefully before you purchase. Pay all your debts except the debt of love for others—never finish paying that! (Rom. 13:8, Living Bible) Few of us lie awake nights worrying about...
The dead will be raised imperishable, ...and the mortal with immortality. (1 Cor. 15:52b, 53) When 83-year-old Dora Kent died, a cryonics company froze part of her body, with the anticipation that someday science would make it possible for her to be revived and...
Shortly before his death in 1975, the British historian Arnold Toynbee said, "What I have been trying to tell the West is that the world, the real world is Asia." Had he lived longer, he would have seen his prophetic words fleshed out in terms of skyscrapers,...
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. (John 1:11) Who would challenge the contention that Charles Dickens was one of the most influential novelists of the 19th century, perhaps of all times? He wrote five Christmas stories, but none is...
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