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All that is of nature’s spinning must be unraveled. The natural building must come down, lath and plaster, roof and foundation, and we must have a house not made with hands. It was a great mercy for our city of London that the great fire cleared away all the old buildings that were the lair of the plague;…

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,…

Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…

There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I can do all things.” Their destruction has been sure, and near at hand. Nebuchadnezzar walks through the midst of the great city; he sees its stupendous tower threading the clouds. He marks the majestic and colossal size…

In the Battle of Salamanca, when Wellington told one of his officers to advance with his troops and occupy a gap that the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but first give me a grasp of that conquering right hand of yours.” He…

Andrew Smith played basketball for the Butler Bulldogs, and was part of the two final four Butler teams. After he married his high school sweetheart, Samantha, and moving to Lithuania to continue his basketball career, he was diagnosed with cancer. Samantha blogged the struggle the couple had with the…

In his book, Thanks: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make you Happier, Robert Emmons writes, “A longitudinal study of college students found that happiness levels in college predicted income sixteen years later. The most cheerful students earned $25,000 lore per year than their more dour classmates.” —Jim…

Studies have shown that children who grow up in poverty do poorer in school than those who do not. Now, a new study suggests part of the reason stems from changes in how the brains of these children grow and work. The study, which combined the expertise of neuroscientists and economists, found that the…

Authorities in Seattle say an attempted carjacking failed when the three would-be carjackers tried to steal a car none of them could drive. A 70-year-old woman told police that she was getting something out of her trunk when she turned around to see a gun in her face. Three teens demanded her keys and…

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…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “In physics, the definition of power is the transfer of energy. We measure the power of a lightbulb in watts. The higher the wattage, the more electricity is transferred into light and heat and the more powerful the bulb. Organizations and their leaders operate…

Inventors in Scandinavia are almost ready to bring a translator to the market that will communicate nothing but the truth. It is a dog-to-human translator called “No More Woof.” It will “interpret the electroencephalography of dogs and match it with one of a few premade English audio recordings.” “According…

A 26-year-old man from North Dakota signed up to run a half-marathon. Mike Kohler was groggy from his early wake-up call and got in with the wrong group of runners at the Sanford Fargo Marathon. He missed the instructions and the directions he received were for the full marathon. He said he realized…

CCLI Song Number 7119315 Author(s): Jonathan David HelserMelissa HelserMolly SkaggsJake Stevens Recorded by: The Martin Family

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Island suffered from major power outages. One report said “The Electric Power Authority said it dispatched crews to investigate why a key 230-kilovolt line that connects the Island's northern and southern regions had failed for the second time in a week.…

In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “I am part of a system that has created a whole host of means and methods, plans and strategies for doing church that require little if any power from God. And it’s not just pastors who are involved in this charade. I am…

New research suggests that the best way to reach a goal is make a specific plan and follow it, but for those striving for several goals at once, planning is not as effective. The study which appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, compiled results from several experiments, which found that people…

Japan and China are exploring a new source of fuel hidden in the world’s oceans that supply enough power to meet global demand for hundreds of years. The fuel, known as “combustible ice,” is technically called methane hydrate, a frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas. The Chinese news agency…

GOD’S POWER In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “God delights in using ordinary Christians who come to the end of themselves and choose to trust in his extraordinary provision. He stands ready to allocate his power to all who are radically dependent on him…

When Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove a car onto the sidewalk on the OSU campus he hit multiple pedestrians and later stabbed several more with a knife. Another student, Armand Ghazi said, “He seemed like he was there for one reason—to do as much damage as he could.” What a perfect…