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An automobile accident injured Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Sean Rodriguez in the 2016 off season when a thief rammed a stolen police cruiser into the SUV Rodriguez was driving. His wife and two of their four children were also in the SUV. Giselle and the children suffered serious injuries in…

In the closing seconds of the playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints, Viking quarterback Case Keenum connected with his receiver for the winning touchdown. In a widely televised post-game interview Keenum remarked, “This was the third best moment of my life behind giving…

NFL wide receiver Ryan Broyles is making big money. The 27-year-old lives a simple, middle-class life. He is living on a $60,000 budget despite a salary of over one million dollars per year. Broyles is aware that roughly one in six NFL players files for bankruptcy within 12 years of retirement. Broyles,…

Pastor Eric Dammann, recently used a personal illustration to demonstrate that God can even use a person’s mistakes by telling about an event more than a dozen years ago when he was a youth worker. He punched a smart alec teenager in the chest, knocking him to the ground. He then said to the child he’d…

Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to offer real-time translation from one language to another via computer and this new technology could potentially make it possible for every person on earth to hear the Gospel in their own language one day. The company introduced the concept a few years ago,…

In his autobiography, Pat Summerall the former player and broadcaster tells of becoming a born again Christian during his treatment for alcoholism at the Betty Ford rehab clinic. The message of the Gospel is changed lives in the grace God gives in Jesus Christ. --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell World,…

A Welsh pastor plans to carry a 12-foot wooden cross across Wales in four weeks. Clive Cornish has set a goal of completed the walk within 4 weeks. Cornish plans to use the walk to pray for his home country and share his faith with the people he meets along the way. He did the same thing ten years ago,…

An Australian judge has ruled that a former janitor and student can keep over $76,000 of the money he found in a bathroom he was cleaning. Chamindu Amarsinghe was speechless when he received the news because he was sure someone would come forward to claim the cash. When Amarsinghe found the cash, he…

“In an astonishing turn of events, Tim Tebow has now cancelled his appearance at First Baptist Dallas; and in doing so he has officially placed the political religious right to the far margins of society.” In an article about the cancellation, columnist Paul Brandeis Raushenbush said in the Huffington…

An Indian man named Jayesh was deeply committed to his beliefs, until he met a local pastor. As they were walking through the village one day, the Pastor stopped to tell Jayesh about his love for Jesus. Jayesh became very angry and accused the pastor to trying to convert people to Christianity. He warned…

“Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but many of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done.” –Andy Rooney --The Week, June 1, 2012 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell We are guilty of Andy Rooney’s charge in other areas of our lives as well. We live in…

Adrian Gonzalez is the first baseman for the Boston Red Sox. He is also a believer. Each of his bats bears the inscription Ps 27:1. The psalm reads, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” When asked about the inscription…

One and half billion people around the world speak the English language. The Global Language Monitor keeps track of new words, as they become part of common usage. In a six-week period the Monitor has seen the rise of a new word based on the actions of Denver Broncos Quarterback Tim Tebow. As the football…

Billy Graham says, “The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives . . .” --http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/159535 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Ed Peterson Many people believe quality of life only exists in the possessions and wealth collected in this lifetime.…

Facing hard times in life is rarely a reason for being joyful. Thirty-eight year old Sara Frankl found enough joy to share with the world everyday even though she could not leave her apartment and faced certain death from an incurable illness. Until just before she passed away, Sara maintained the blog…

The son of the creators of a popular children’s book series is continuing the family tradition and expressing his newfound faith as well. Mike Berenstain is the son of Stan and Jan Berenstain who created the popular cartoon stylebooks. He says his parents specialized in created book about parenting and…

James Bakker discovered that. This is a picture of Jim Bakker, not the televangelist, the diplomat. He was the Secretary of State under Bush and Reagan. Jim is a lawyer form Houston, Texas, an Episcopalian who knew some things about the Bible. But by his own testimony, He said he never really paid much…

I used to be the Minister of Youth here at Peace, way back in the ‘90's. A lot of our current teens were not even born then, but that’s another story for another day. When I first came to this church, we were having a cycle of kids who were . . . shall we say - DIFFICULT. OK, some of them were pretty…

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has always been very open about his faith in Christ. In his college days, he wore eye black with Bible verses printed on them. When he moved to the national Football League, Tebow continued to look for ways to share his faith with fans. When Tebow was given the starting…

In Matthew 5:10 Jesus says those persecuted for righteousness are blessed, and will receive the kingdom of heaven, with great reward. The Christian community of Ethiopia must remember these blessed words. Four thousand of them have had to flee their homes. Muslim violence is responsible for the burning…

Athletes, coaches, movie stars, politicians, and other people who are in the public eye have a great platform from which to teach moral and spiritual values. Some of them use the platform, some of them do not. The greatest hindrance to the gospel may be those who use the platform, and then fall far short…

When he played quarterback for the University of Florida, Tim Tebow was famous for his football skills, and the unusual practice of writing Bible verses on his eye black on game day. Research found that the verses Tebow wore were searched millions of times on the Internet after the games. When Tebow…

A new motion picture depicting the life of a teenage surfer who lost an arm in a shark attack has a powerful message about faith in the face of suffering. The film, ‘Soul Surfer” tells the story of champion Surfer Bethany Hamilton. Hamilton lost her arm at age 13. The film follows her struggle and her…

PROCLAMATION A huge collision near the end of the race made twenty-year-old Trevor Blane the youngest driver to win the classic Daytona 500 in February 2011. Blane is an outspoken believer who often uses the social media like Twitter to talk about his faith. After the race, Blane tweeted, ”Sayyy what!…

In the midst of the excitement of winning Super bowl XLV, two Green Bay Packers players took the opportunity to talk about their faith. Quarterback, and game MVP Aaron Rodgers told reporters, “You know God doesn’t care who wins this game. He only cares who gets the glory and He got the glory tonight.…