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The man that has seen affliction, when he is blessed of God, has the disposition to cheer those that are afflicted. I have heard speak of a lady who was out in the snow one night, and was so very cold that she cried out, “Oh, those poor people that have such a little money! How little fuel they have,…

How do you show gratitude when just saying thank you isn’t enough? Pfc. Greg Seibert of Escondido, Calif. was coming home from Iraq. His family wanted to do something special to say thank you to the private. Before he left for the war he had bought an old Plymouth Fury. When he returned home his family…

The doctor became a patient in order to convince the patients to trust him. The diagnosis is clear: an inflamed appendix. In his distinguished thirty-seven-year medical career, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane had performed nearly four thousand appendectomies, so this surgery would be uneventful in all ways—except…

A fellow decided to buy his girl some perfume for Valentine's day, so he went to the cosmetic counter in his girl's favorite store. The prices were horrific! No matter what the sales lady showed him, even the tiniest bottles were beyond his budget. Finally, he asked her: "Can you show me something really…

During his reign, King Frederick William III of Prussia found himself in trouble. Wars had been costly, and in trying to build the nation, he was seriously short of finances. He couldn't disappoint his people, and to capitulate to the enemy was unthinkable. After careful reflection, he decided to ask…

An IRS agent called Father O’Malley and asked, “Father O’Malley, is John Brown a member of your congregation?” Father O’Malley said, “Well, yes he is.” The IRS agent asked, “Did he give your church a gift of $20,000?” Father O’Malley replied, “No, but he will.”

It is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the profoundest and most unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. "The Word became flesh" (John 1:14); God became man; the divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more…

Admit it, you’ve been there (maybe even just a few days ago). You receive a gift that makes you grimace — an orange tie with purple stripes, perhaps, or a battery-operated radish peeler. You can’t be impolite and say, “I don’t like it. I want to exchange it.” So what do you say? Fortunately someone has…

POVERTY, REASONS FOR 1. To Help Us Appreciate what God Has Given Us (Hymn: Amazing Grace; Proverbs 30:8-9; Revelation 3:17) 2. To Magnify His Sovereignty (1 Samuel 2:7-8; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31) 3. To Prove the Power of God’s Grace in Our Lives (Habakkuk 3:17-19) 4. To Plague the Devil (Job) 5. To Appreciate…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…

CHRISTIANITY & ETHICS Justice, Compassion, and Personal Responsibility by John Jefferson Davis u'- y i i ^r n one world, as in one state, when I am rich because you are poor, and I am poor because you are rich, the transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor JL is a matter of rights; it is not an appropriate…

Can My Vote Be Biblical? Jesus Christ is Lord. That confession is centra! to Christian faith. As Christians we deny our faith whenever we fail to acknowledge Jesus as Lord in every area of our lives - personal, social, religious, economic, political. But how can Christ be Lord of our politics? That is…