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Devotional by David Jeremiah

What would you think of a man who went as near as he could to burning his house down, just to see how much fire it would stand? Or of one who cut himself with a knife to see how deep he could go without mortally wounding himself? Or of another who experimented as to how large a quantity of poison he…

Martin Luther said that there were some in his day so nice and precise about the letter of Scripture that when one of them had delivered an exposition upon the book of Job, Luther said that by the time the man had got to the tenth chapter Job had been a thousand times more plagued by the expositors than…

Some time ago a town missionary had in his district a man who never would allow any Christian person to come into his house. The missionary was warned by many that he would get a broken head if he ventured on a visit. He therefore kept from the house, though it troubled his conscience to pass it by.…

I suppose that when the stones for the temple were quarried in the mountains, each one received a special mark from Solomon’s seal, marking it as a temple stone and perhaps denoting its place in the sacred edifice. This would be like the first inscription, “The Lord knows those who are his.” But the…

When John Philpot, the martyr, was addressing a young man about to die for Christ, he said to him, “Brother, you are a vessel in the great house of your Master, and this day he will scour you, scour you hard, but remember you will soon stand upon the shelf, shining bright and glorious.” Sometimes pains,…

You may see, if you go down the Kennington Park Road, a row of young trees planted by the road. How are they kept up while they are still slender? Why, small posts of dead timber hold them up. Even so, a dead Sunday school teacher may yet be useful to a really Christian child, and a dead deacon may be…

Many people like to start the day with a hot shower or a cup of coffee. A survey conducted by One Poll, found many Americans report they no longer have a set morning routine and as a result they experience feelings of confusion each day, and 81 percent say they feel “off.” The company that commissioned…

In England some schools are switching to digital clocks. It seems as if fewer and fewer students know how to tell time from analog clocks. The Week, May 11, 2018 p. 6 Instead of teaching children to tell time, educators choose to avoid the learning by dumbing down the requirements. It is important for…

When police arrested 45-year-old Nicole Mintner in Florida for driving under the influence she had an interesting defense. She demanded that police release her on the grounds that “Jesus drank wine and so did I.” Nicole later confessed to having also taken Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication not mentioned…

State officials and local media said a newly elected judge in Houston may have accidentally resigned after he shared plans to run for the state supreme court. Harris County Civil Court Judge Bill McLeod was apparently unaware that the Texas constitution considers any announcement about running for office…

Boerne, Texas may hold the easiest race there is to enter and complete. The race, run in May, is a 0.5k very mini-marathon. The 546-yard race features a rest stop at the halfway point where runners can refill on coffee and doughnuts. Upon completing the race, all runners received a T-shirt and an oval…

In an article entitled, “What I would have done differently: Billy Graham’s regrets, in his own words,” Collin Hansen reports that Graham said, “One of my great regrets is that I have not studied enough. I wish I had studied more and preached less.” —Jim L. Wilson Christianity Today, April 2018, 95 2…

The French Teacher at Energy Institute High School does not know French. The Houston, Texas public school district hired him after they took disciplinary action against the former French teacher who had 25 years of experience. Students in the class say the new teacher speaks only one word of French,…

Before I came to London, a man met me one Sunday in a dreadful state of rage. He vowed he would horsewhip me for bullying him from the pulpit. What had I said? I asked. “What have you said? You looked me in the face and said, “What more can God do for you? Shall he give you a good wife? You have had…

With the help of a user, Wikipedia recently deleted a story about the “Bicholim Conflict” because it turned out the story was a hoax. For nearly five years, the site had posted an article describing the conflict as a year-long war between Portugal and the Indian Marath Empire which took place in 1640.…

11-year-old Samantha Knopfer is a Karate Champion. She’s earned four black belts and won several competitions. She’s gone from a shy, quiet little girl, to a shy, quiet little athlete. Her achievement is a testament to the results hard work can accomplish. In spite of her age and stature, Karate has…

I push myself to read. When I get to the end of the year, I check to see if I made my goal of one book per week over the 52 weeks. A few years I made it, more years I did not. I used the excuse, being a busy pastor left little time for reading. Well, I used that excuse until I read about George W. Bush.…

In the column “Findings” Harper’s Magazine reports that “A study suggested that many American parents think of their teenage children as sexually uninterested and of all other teenagers as sexually hyperactive and predatory.” --Harper’s Magazine/July 2010, p. 80 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Perhaps…

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…

REPENTANCE Though three decades have passed, a Utah man wants to make amends for deeds of his younger days. A man who claimed he stole a stop sign 35 years ago from a road in Salt Lake County mailed a $600 cashier’s check to the state Department of Transportation. The signature on the check is not legible,…

There is no accounting for what some people believe. Police in Nigeria have arrested a goat on suspicion of car theft. While a group of vigilantes pursued a pair of auto crooks, one of the crooks escaped. According to a representative for the vigilantes, the other turned into a goat. So the police are…

MINISTRY Michael Nicholson is a 67 year old student. He has earned 27 college degrees. Included are “two associates degrees, one bachelor’s degree, 20 master’s degrees, three specialist’s degrees, and one doctorate.” What drives Mr. Nicholson to learn? He says, “I find that the intellectual stimulation…

SIN Betsy McCaughey, chairperson of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths says that “65 percent of medical personnel confess they change their lab coat less than once a week. 15 percent admit they change it less than once a month.” Some of the resilient super bugs can live on these coats for up to…