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If children have learned a thing by heart, rather than merely by rote, they have made it their own, and it remains with them. A man with whom God the Holy Spirit deals is one who does not have to go to Exodus 20 to know what the law is. He does not need to stop and ask concerning most things, “Is this…

Do you want to conquer envy and covetousness? According to a study from Denmark’s Happiness Research Institute, maybe you could give up Facebook. The study found that people who gave up Facebook for just one week reported suffering less envy and being “more satisfied with their lives” than those who…

When Ray Fisman landed his first job after college, it was for a salary greater than all the money he had earned in his life up to that point. According to his own testimony, He was content, until the moment he discovered how much more other people just like him were earning. Then he said, “my monthly…

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.—Benjamin Franklin Many years ago, a senior executive of the Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was running the firm. On the day the news leaked out, most of the executives…

LOS ANGELES — As she walked from a post office, Talon Curtis thought she'd found one of those gimmicky sweepstakes offers on the ground that scream something like "$357,959.55" in big bold letters and "This is not a real check" in much smaller type. But just as she was about to do her part for a cleaner…

EASTON, Pa. — A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from…

Greed is the logical result of the belief that there is no life after death. We grab what we can while we can however we can and then hold on to it hard.—Sir Fred Catherwood, British politician Famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied…

Four royal brothers each decided to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. “I have mastered a science,” said the first, “by which I can take but a bone of some creature and create the flesh that goes with it.” “I,” said the second, “know how to grow…

Merv Griffin once interviewed Charlton Heston about Heston’s experience playing Moses in the movie, The Ten Commandments. Griffin asked, “Charlton, has making a religious movie impacted your spiritual outlook?” Heston looked at Griffin and replied, “You can’t walk barefoot down Mount Sinai and be the…

A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father—a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, The Law of Trusts. "Do you remember your father?" asked the magistrate. "I remember him well,…

About three-fourths of the German autobahn road system has no blanket speed limit; and in those areas, the average speed is about 93 mph. While most European car manufacturers operate under a “gentleman’s agreement” to limit the top speeds of their cars to 155 mph, autobahn speeds of up to 186 mph are…

10 Commandments for Drivers The Vatican issued a 10 commandments for motorists warning drivers against the sins of road rage, abuse of alcohol or even simple rudeness. The unusual document also warned that automobiles can be “an occasion of sin,” particularly when used to make a dangerous passing maneuver…

There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. The lady answered, "Only the Ten Commandments." Source: E-mail from Jill, January 14, 2006

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Dr. Erwin Lutzer Intro Thunder From Sinai Today many concepts about God abound, most of them individually conceived in our own minds according to our own liking. When people stop worshipping the true God, they do not stop worshipping; it is just that they change the object of…

Lambeth Daily Plenary Monday 28th July Posted On : July 29, 2008 4:57 PM | Posted By : Webmaster Related Categories: News The Relationship between the People and God. Lambeth Conference 28th July 2008 Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Friends…

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…

ABRAHAMIC COVENANT God gave to Abraham five promises: 1- He promised that He would make of him a great nation (though at that time he had no heir). 2- He promised that He would bless Abram (He became a wealthy man). 3- He promised Abram that He would make his name great. Today, Abraham has a great name…