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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…

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Time Magazine recently devoted much of a weekly issue to the discussion of living longer. One of the key articles was about the effect of church attendance on life expectancy. Several studies have shown a definite relationship between attending religious services and living a long time. One comprehensive…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

Matt Carpenter is the star third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, who slumped at the beginning of the 2015 season. In May, he missed an entire series because of extreme exhaustion. Carpenter has a strong work ethic that includes arriving early and using his days off for batting practice. So Cardinals…

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “For years I learned from leaders and consultants around the country how to lead a large, growing church. None of the training I received concerned itself with knowing myself. The problem was that…

How important is it to keep the Lord’s Day holy to the Lord? It seems to be less and less so in American Culture and even among American Christians; but to one company it remains sacred. David Salyers who works for the ad agency that works for Chick-fil-A was asked, “What do you think would happen first:…

During the 19th century when Americans set out to build a transcontinental railroad, congress set the rules up as a race. Both companies, the Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from California, raced to lay as much track as they possibly could. As they pressed across the mountains and…

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…

There is a story that Hebrew families tell their children to help them understand the fourth commandment. The fourth commandment reads, "Six days you shall labor but on the seventh you shall rest." (Exodus 20:8-10; Deut 6:12-14) The story is called, "The Sweetest Sound." The main character in the story…

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,…

Rest and relaxation doesn't seem to come as easily or naturally to Americans as it does to those in other nations. According to the 2006 World Almanac and Book of Facts: • a worker in Italy averages 42 vacation days per year. • a worker in France: 37 days • a worker in Germany: 35 days • a worker in…

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

SUCCESS Bob Dole lost the 1996 presidential race, but many believe he came out a winner in 2000. Dole’s quick wit has made him an instant success as a commentator on Comedy Central’s “Indecision 2000.” “After his loss, Dole could have emerged as an elder statesman or an embittered old man.” According…

BUSYNESS "I do not mean to make an idol of health, but it does seem to me that at least some of us have made an idol of exhaustion. The only time we know we have done enough is when we are running on empty and when the ones we love most are the ones we see the least. When we lie down to sleep at night,…

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…

#1 — The Conflict In God’s FamilyPlease press the microphone to listen to the talk. Requires the free RealPlayer®. Installation instructions available. “The Conflict In God’s Family” — another look at the Biblical basis for understanding the plan of salvation as God’s provision for restoring peace in…