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Delta Airlines is testing a kiosk that scans the faces of passengers when they check their baggage. The machine allows passengers to bypass check-in agents because it matches the scanned picture with the image on their passports. The airline said the machines could allow them to move twice as many passengers…

In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “Chronic obsessive overwork and burnout have become part of our culture. We think it’s normal.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 213 Exodus 33:14 (HCSB) Then He replied, “My presence will go ⌊with you⌋, and I will give you…

One little boy defined Father’s Day like this: “Father’s Day is just like Mother’s Day, only you don’t spend as much on a present.” Come on, isn’t that true? Father’s Day is kind of the “left-over” holiday. It’s the one that we do just so the guys won’t feel bad. In fact Garrison Keillor writes that…

Did you know that in 1997 (latest stats I found) children spent on 45 minutes per week engaged in any conversation with anyone in the family where conversation was the major activity. The number of families having dinner together regularly dropped by 33% from 1987-1997. Family vacations decreased by…

I have seen this so clearly in my own family . . . not in my leadership but in that of my father. I remember when my sister and I were both teenagers. We had a fairly active teen group in our church and there was this one family who worked with us a good bit. They really were wonderful people, but they…

Francis Chan speaks of this in his own family. He said that his inability to control came home to him with his own teenage daughter. He said he realized that she was not in love with Jesus. He said that he spent nights, crying, bawling, and praying for the Lord. I don’t know if you know who Francis Chan…

Actor Michael Douglas grew up with an absent father. His father, actor Kirk Douglas, was hardly around during Michael’s childhood because he was off making movies. Now Michael’s own child, Cameron is facing up to 10 years in prison for drug abuse. He grew up with the same kind of absent father. Michael…

PROVIDENCE God knows your name. In increasing numbers, parents are eschewing the popular names and giving their newborns unique monikers. Jacob and Emma are still the top names for babies but fewer and fewer children have them. The trend towards less common names began after World War II but has dropped…

Enemies I liked Church fellowships when I was a boy. After the meal, the kids always ran outside to play in the backyard of the church. It adjoined cotton fields to the south and east. We waited until it was pitch dark, then we started playing "hide and go seek." The cotton fields were "out of bounds,"…

A Aaron, ' = "light bringer" Aharown {a-har-one'} 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest Aaron Aaron {ah-ar-ohn'}= "light-bringer" 1) the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel and head of the whole priestly order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

Preaching the Book God Wrote, Part 1 John MacArthur We believe in biblical inerrancy. So what? How does the truth of biblical inerrancy and the authority of God's written revelation affect what we preach and how we minister? There's little point in defending the inerrancy of Scripture if we're unwilling…

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…

#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…

In the biblical story of the golden calf (Exod. 32), anxiety became contagious. By relenting to the peevish demands of the Israelites, Aaron gave them the Prozac of the day. He thought that if he helped them to feel good, they would be contented and their lot improved. Essentially, Aaron succumbed to…

The Abrahamic Covenant (Part 1) - by Dr. Renald Showers Two major systems of theology (Dispensational Theology and Covenant Theology) often differ from each other in their approaches to the major biblical covenants. These differences are significant, because they lead to contrasting views concerning…

able border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt'> ! The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife By the Late Rev. Alexander Hislop First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858 Contents Introduction Chapter…

GOODNESS, THE DEFINITION “Goodness” is a rare word found only four times in the New Testament (and only in Paul).[1] Thus, from our common usage of the idea of goodness I see six aspects: I. GOODNESS MEANS USEFUL. The idea of “goodness” means that a thing fulfills its purpose or the expectations for…

The Abrahamic Covenant (Part 1) - by Dr. Renald Showers Two major systems of theology (Dispensational Theology and Covenant Theology) often differ from each other in their approaches to the major biblical covenants. These differences are significant, because they lead to contrasting views concerning…

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…