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It is no new thing for men to attempt to escape the army by pretending to be in bad health, but we must have none of this cowardly malingering in Christ’s army. We must be ready for anything and everything. We must compel ourselves to duty when it goes against the grain. When it is a clear duty, obedience…

What is true in nature is also true in providence. A man is idle and neglects his business. He sleeps in the morning when he ought to be at work. He is dilatory and careless about his affairs. So, as the inevitable consequence, he goes from bad to worse and is soon bankrupt. As he sows, so he reaps.…

For over a year the driver got away with driving in the HOV lane without a passenger. Perhaps it was because he had a lifelike mannequin, complete with a face mask seat belted in the passenger seat. When he was ticketed, it was because the CHP officer S. Sullinger couldn’t see if there was a passenger…

Mateusz Fijalkowski, 23 decided it was time to end it all. He attempted to drown himself in a Virginia swimming pool. Police officers rescued him but Fialkowski is suing the officers, not for saving him, but for not saving him soon enough. He is grateful to police officers who rescued him after he tried…

Video footage showed a man robbing a Laundromat in Missouri while wearing a t-shirt that said “It's not a crime unless you get caught.” https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/security-video-it-isnt-crime-unless-you-get-caught/63-c02ff6c5-dbe7-4eda-b427-f15cac94d4e5 Sitting the irony of the crime aside,…

The rise of STDs in Massachusetts is alarming according to the state public health department. Katherine Hsu, the medical director of STD prevention & HIV/AIDS for the department attributes the rise, at least partly, to social media. Dating apps that allow people to make contact with potential partners…

Some mistakes are more costly than others. Alvin Cross violated probation and ended up back in jail when he texted the wrong person asking if he had some weed. By mistake, he sent the message to his probation officer.—Jim L. Wilson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/24/alvin-cross-jr-weed-text-probation-officer_n_6041572.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news…

The danger of discovery often overcomes the desire to be bad. When the danger is removed or greatly lessened we may be more inclined to risk our desires. A new app has appeared that purports to allow users to post a photo that will self-destruct after 10 seconds, thus eliminating the possibility of later…

In 2012, the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck an uncharted reef adjacent to the small Island of Giglio, off of the coast of Tuscany, Italy. However, this wasn’t the first time the ship had sailed dangerously close to the tiny Island. According to satellite tracking information given to the BBC the…

Recently, some 20,000 people were evacuated from an area of Cologne, Germany, while authorities removed a 1-ton bomb that had been discovered during construction work. The bomb was leftover from the bombing of Germany by the allies during WWII. Just a few years earlier another 20,000 people in Dortmund…

Denver, Colorado has a new interstate that circles half of the city. It is a toll road. The E-470 toll road is now cashless. Tolls are recorded “either because motorists have a transponder or by photos taken of a driver's license plate, which generate a bill in the mail.” --http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_12749078…

Take the case of France. It is said that a century ago men were spending millions every year in France in thepublication and distribution of infidel literature. What has been the harvest? Has France not reaped? Mark the result: "The Bible was suppressed. God was denied. Hell broke loose. Half the children…

(Galatians 6:7): " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Here are some men and women who mocked God: JOHN LENNON: Some years before during his interview with an American Magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to…

“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer” (John Bunyan).

RESPONSIBILITY A New Mexico man who used "Satan" as one of his aliases is facing up to 16 years in prison and/or a $24,000 fine. 30-year-old Paul Edward Duran was arrested in May 2003 for allegedly speeding and driving recklessly in a stolen vehicle. As the investigation widened the charges against the…

STEALING Alice Nutter, lead singer of the band Chumbawamba, said on the TV show "Politically Incorrect" that it was OK to shoplift their CD, Tubthumper, from the large department stores because the stores "could afford it". In response, Virgin Megastores in the US and some British major outlets pulled…

SIN Authorities in Uganda continue their efforts to control the recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus. They fear the disease may spread into neighboring Kenya through seven relatives of a woman who recently died from the virus. Sadly, this same woman unknowingly spread the virus when she fled a hospital…

The Obvious A recent article in Reader's Digest poked fun at some labels that manufactures put on their products that state the obvious. Here's some of the labels they cited: On a portable stroller: "Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage." On a package of fireplace longs: "Caution risk of…

REAPING In the ultimate of ironies, Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight was fired after an altercation with a 19-year-old freshman. The student addressed the coach as, "Knight," not Mr. Knight, or Coach Knight. Knight grabbed the student by the arm and demanded the student show him respect. Yet that…

Omniscience Whenever I think about the omniscience of God, I usually get very uncomfortable. To think that God knows everything about me usually makes me think of my sinfulness and short comings. Scriptures like Galatians 6:7 that says, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,…

JUDGMENT In Cuba, nothing is bigger than baseball, not even the cigars. Nothing, that is, except Castro. Recently, the 74-year-old dictator, grabbed an aluminum bat and walked to the plate in an exhibition game against Venezuela. When Castro approached the batter’s box, the president of Venezuela, Hugo…

INFIDELITY Bill Easterbrook and his wife, Joan, were thumbing through a travel brochure when Joan saw her husband in one of the photos. She wasn't excited about her discovery and neither was Bill. He was dancing at a nice hotel. You guessed it-the woman he was dancing with wasn't Joan. Bill's explanation?…

JUDGMENT During the 2008 season, Ohio state coach Jim Tressel suspended punt returner Ray Small for one game “to start with.” This meant that Small could not play against No. 12 rated Ohio State. Team spokesperson Shelly Poe said the suspension was due to a “repeated violation of team rules.” Small’s…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

God's Love Versus My Self Love (1 Corinthians 13) "There are just two choices on the shelf - loving God or loving self' God's love is: Sacrificing yourself God and others God's love is: "Saying "NO" "YES" to God and others." Love is a command of God addressed to your will. Since He commands you to love,…