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After sealing thousands of dollars of electronic equipment from the Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury, Connecticut, the thief left behind a note that said, "Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me." Members of the church responded by praying for him. —Jim L. Wilson https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/church-burglar-leaves-apology-note-theft-equipment-57311451…

When the Beast in the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast is put under the spell, he is told he must learn to love another, and earn another’s love in return. Is it possible to earn love? Or is love something given freely, especially to those who don’t deserve it? —Jim L. Wilson and Danny Stoops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvpRL73_lU…

In Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson writes, “Emotional balance, calm, and vibrant joy are the rewards of love.” —Jim L. Wilson Hold Me Tight, 257 Luke 6:35 (HCSB) But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will…

According to witnesses, Dylan Roof talked and prayed with his victims for an hour before pulling out a gun and methodically shooting nine members of the Emmanuel AME Church. At his first court appearance, magistrate James B. Gosnell Jr. read the names of the slain, one by one. After the reading of a…

Billy Ray Harris was panhandling on a Kansas City street corner when a passer-by dropped her diamond engagement ring into his cup. When Sarah Darling realized later what she had accidently done she retraced her steps and Harris happily returned it to her. Darling’s fiancé set up a website fund for Harris…

Police in Shelby, North Carolina are investigating an attack where a woman who was injured spent an hour reading the Bible to her attacker. Authorities say Lindsay Wood and her son came home from church around 8:30PM on a Wedne3sday evening. They say Woods son was getting their garbage cans in when a…

In Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a relentless God, Francis Chan writes “In October 2006, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a man stormed an Amish school and killed several girls. The day after the shootings, many Amish people visited the shooter’s family to say they had forgiven him. That sort of forgiveness…

Misery of Getting Better The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better off. For when everybody tries to become better off, nobody becomes better off. But when everybody tries to become better, everybody is better…

You reap what you sow... The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. “Leave me…

Your testimony could be what helps keep others in the Christian race. That great American hero, editor, school teacher, and clergyman Elijah Lovejoy left the pulpit and returned to the press in order to be sure his words reached more people. The Civil War might have been averted and a peaceful emancipation…

During the Revolutionary War there lived a Baptist pastor in Ephrata, Pennsylvania named Peter Miller who was a close friend of General Washington. In that same town also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded man who did all he could to abuse and oppose this pastor. One day Michael Wittman was caught…

A young guy in a two-engine fighter was flying escort for a B-52 and generally being a nuisance, acting like a hotdog, flying rolls around the lumbering old bomber. The hotdog said over the air, "Anything you can do, I can do better." The veteran bomber pilot answered, "Try this hot-shot." The B-52 continued…

On April 26, 2008, the Western Oregon women's softball team played against Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. During the course of the game, Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit the first homerun of her college career. She dropped her bat and started to make her way around the…

POWER WORDS # 5: KINDNESS When business consultant Peter Drucker wrote that "manners are the lubricant of an organization," he was talking about KINDNESS. When best selling author Og Mandino declared that "a smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone," he was talking about KINDNESS.…

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…

Christian Topic: Borrowing And Lending October 25, 2004 - by Crown Financial Ministries Benjamin Franklin’s said, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” That’s good common sense, but it’s not from God’s Word. Borrowing Biblical principles help guide our decisions, but principals are not laws. Principle…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

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…

3TF-343 _ WHEN DOES PRAYINi If you have found yourself proving repeatedly about some 'How long should I persist? Why doesn't He answer? G eorge Mueller shocked the wealthy widow as he shook his head, refusing her generous offer. Even Mrs. Mueller was sur­prised—both she and George knew that 500 pounds…