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Sunday is a comin’! (by S.M. Lockridge)

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:44 Recommended Reading 2 Peter 3:1-13 "Second Coming Type" is the largest type size that will fit in a newspaper's headline, reserved for earthshaking events. In Are We Living in the End Times? Tim LaHaye…

In the long line of portraits of the Doges in the palace at Venice one space is empty, and the semblance of a black curtain remains as a melancholy record of glory forfeited. Found guilty of treason against the state, Marino Falieri was beheaded and his image as far as possible blotted from remembrance.…

There was a crest and motto that some of the old Reformers used to use, and that I commend to any of you who are under trial. It was an anvil with a number of hammers, all broken, lying around; and this was the motto when translated, “The anvil breaks many hammers.” And how does it do this? Not by striking:…

In You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times, Max Lucado writes, “Not often do you see the words betrayed and thanks in the same sentence, much less in the same heart. Jesus and the disciples were in the Upper Room. Sly Judas sat in the corner. Impetuous Peter sat at the table.…

There is a masked crusader on the streets of Santiago, Chile, this summer. But rather than fighting criminals, Solidarity Batman delivers hot meals. It is a challenging time in Chile. Unemployment has reached a record 12 percent. Recently, an unidentified man has been donning a full Batman suit, plus…

A rare earthquake in North Carolina brought Scripture to life for frightened churchgoers. A lector at the outdoor Sunday mass at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church had just reached a Bible passage in which the prophet Elijah intoned, “After the wind there was an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake,”…

Police pulled over a Louisiana driver for expired license plates. The man admitted he had been putting it off for a while. Actually, he had put it off for 23 years that is how far out of date his registration was. He gave the officer his excuse, “I’ve been busy lately and totally forgot to renew my vehicle…

A British man who started to build a deck in yard during coronavirus lockdown made an unexpected discovery while digging. The man found someone had buried an entire car in the yard years earlier. John Brayshaw bought the home six months earlier and was digging post panels for a deck, when he found the…

Are we falling asleep like the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane?

A Bride in the UK ended up shaming a wedding guest on the Facebook Group, “That’s It, I’m Wedding Shaming.” Apparently, the guest ignored the unwritten etiquette that only the Bride wears white, on this very special day. The unimpressed Bride got her sweet, but brutal revenge by posting the following…

It never ceases to me how critical we can be of some things we might consider bad, wrong, or sinful, while embracing other things that are equally so, that we do not take into consideration. Indeed, we are all hypocrites in one way or another. For example, we live in an age where being “woke” (the latest…

A relaxing Caribbean cruise on the Celebrity Equinox was interrupted when Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. The ship detoured to Grand Bahama Island and became a floating aid station. The ship’s kitchen staff prepared some 10,000 meals for storm-struck Bahamians. The 3000 passengers whose vacations…

Jesus said the second greatest commandment, after loving God, is to love others as ourselves. Philosophy professor Costica Bradatan said that goes against human predisposition. What is natural for us is seeking to survive and reproduce. “For that purpose, we assert ourselves, relentlessly, savagely,…

The Roxy 8 multiplex theater in Dickson, Tenn., has made the decision not to use profanity on their signs. When the movie Hellboy was showing at the theater they changed the sign to read Heckboy. The manager “Belinda Daniel, explained that the theater does not use “profanity” on signs. “We are located…

Earlier this year in Cape Wrath, Scotland, Mark Elder was dragged off the fishing vessel North Star, pulled underwater and drowned. Although his fellow crewmen watched as he became tangled in a rope and was pulled off the ship, they were unable to locate and rescue him before he succumbed to the cold…

Ruth Reed and her husband resolved to help customers at the local gas station/ convenience store in Medford, NJ. When the customer in front of her was having trouble with his debit card she offered to pay for his snacks. The customer turned to her and said, “Thank you. My name is Keith, what is your…

When 4-year-old Austin Perine was watching a program about a homeless baby panda, he asked his dad if there were homeless people. When he learned there were, he took his allowance and purchased chicken sandwiches, went to a local homeless shelter, and gave them away. Now Austin goes on his mission of…

David Meade predicted that the rapture would occur on April 23, 2018 because “the sun and moon will be in Virgo, as will Jupiter, which represents the Messiah,” which he saw as a fulfillment of Revelation 12:1–2. —Jim L. Wilson http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/04/11/biblical-prophecy-claims-rapture-is-coming-april-23-numerologist-says.html…

The late Billy Graham (1918 -2018) proclaimed the Gospel to millions of people in his lifetime. His rewording of D.L, Moody’s quote is a fitting tribute for his life. “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will…

On November 12, 2017, Marquise Goodwin caught a strike from quarterback C.J. Beathard, ran for 83 yards, skillfully beat his defender, and scored the historic touchdown. When he finished the play in the end zone, he did not dance arrogantly or taunt the defenders: instead, he pointed to the sky, knelt…

Another biblical “scholar” has made a mockery of biblical prophecy. He first claimed publically that the world would end on September 23, 2017. Later he amended his date until the middle of October. David Meade said, “I don’t believe you’ll be disappointed.” Where have we heard this before? How many…

In Bellevue, Washington, an arsonist burned down a mosque. Those who attended the Islamic Center of the Eastside were left without anywhere to pray. The Bellevue Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints offered space, free of charge in their Mormon church building that is right next door…

“No Man’s Sky” was one of the most anticipated video games of 2016. However, when it hit the shelves it was met with devastating criticism from the gaming community. What was supposed to be the greatest game of the year turned out to be the greatest disappointment. On Steam, the gaming platform where…

On Oct 1, 2016 I read a headline online that said, “Warning BLACK MOON tonight: Astrological event to herald 'End of Days' and second coming,” and a subtitle that said, “TONIGHT'S Black Moon could bring with it worldwide destruction and the second coming of Jesus Christ, Christians and conspiracy theorists…