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SHARING YOUR FAITH IS NOT HARD Typically, a person wants to tell everyone about a gift he or she received. Yet many people treat salvation like it's some kind of secret. They know what a wonderful thing they have but they're reluctant to tell others. * Sharing is called many things. The Bible calls sharing…

The seller of “Le Tricorne,” a signed Pablo Picasso painting, that recently sold at auction for $150,000.00 gave the following providence for the painting: “This painting was discovered in a house owned by my great aunt which was passed down to her from her uncle in the late 1930s. There were several…

In The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen writes, "Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity and receiving the satisfaction I so much desire, the result is always the opposite of what I tried to get. A complainer is hard…

In “Being the Salt and Light to the World,” Pete Cuison writes, “With Christ in our hearts and the power of the Holy Spirit, we are the salt and light of the world. When we do so, people will see our good works and praise God in heaven. The salt doesn’t do any good in the shaker, and neither does light…

The town of Rijukan, Norway, which is about 90 miles west of Oslo, has found a way to bring light into its sun-deprived town. They have set up three huge computer controlled mirrors, which will follow the faint sunlight as it moves across the horizon, directing it into the town square. Visionary town…

"Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed any one, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices." -Clarence Darrow

In June 2011, the oldest-known working light bulb in the world celebrated the 110th year it has burned bright. The bulb hangs in a California fire station, and officially holds the world record. No one knows how the bulb has been able to shine for so long without burning out. It has not only shone brightly,…

When Swedish designers proposed building an almost invisible environmentally friendly tree house, most of the people who heard the idea thought it could only be generated within a computer, and if it were built, would be dangerous for birds. Recently architects Tham and Videgard, completed one unit of…

Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A local couple's engagement went awry after the bride-to-be dropped the ring into the ocean. Slipping away into the sea. Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A Massachusetts…

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…

Christians must walk a fine line between being in the world, yet not being stained by it. For many, the solution they choose is just to withdraw from relationships with nonbelievers, which solves one problem, but creates another. In his book, Just Walk Across the Room, Bill Hybels writes, “The longer…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…

Some parents in Frisco, Texas, are fuming because their public school district allowed Christian evangelists to provide Bibles to students on school grounds, which administrators say was done to stop even more proselytizing outside the schools. Frisco Independent Schools allowed Gideons International…

On Jesus way to Jerusalem (to die), He had to pass through the same desert in which He was tempted. Maybe Satan's temptations rang in His ears..."maybe there's another way..." Jesus last words to His disciples before coming this way was "we need to confront the gates of Hell." When Jesus entered Jerusalem,…

EVANGELISM "Bruce" walks through the church door out into the warm Columbian evening and begins panning the horizon to see if he can see the missing person from his party. Bruce doesn't get shook easily. Back home, he's a tough negotiator, a leader in his church and community. But the guerillas in the…

Post Tenebras Lux 14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your…

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee . . . You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up; she was tired of fighting and struggling.…

During the 1970s and '80s, Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a decaying city. Divorce was rampant. Half of all births were to unwed mothers. Single women were the sole providers in 30 percent of homes, with many living in poverty. In August of 1997, a group of businessmen, civic leaders, and church leaders…

LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical college in India on "Let your light so shine before men that they may behold your good works and glorify your Father." In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with its cotton wick burning from the shallow dish of oil. As he preached,…

ILLUSTRATION In the made-for-television movie Broken Trail, staring Robert Duval and Tom Church, Prince Ritter (Duval) said to his nephew Tom Harte (Church), “You know, I’d like to see more of your father in you sometimes. I really would.” I wonder if the Lord doesn’t say that about us, “I’d like to…

The Barmen Declaration, 1934, was a call to resistance against the theological claims of the Nazi state. Almost immediately after Hitler's seizure of power in 1933, Protestant Christians faced pressure to "aryanize" the Church, expel Jewish Christians from the ordained ministry and adopt the Nazi "Führer…

Looking Like a Christian A little old Jewish lady was flying out of New York City on her way to Miami Beach. When she looked at the businessman sitting next to her and asked him, “Excuse me sir, but are you Jewish?” The man responded politely, “No, ma'am, I’m not Jewish.” After a little while she again…

EVANGELISM In the book, 10 Things I Hate About Christianity, author Jason T. Berggren presents a unique challenge to believers. Berggren says, ”Consider no longer calling yourself a Christian.” He writes, “Take a few minutes to think about what it would mean if you had to stop using that term to describe…

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…

Happiness In Matthew 5, Jesus begins a sentence with the same words, “Blessed are...” eight different times. What does it mean to be blessed? It is a religious sounding word, isn’t it? It is pregnant with virtue–a stained glass sort of a word. The truth is, the Greek word simply means happy. In English,…