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A speed camera clocked 71-year-old Richard Keedwell driving at 35mph in a 30 zone, and he subsequently received a citation in the mail, with a fine of $120. This surprised Keedwell, who claimed he was doing only 30mph in the zone. Believing the camera had to be at fault, he decided to fight the ticket…

In 1960, Bernard Schermerhorn bowed to peer pressure and went along with a friend to steal change from several newspaper racks and then dump then over. Now, 54 years later, Schermerhorn has sent a letter to the Florida newspaper apologizing for the deed and including a check for $200 to cover the damages.…

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

FORGIVENESS An actor who starred in a new motion picture says he never imagined the role would reconnect him to God. Wes Bentley, who plays Manolo in the motion picture, “There be Dragons,” said his role helped him face the “dragons’ in his own life. “There Be Dragons,” is based on the life of Josemaria…

92 years after the fighting ended, the First World War finally came to a close. The War officially ended when the nation of Germany paid off the final chunk of war reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles which was signed in 1919. The treaty forced the German nation to pay compensation to Belgium…

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…

In Thriving through Ministry Conflict by Understanding Your RED and Blue Zones the authors write, “In conflict, the vast majority of the time, the problem is more in us than it is in the person with whom we are in conflict. So resolution does not come from winning or changing the behavior of the other…

The New York Library Society recently hosted a ceremony in which a long overdue book was returned 221 years late. The Society announced that while restoring their ledgers dating between 1789 and 1792, they discovered that President George Washington had checked out a copy of “The Law Of Nations’ by Erner…

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…

The owner of a Sacramento, California car wash says he is still not sure how an alleged debt of 4 pennies led to an uncomfortable conformation with federal agents. Aaron Zeff said the manager at the car wash he owns was confronted by two agents from the Internal Revenue Service, claiming the business…

Authorities arrested a 29-year-old Florida woman after she allegedly used a stun gun on a woman who tried to hug her Christmas night. Authorities jailed Deborah Downing on charges of aggravated battery after she reportedly used a stun gun on a friend attempting to offer a Christmas greeting. Authorities…

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,…

RECONCILIATION In the motion picture Bride Wars, Liv and Emma are best friends for life. Since they were young, each has dreamed of an ultimate wedding in New York’s Plaza Hotel, with each serving as the other’s Maid of Honor. Though their lives take different directions, the women stay close friends,…

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 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…

Vengeance Have you ever heard someone downplay a scriptural command because it is in the Old Testament? I've heard it a million times, especially when it comes to God's command for people to tithe. Matthew 5:17 should set this record straight. Jesus said, "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law…

RECONCILIATION As we sat waiting for the traffic light's permission to proceed, my son once again asked when I would fix the training wheels on his bicycle. I turned to look at him, saying I would fix them when we got home. Then I added, "But they will be different than what you are used to." With that…

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,…

DEBT Recently low interest rates are luring many Americans to take on record levels of debt, which might create a repayment crisis in the future. Mortgage rates are at record lows, car dealers are offering zero percent financing, and “buy now pay later” advertisements are everywhere. Spurred by the easy…

DEATH After Greg Delmain graduated from college, but before he could start his new job, he had to bring evidence of his U.S. citizenship to a clerk at the company. The clerk took his driver’s license and jotted down some notes in his file. She gave it back to Greg and took his birth certificate. For…

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…

At offering time introduce Highlights hidden picture What is the point? Sometimes the thing we are looking for is right in front of our faces. That was certainly the case in Acts 12. Back in Acts 7 we saw the first Christian martyr, Stephen. And then in Acts 8 & 9 we saw that a great persecution arose…

I. Introduction When God created the universe and all within it, God looked and saw that it was good. At some point, however, evil entered the world and corrupted it. People may have different understandings of how this happened, but I don’t think anyone would argue that the world as we know it is the…

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…