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The House of Cards star, Kevin Spacey’s career imploded amid sexual misconduct allegations. Netflix, the producer of the show, rewrote the 2017 season without its star character, played by Spacey. All the money in the world could not keep the actor’s “house of cards” from tumbling down, because his life…

In his book, Managing for Development Barrie Hopson write, “Some theory can help learning (we can read books or watch videos on how to drive a car or play golf, and so on), but most learning comes from doing rather than hearing, and in most cases learning involves both theory and practice.” —Jim L. Wilson…

City Hall in Ocoee, Florida was built on a foundation of “muck and peat.” The building, which was built 20 years ago, is sinking and has detached from its porch by a gap of 4 inches. City officials are hoping that the building will hit “Terra Firma,” hard earth, before the building is completely destroyed.…

A gas station in Germany charged $14 per liter of gasoline in order to discourage customers from filling up their tanks. The nationwide shortage influenced Esso gas station near Stuttport to take these measures. Unsuspecting motorists proceeded to fill up their tanks despite the obvious warnings posted…

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,…

The story is told of Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House. He complained that no one really paid any attention to what was said. One day, during a reception, he decided to try an experiment. To each person who passed down the line and shook his hand, he murmured,…

TRANSFORMATION In his book, The Shape of Faith to Come, Brad Waggoner writes, “Preaching that fills the head with a lot of biblical facts is vastly different from preaching that focuses on putting truth into practice. We must call the people of God to action, and they must see that we are practicing…

EASTON, Pa. — A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from…

WORD OF GOD/FOUNDATION The frightening sounds of cracking walls, breaking glass, and exploding pipes awakened many residents of Laguna Hills, California. A landslide destroyed 17 multimillion-dollar homes when it struck the posh community overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and damaged 11 others. Luckily,…

When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. Chambers, O. (1993, c1935). My utmost for his highest : Selections for the year (November…

Sermon for 3 Pentecost Matthew 7:21-29 God calls us to follow his will and build our house upon the rock of his truth and love rather than upon our own wisdom We might even begin to do God’s will and perform miracles, preached the truth and even cast out demons, but at that point have become false teachers…

There's a story about a farmer who was visited by a couple of young, energetic evangelists. They knocked on his door and asked if he 'was saved.' The farmer left the two at the door and went into his farmhouse for a pencil and a pad of paper. Coming back to the two evangelists, he gave them a list of…

"There are some who say they are saved before they have any feeling sense that they are lost"...The contemporary brand of Christianity has become superficial, tolerant, of people who have not duge deep and put in the right foundation.

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…

WISDOM From San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge, past the sheer cliffs of Big Sur to the sun-drenched beaches of Southern California, the views along the 644 miles of Highway 1 are breathtaking. The views of the Pacific crashing against the shore compete with the rugged beauty of the mountains, forests…

FOUNDATION During his sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrances for the victims of the terrorist bombings on the World Trade Center in New York, NY and on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dr. Billy Graham drew a parallel between the destruction in New…

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…

Advent of Christ, the First A. Announced in the Old Testament by: Moses Deut. 18:18, 19 Samuel Acts 3:24 David Ps. 40:6–8; Heb. 10:5–8 Prophets Luke 24:26, 27 B. Prophecies fulfilled by his: Birth Is. 7:14; Matt. 1:23 Forerunner Mal. 3:1, 2; Matt. 3:1–3 Incarnation Is. 9:6 Time of arrival Dan. 9:24,…

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…