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God the Architect Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Psalm 127:1a Recommend Reading Psalm 127 Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the twentieth century's most well-known architects, practiced "organic architecture" - designs that flow out of and reflect the context of their environment.…

A county district attorney charged three Oklahoma jailers with cruelty to a prisoner after they forced inmates to listen to “Baby Shark,” a popular children’s song, on repeat. An investigation by Oklahoma County authorities found that the three jailers at the Oklahoma County Jail forced four prisoners…

Maga Denes, a psychiatrist who survived the holocaust says that Nazis forced her brother into the Danube River and then executed him. She describes the scene in an abortion clinic with the same force she saw in the killing fields of WW II. “I have seen brains spilled on sidewalks and crushed forever…

A school in South Korea, facing plummeting enrollment because of the country’s low birthrate, has begun to allow older adults who are illiterate to study alongside elementary students. Hwang Wol-geum, a 70-year-old Korean grandmother has been learning to read and write in school with her grandchildren.…

Fathers are an important part in every child’s life. Now we discover there is another element we hadn’t considered before. When the dad is one of those who tells corny, pun-filled jokes he is helping “forge healthy, close relationships between fathers and their sons and daughters. –The Week, March 15,…

If children are a blessing from the Lord, Americans are missing out. Around 3.85 million babies were born in 2017. That is the lowest number since 1987. The only two states with a fertility rate high enough to sustain the population were South Dakota and Utah. Two reasons given for the decrease is that…

In an article entitled, “What I would have done differently: Billy Graham’s regrets, in his own words,” Collin Hansen reports that Graham said, “I did not spend enough time with my family when they were growing up. You cannot recapture those years.” —Jim L. Wilson Christianity Today, April 2018, 95 Psalm…

For the first time in recorded history, more than half (54 percent) of American women ages 25-29 are childless, according to the U.S. Census Fertility Report. A record 31 percent of women ages 30-34 also haven’t given birth. According to US News, as the birth rate continues to drop it could mean lower…

A study conducted by a Paris-based organization found that American high school students are generally satisfied with their lives, but their peers in other countries are happier. 15-year-olds who took part in the study ranked their lives an average of 7.4 on a scale of 0 to 10. According to the study,…

Adam LaRoche, who has averaged over 20 home runs a year in his 12-year Major League Baseball career, is walking away from his $13 million contract with the Chicago White Sox because the club would no longer allow Drake, his teenage son to accompany him the clubhouse. While many were critical of his decision…

One of the greatest trusts in the world is the gift of Children. God entrusts mothers and Fathers both with innocent human life. It is more than tragic when we fail to keep that trust. Megan Huntsman faces six counts of murder after admitting to strangling or suffocating at least that many of her own…

Davion Only is 15 years-old. He has spent his whole life in foster care, one family after another taking care of him. In a speech at St Mark Missionary Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Fla. he told the congregation, I need a family “to love me until I die. I’ll take anyone, old or young, dad or mom,…

Rick Schmitt and his wife, Lisa, along with their children Hillary and Eric have been scouring the Florida coastline for 13 years looking for sunken treasure. They have finally succeeded. They discovered gold in a 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck. The gold is worth up to $350,000. However, most of the…

Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood thinks pregnancy is a disease. After a judge in Wisconsin blocked a law that would limit abortions she said, “We are seeing an unprecedented wave of attacks on women’s health.” Instead of seeing them as protecting the lives of babies they view the laws…

The Week Editor, William Falk in a commentary on the falling birth rate in the U.S., describes some of the benefits of parenting. You get “A sweaty baby asleep on your chest, filling you with such awe and tenderness that you cannot sleep yourself. The incomparable fragrance of their downy heads. The…

A new study has compiled personal interviews, medical research, and survey results to discover that having children has many benefits. The study highlights ten specific areas, including the obvious tax savings children provide when filing taxes every year. Health benefits include lower blood pressure,…

Before the beginning of the 2016 major league baseball season, Adam LaRoche abruptly retired. LaRoche had played 12 seasons with several different teams and was set to make $13 million this year alone. So why would a man walk away from $13 million? Adam started a tradition early on in his career. He…

Yes, parenthood changes everything. But parenthood also changes with each baby. Here, some of the ways having a second and third child differs from having your first (author unknown): YOUR CLOTHES 1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy. 2nd baby:…

ABORTION When I think about Girl Scouts, I think about their thin mint cookies. I’ve always thought the organization was one that held traditional values and taught them to girls. Perhaps that has been your experience with them. But this week I read a startling report that the Senior Girl Scout Handbook,…

Changing Culture- Tim Keller Some seem to have risen to the challenge of effective ministry in a changing culture. Who can we learn from? I am actually a bit reluctant to lift anyone up high as a shining example—including Redeemer Presbyterian. Let me put it like this: John Stott at All Souls Church…

Parenting is more than a duty, it’s a life calling. US News and World Report once reported the following story about parenting: “Americans are so shaped and stamped by their legacy of individualism that the concepts of community virtue and moral obligation have been discredited. In our popular culture,…

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…

§ Abuse § Children abusing their elderly parents, when the Bible clearly teaches children to honor their parents. § A decade old government study suggested that 1 to 2 million adults over 60 are abused each year, this includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse.…

Comedian Red Skelton once explained the secret of his happy marriage. “Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food, and companionship,” he said. “She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.” He was joking, of course, but his words remind us that companionship and partnership…

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…