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I guess I should have expected it, but I just was not ready for the commercial I heard recently. My family and I were driving out of town and listening to a popular radio...

Peter Pan came back to the silver screen through the imaginative perspective of Steven Spielberg’s Hook.  When Peter Pan originally opened as a play in London, author Sir J. M. Barrie found himself on the...

Money can be a sensitive topic. Many have been turned away from Christianity because of religious leaders’ attitudes toward money. Not a few had bad personal experiences in churches due to it. It is not...

How well do I remember It was the last of last December. When my mind began to flutter: —I fell into the gutter! And a hog came and lay down by my side. While we lay there, in a...

  “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch” (Acts 11:26).  Christianity is under attack. It has always been and will always be. Why? The answer is found in the Scriptures: “This is the condemnation,...

A A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 B Be ye kind one to another. —Ephesians 4:32 C Create in me a clean heart, O God;...

To Be Content “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” (Philippians 4:11) Plato hit the nail on the head when he observed that...

AS A YOUTH, I squirmed through many a worship service. This particular Sunday was to have an added distraction. As soon as the preacher got up to deliver his sermon, a cricket walked out onto...

  John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious, and often laced with profanity. John tried...

ACCOMMODATIONS: Arrangements for accommodation must be made in advance (John 14:2). PASSPORTS: Persons seeking entry will not be permitted passed the gates without having proper credentials and having their names already registered with the ruling authority...