D.L. Moody paid nine visits to the Civil War battlefront. One evening past midnight, he was called to visit a dying soldier. “He said, ‘I wish you to help me to die.’ ‘I would help you if I could,’ replied Moody. ‘I would take you on my shoulders and carry you into the kingdom if […]
One vital key of good leadership is knowing that every word and action has far-reaching consequences. David had seen to the ordering of priests and Levites—the religious leaders; the gatekeepers and treasury guards—the national security leaders; and “the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers” (1 Chron 27:1)—the military leaders. But there is still the necessary […]
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“Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him!” (Job 26:14). The theater of Aspendos is one of the best-preserved in the Roman world. Built from 161-169 AD in Lycia (modern Turkey), an area visited briefly by Luke and Paul as recorded in Acts 27, the […]
Charles Darwin wrote: “To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree” (Origin of Species, 1859, […]
One way of peacemaking is to leave the fire of contention alone. Let it go out by itself. —C.H. Spurgeon According to sources in the know, there are 33 ongoing conflicts in the world at present, “ranging from drug wars, terrorist insurgencies, ethnic conflicts, to civil wars.” As with little Israel today, surrounded by numerous […]
The elevator boy isn’t the only one to get a tip in this story. Here’s a tip for believers when it comes to how we are to approach our generous-hearted Father. […]
“I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel” (Ps 31:12). Supposedly designed to look like a stairway to heaven, Wat Arun (“Temple of Dawn”) dominates the western side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The Buddhist holy site is noted for its colorful, glazed ceramic […]
Don’t the following verses teach that all people will ultimately be saved? Col 1:20; Eph 1:10; 1 Tim 2:4-6; 4:10; 1 Cor 15:22-28; Phil 2:9-11. This is the teaching of Universalism. Note that both Col 1:20 and Eph 1:10 speak of reconciliation, but only of things in heaven and earth, not things under the earth. […]