... home." "What did you tell her?" his friends asked. "I told her she WAS home," her father explained. (5) Good point. Steven Curtis Chapman's song “I Will Be Here” was a very popular wedding song back in the day. The song is a simple ... people lost their lives as martyrs for Christ. Rather than weakening the Christian community, however, the stories of these suffering believers drew multitudes of people to the faith. One of these early martyrs was a young mother named Vibia Perpetua. Perpetua had an ...
... was involved in a scuffle with another boy. He let his temper get out of control and before anyone could stop him, he drew a knife and stabbed at the other boy. Fortunately his knife caught on the other boy’s belt buckle and didn’t do ... is where a spiritual solution really begins to take hold of us. It is when we are able to return good for evil. The Rev. Curtis Goforth tells a story about his old Hebrew professor’s experience one year on an archaeological dig in Israel. He said that there were a ...
Moses was a master of masquerade! He lived a good portion of his life in disguise. From the time he was three months old he went into hiding. At three months he was placed in a basket among the Nile reeds. The infant princess Elora Danan, in the movie Willow, was placed in a basket made of river sticks which quickly became a boat. The little boat was pushed off from the shore seconds before the Queen's death dogs converged on the child's caretaker. Her basket was an escape to a safe land. Moses' basket, ...
When I was about twelve years of age I attended a state Boy Scout jamboree. We camped out in the mountains for an extended weekend. We had to bring food with us to eat, but we were told our Saturday evening meal would be provided. But what we did not know was how it would be provided. About four o'clock in the afternoon we were summoned to the road head. There by the side of the road was a tractor-trailer loaded with live chickens! At our campsite we were divided into groups of three, and from that truck ...
A friend of mine lives in a remote area of the United States which has a very low emotional quotient. Because of this, alcoholism is rampant, incest is above average, and spousal abuse is prevalent. One of the dominating social ills is the abuse suffered by teenagers. In a recent study released by the state where my friend resides, a survey revealed that one out of every three teenagers has been abused sexually. In order to help these teens who have suffered mentally, emotionally, and physically because of ...
