“Ding-dong,” the doorbell chimes. A man in a baseball cap, button-down shirt, work pants and work shoes stands outside. You take a quick look through the window and then open the door. “Hi, how can I help you?” “The village is doing inspections on home water lines after the recent Read more…
Critics and scoffers have been trying to silence the message of the empty tomb for years. They have tried to deny it, rationalize it away and even categorize it as just a nice story. None will so nearly succeed in suppressing the truth as Christ’s own followers . . . Read more…
Some of the best Christmas music invites us to listen. In “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, a lamb invites a shepherd boy to listen to a song high above the trees, then a king pleads with his subjects to listen to his message about a Child sleeping in the Read more…
Jesus prayed for His disciples in John 17:9-18. The prayer was powerful and it was His request for their unity. There are several important things to note: Examples of Disunity From these points we conclude, as He desired the unity of The Eleven, so He desires unity for the disciples Read more…
It was to be a majestic evening. On Friday, October 18, 1991, the world-class Chicago Symphony presented the final concert in its year-long celebration of the symphony’s one hundredth year. For the first time in United States symphony history, the present conductor and two former conductors of an orchestra stood Read more…
Although he may sometimes use external assaults on our lives to affect our bodies, finances or even our relationships, the devil’s most successful attacks often involve distractions. They can be as simple as a cell phone which monopolizes our time away from the Word of God, or as complicated as Read more…
The story of Mother’s Day is one of the great paradoxes of the 20th Century. It is both a celebration of love, admiration, ambition, persistence and ultimate victory; and a sad tale of the harmful effects of bitterness, desperation and loss. Ann Reeves Jarvis: The Model of Mother’s Day Ann Read more…
Texas East was clinging to a 3-2 lead against Oklahoma in the Southwest Region Championship of the Little League World Series. With runners on second and third base, the pitcher, Kaiden Shelton, wound up and let the ball fly. The pitch missed its mark. Instead of connecting with the catcher’s Read more…
A woman in Laingsburg, Michigan had a unique start to the year 1993. She heard “angry, accented voices” coming from her living room. Fearing her husband was being held hostage by terrorists, she hid in a bathroom closet and whispered to the police on her cellular phone. Sheriff’s deputies and Read more…
It started during the beginning of October, right before Halloween, with sightings of Christmas being confirmed even before Thanksgiving. When Thanksgiving Day arrived, it was soon interrupted by the shopping frenzy of Black Friday. Stores racked up monumental sales over the weekend, with even more revenues generated on Cyber Monday. Read more…