Mark 14:43 Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.Yesterday, I received a report from a small community in Nigeria in which a...
Her family had come to America from Sweden. She had a typical Scandinavian look... Long blond hair; blue eyes; long slender legs; soft, blemish-free skin; high cheek bones.She was gorgeous - she was beautiful. In fact, a professional international photographer in her...
Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. ~ Psalm 144:4Every time I fly over a large body of water, I imagine opening the window of the jet and pouring out my coffee into the immense body of water below. I imagine the time that I spend on this earth...
I recall once when at a church I was attending, the pastor asked if I would help him set up a visitation program for his Sunday School. The church was among the finest in the city, and in a prime location.Located on a major U.S. highway, directly across the avenue...
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." - Proverbs 16:3Adoniram Judson was born on the August 9, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1809 and became a Christian shortly afterward. In February 1813, he set...
How easy it is to confuse love with passion! One father said of his teenaged son, "I don't know if he's in love or in heat!" Feelings of attraction can change more quickly than the seasons, but love, in its truest form, is greater than feelings.Love is what Mr. and...
My father-in-law, James Merchant, is a watchman for his family. I've now assumed the primary role of watching over his daughter, Ceci, but for years he did an admirable job. Actually, her real name is Celia-that's what he calls her (pronounced by him and others in...