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I only know the names of two angels, Hark and Harold.   —Gregory, age 5 Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it.   —Olive, age 9 Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something else. —Mitchell,…

They were looking for a lion; He came as a Lamb, and they missed Him. They were looking for a warrior; He came as a Peacemaker, and they missed Him. They were looking for a king; He came as a Servant, and they missed Him. They were looking for liberation from Rome; He submitted to…

AGAINST VIOLENCE When I applied for Conscientious Objector draft status, a friend suggest­ed that I ask a variety of individuals to write and explain their personal knowl­edge of my sincerity as a non-violent person. After getting letters from sev­eral friends, I decided also to ask my nine-year-old brother to write one. His letter, which was…

People know more about more things than ever before. Technology. Art. Health. Business. Music. Ecology. Accounting. Fitness. Relationships. Architecture. History. Math. Physics. Botany. Computers. Engineering. Film. Medicine. Economics. Genetics. People know less about the Bible than their great grandparents who followed a plow around a field for twelve hours a day. Why? Is the Bible…

A man tested the strength of a glass container by using it as a hammer to drive a nail successfully into a wooden plank. Next, he took a pea-sized marble and dropped it through the neck of the bottle. When the marble hit bottom, the container shattered. Resistant to blows inflicted from the outside, the…

A young man asked his preacher: “Sir, what can I do to be saved?” The preacher replied, “Son, you’re too late.” “What!” exclaimed the boy, “I’m too late to be saved?” “No,” said the preacher, “too late to do anything. You see, son, Jesus already did it all two thousand years ago.”[1] Is this the…

Many, both in the religious world and otherwise, have a gross misunderstanding of what constitutes faith. Contrary to scripture, many believe that faith is necessary to “fill in the gaps” in the absence of real, tangible evidence. Carl Sagan, the late and noted atheist and author, once said, “Faith is believing in something in the…

The devil does not mind preaching that much. In fact, there are sermons that he likes. Since the power is in the Word (Romans 1:16; Hebrews 4:12), he only fears sermons that effectively communicate Scripture. When the scriptures that are employed are taken out of context or misapplied (2 Peter 3:16), he likes the sermon…

Human history begins and ends in paradise (Revelation 2:7; 22:1–3; 2 Corinthians 12:3). God’s original intention seems to have been a daily walk with man in the garden in the cool of the day, but man messed that up when he sinned (Genesis 3:8). We hear people talk about who they look forward to seeing…