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Illustration: Confusion, Signs

Often those signs and indicators intended for adults leave children confused and exasperated....

Illustration: Independence Day (U.S.) and What Children Really Hear

What children hear and what we want them to hear can be entirely different matters....

Illustration: Patriotism and Christianity

America was founded for religous liberty by those bound by its tenets of freedom....

Illustration: Heaven

The Maldives is an island nation. Rising sea levels in the Indian Ocean threaten this land of 376,000 people....

Illustration: Love

We owe a debt of love to Jesus Christ that far exceeds what America's national debt stands at or could reach....

Illustration: Commitment

Gerald Ford ascended to the presidency at a difficult time in American history. He had been appointed vice president because of his reputation for honesty and integrity, to replace a vice president wh...

Illustration: Age, Greed

Here is a case of deceit winning against greed. Don't try this at home....

Illustratration: Attitude

Elizabeth Shoumatoff was the Russian artist who was painting the portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt when he died in Warm Springs, Ga., April 12, 1945....

Persecution

833 Christians will be martyred tomorrow! As incredible as it seems, it's true. An average of 833 believers are killed daily because of their faith. That's more than 300,000 Christians martyre...

Homeless

He had been swindled out of his home in Washington, D.C. and he was homeless, one Sunday he was standing in front of the National Cathedral when then President George Bush and his wife Barbara were go...

Citizens

It is very difficult to become a citizen of Liechtenstein. That's true even if you were born there. First there must be a referendum held in your village. If you pass that test you must be voted on by...

Take Your Time

Writing in the October/November 1998 issue of Carolina Mountain Living Timothy M. Smith remarked on the strange fact that towns put up signs "No Loitering!" He says "The problem is ... that we're alre...

Christmas

The late Dr. Ward Patterson had a varied career as a writer, campus minister and college professor. As a young man, he determined to seek adventure and travel around the world on a motorcycle. ...

Old Age

How's this for a great perspective on life when you're 100 years young? Henry Stenhouse, a 100 year old Goldsboro, N.C. eye doctor running for Congress in North Carolina's 3rd District, figure...

Illustration: Peace, Escape

Wilmer McLean owned a home near Bull Run. His house was seriously damaged during the opening battle of the Civil War, and so, falsely believing he would be safer from future conflicts, he rebuilt his ...