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Cross

In the heyday of British rule it used to be said that the sun never set on the British Empire. Because the British flag consists of three crosses, superimposed one on another, the sun also never set o...

Sacrifice

In the fifteenth century, the Aztec people practiced human sacrifice on an unprecedented scale. They believed that human sacrifices were necessary to fuel the sun, and without such sacrifices the f...

Messiah

The December 16, 1997 issue of the tabloid The Sun carried this headline on the front page: New Messiah to Be Born in Holy Land. Inside the story says that on the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah a stran...

Messiah

The December 16, 1997 issue of the tabloid The Sun carried this headline on the front page: New Messiah to Be Born in Holy Land. Inside the story says that on the eve of Christmas and Hanukkah a stran...

A Blessed Silence

In his sermon “Whistling in the Dark,” Frederick Buechner says: “You have to be quiet to hear …"...

Faith

While most flowers bloom only in the day, some bloom only at night. The night blooming Cereus is the most well known example. The flower called Four O'clock opens in the late afternoon. Moon flowers u...

The Son

One of the most difficult and exciting highways in North America is in Glacier National Park in Alberta. Vehicles more than 21 feet long or more than 8 feet wide are prohibited. The narrow, winding hi...

Encouragements To Prayer

Many times we miss the victory or the greater blessing because we do not continue long enough in prayer. Admiral Peary was victorious in his quest for the North Pole only because he was persistent. He...

Fishing

A guy had an awful day fishing on the lake, sitting in the blazing sun all day without catching a single one. On his way home, he stopped at the supermarket and ordered four catfish. He told the fish...

Relationships

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Linda Wolfe holds the record as the most married woman in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records has verified it. Linda, 68, has been married 23 times. ...

Faithlessness

Did you hear about the farmer that had a brilliant dog? He had a neighbor that just absolutely was negative, no matter what.If it was raining, the farmer would say to his neighbor, "Boy, look at it ra...

Illustration: Lent

Lent originally was established for new Christians, those who experienced a call. They were to spend 40 days and 40 nights preparing for their baptism. If at the end they still wanted to follow Jesus,...

Cross

The American Clergy Leadership Conference - a group founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon -- announced recently that it wanted to to promote reconciliation among Christians, Jews and Mus...

How Great Is Our God!

Our planet is on the outer edge of our galaxy, The Milky Way. Light from stars on the opposite edge takes 100,000 years to reach us—and that is traveling more than 186,000 miles per second. Our sun is...

Good Works

Love Wrought It On one of the arches in a magnificent cathedral in Europe is sculptured a face of wondrous beauty. It can be seen only once a year when the sun is in a certain position. For then its r...

To Illustrate: Easter

Most flowers bloom only in the day. Some bloom only at night. ...

Illustration: God, Whimsical Creator

God values what seemingly is insignificant by our human estimation....

Illustration: Adversity

We have heard of the place called Death Valley. Normally it is barren and forbidding, but every once and a while it explodes with color....

The Bible

Paul explicitly states that the sword of the Spirit is Scripture, the word of God. The Scottish pastor and writer Thomas Cuthrie said, "The Bible is an armory of heavenly weapons,...

"A Little Fellow Follows Me"

A Little Fellow Follows Me - By Lee Fisher...