Devin Dickey says he was just going for a jog late Sunday evening. While pausing to stretch, three men in a car stopped, and ordered him in the car at gunpoint.
After driving around for awhile, they stopped and one the guys asked, “Do you know who Trayvon is?’
I said, “No,” thinking of somebody local. Continue reading
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Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton were honored at the White House Monday afternoon by President Obama. Also in attendance at the ceremony former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara.
So who are Floyd and Kathy? What did they do? And why were they honored? Continue reading
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Several years ago I heard a story about a psychology professor who believed that parents should not punish or spank their children. His motto: ”Just love your children.
Although he had no children of his own, whenever he saw a neighbor scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, “You should love your boy, not punish him.” Continue reading
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The Conscience Fund. It’s real. You can check it out. It’s used for voluntary contributions from people who have stolen from or defrauded the US Government. It was created in 1811 when a private citizen sent a check for $5.00 saying he had “misappropriated government funds while serving as a quartermaster in the Army.” He said he felt guilty.
“Suppose we call this a contribution to the conscience fund and get it announced in the newspapers,” suggested Treasury Secretary Francis Spinner. “Perhaps we will get some more.”
In the first twenty years the fund received $250,000. Here are some interesting contributions. Continue reading
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There is an old joke about a man and his son who went to hear a famous preacher in a revival. When he returned home, his wife asked her husband, a man of a few words, “How was the preaching?”
“Fine.” he responded.
“What did he preach on? She asked. Continue reading
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I heard a story, probably apocryphal, about the principal of a small middle school who had a problem with the girls starting to use lipstick. After applying it in the bathroom, they would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints.
Before it got out of hand he devised a plan to stop it. He announced that all girls who wore lipstick should meet in the girls’ restroom following their lunch break. When they arrived they found the principal and the school custodian waiting for them. Continue reading
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Several years ago MTV did a special series on the “Theology of Sin.” I didn’t see it. But John MacArthur tells about it. The series was built around the Medieval list of “The Seven Deadly Sins.” Pride. Covetousness. Lust. Anger. Envy. Gluttony. Sloth.
MacArthur writes that it was ‘an entirely humanistic rationalization that portrayed sin as something that wasn’t evil.” They used “sound bites” from cartoon characters, quotes from interviews with celebrities and clips from movies to make their point. Here’s some of their responses. Continue reading
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“There is no virtue in the Christian life which is not made radiant with joy,” wrote William Barclay. “There is no circumstance and no occasion which is not illuminated with joy. A joyless life is not a Christian life, for joy is the one constant in the recipe of Christian living.”
The word of the week is joy. Continue reading
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Some things are just more important than other things.
This is true in business. Sports. Government. Our homes. It is true in life’s tasks. My Franklin planner teaches priorities. You list all your tasks for the day and rank them in order of importance. Then begin with the most important.
It is also true in Christianity. While everything is important, there are some fundamentals that must rank with greater importance. James Montgomery Boice expressed it this way. Continue reading
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Can you guess which political leader said, “This nation is a God-fearing nation. We believe in God.”
Was it President Barack Obama? Vice-President Joe Biden? Speaker of the House John Boehner? Senate Major Leader Harry Reid? Continue reading
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