Painting above: Nighthawks, 1942, Edward Hopper (1882-1967) —————————- From the book The Kingdom of God Is a Party, 1990, by Tony Campolo (1935-2024)    If you live on the East Coast and travel to Hawaii, you find that there is a time difference that makes three o’clock in the morning feel like nine; so […]
602) A Birthday Party for Agnes Read More »
by Eric Metaxas, November 27, 2014 blog, at:  www.breakpoint.org    Between 2005 and 2012, Jason Brown lived what many people would consider to be the American dream.  He was a starting NFL offensive lineman, first with the Baltimore Ravens and then with the St. Louis Rams.    In 2009, he signed a five-year
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Christians and Ebola, by Eric Metaxas, October 15, 2014 blog at:  http://www.breakpoint.org    Between 250 and 270 A.D. a terrible plague, believed to be measles or smallpox, devastated the Roman Empire.  At the height of what came to be known as the Plague of Cyprian, after the bishop St. Cyprian who chronicled what
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MOORE AND MOORE    (continued…) In the year 2000, 22-year old Wes Moore achieved the pinnacle of academic success.  He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious post-graduate scholarship in the world.  He was given two full years, all tuition and living expenses paid, to study anything of his choosing at the oldest
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     THE GOOD SAMARITAN’S CHOICE (Verse 34b:  …He put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.)    What was it that made the Good Samaritan stop and help that poor beaten man on the side of the road (Luke 10:25-37)?  The Bible does
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By Amy Morsch as told to Dean Nelson at: Â www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/ Â Amy Morsch is a senior at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. Â Â Â There’s no way you can properly prepare for Calcutta. Â Even the billboard on the highway going into the city makes you wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into. Â It says, “Welcome to
523) The Least of These Read More »
Pictured above:   The Good Samaritan by David Teniers the Younger  (1610-1690) ****************************************** By William Willimon, The Last Word, Abingdon Press, 2000, pages 49-52. *******************    We were coming out of the diner, my friend and I, he a preacher and I one too.  Heading down the street toward our churches, we
496) The Frustrations of a Good Samaritan Read More »
   Kay Adams (See Meditation #458, A Lesson from Mama), along with her work for two presidential administrations, has been active in the Pro-Life movement.  She has spoken and debated in many different settings, and oftentimes the crowd has been unfriendly.    Once during an abortion debate, a woman in the audience angrily
468) Quality of Life Read More »
By Aristides in APOLOGY, 137 A. D.; from The Early Christians: In Their Own Words (ch. 3, #24); Selected and Edited by Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935).  Reprinted from http://www.bruderhof.com.    It is the Christians, O Emperor, who have sought and found the truth.  We have realized it from their writings; they are closer to the truth
423) Defending the Early Christians Before the Emperor Read More »
      By the age of 30, Albert Schweitzer was already a world-renowned organist and expert on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.  I don’t know much about music history, but it is said that his work changed the course of world-wide organ studies and performance.  Also by the age of 30, that same
366) Albert Schweitzer’s Jesus Read More »
