Have Faith as a Child

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Sent by Rich Daniels (Shawano, Wisconsin) For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 Does this count? It doesn’t matter how many people you send this to, just remember if it made you smile, your friends will smile too.

Evolution

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by Author Unknown (Internet) One day a 6-year-old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children. THE TEACHER ASKED A LITTLE BOY: Tommy do you see the tree outside?TOMMY: Yes.TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?TOMMY: Yes.TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can […]

Holy Days: Atonement

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by Richard T. Ritenbaugh (Charlotte, North Carolina)   In our continuing study on the holy days, we have seen the plan of God broaden from our personal redemption and removal of sin in Jesus Christ’s offering of Himself on Passover to ridding the self of corruption in the Days of Unleavened Bread and to the founding of the church and giving of […]

Are UFO’s Real?

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by Ernest L. Martin (Portland, Oregon) The letters UFO stand for ‘unidentified flying object.’ Technically, any flying object that remains unidentified by humans can be called a UFO. This means that if you are walking down a gravel road and a car comes that causes a small stone to hit you and you are unable to later […]

A Parable

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by Author Unknown (Internet) Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah’s Ark…#  1–Don’t miss the boat.#  2–Remember that we are all in the same boat.#  3–Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.#  4–Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.#  […]

God’s Non-Transmittable Attributes

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God’s Non-Transmittable Attributes (Part One) Omnipotenceby Martin G. Collins (Charlotte, North Carolina)  There is a critical distinction between God’s transmittable attributes, which He shares with us, and His non-transmittable attributes, which He does not share with us. For example, when we attempt to describe God, we must consider that He is self-existent, self-sufficient, and eternal. These three […]

Christmas, is it Scriptural?

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by David Klopfenstein (Kendallville, Indiana) WHAT ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL?Since Christmas is one of the most celebrated religious holidays by Christianity today, wouldn’t you think that it must have come from the Bible? Therefore, Christianity should not object to an investigation of this tradition to see whether it is true or not. Many will say: […]

The New Education

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by James McBride (United Kingdom) Many parents have received the brush-off when they ask, What did you do today at school? So, do you know what your child is being taught? Or do you just trust the school to do the ‘right’ thing? Can you be sure that they are taught values akin to your […]

God and Prayer

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by Betty Schatzle (West Chester, Ohio) No, I love you too much. Have you ever prayed long and hard about a problem and never received an answer? Boy, I have. You wonder if God is even listening or if He even cares. The Lord of the universe is not obliged to answer our prayer in […]

Universal Basic Income

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by Joseph B. Baity (Charlotte, North Carolina)  Regardless of one’s perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic historically upended the global community. Of the many burdens the world has suffered in its wake, some of the greatest have been economic. In the United States, many businesses—large, medium, and small—were forced to shut down or dramatically scale back their operations for […]

Cleavage in the Church

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by Philip T. Derstine (Puckett, Mississippi) “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”  We can speak up, so that our silence does not cause us to become partakers of other’s sins (Ezekiel 33, entire chapter).  In this post-911 world, the sword has already come on the land with worse judgments to follow […]

A Drop to Drink

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by Joseph B. Baity (Charlotte, North Carolina)  Water is growing markedly more precious with the extended and expanding droughts of the American West. Some sub-regions count 2021 as the twenty-first consecutive year of too little rain. Currently, 95 percent of the West—the most extensive area ever on record—is officially in drought, with 65 percent rated […]

No Erosion Between Rock Layers!

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(Copyright) by David Rives (Tennessee) You’ve probably heard the conventional story of how the rock layers formed. The most popular story is that rock layers form slowly over millions of years by the same geologic processes we see operating today. Weathering and erosion then produced hills, valleys, and the other topographical features we see today. […]

A Basket of Summer Fruit

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by Charles Whitaker (Charlotte, North Carolina)  “In the Good ‘Ol Summertime,” the local oldie-but-goodie radio station broadcasts Nat King Cole’s song: Give me those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer,Those days of sodas and pretzels and beer.Give me those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer;You’ll wish that summer could always be here. How well these words express […]

Weather or Not

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by James Steinle (Swanville, Minnesota) What is with all the weather, or lack of it?  Record heat, drought, crop failures, gardens that we can’t keep up with in watering.  It seems like the curses found in Deuteronomy 28 are coming to our nation.  Give Deuteronomy 28 a read and see what you think.  Are we […]

Command to Love

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Command to Loveby Church of God Group (Christchurch, New Zealand) To the Children of God, brothers, and sisters of Jesus Christ in whom the Holy Spirit dwells, this is a call to attention and a call to action. Jesus said, “A new commandment I give, that you love one another”. This Love is the ultimate gift […]

What does BC and AD (B.C. and A.D.) Mean?

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by BibleStudy.org (Farmington, Michigan) What is the meaning of BC (B.C.) and what does AD (A.D.) stand for? Why are these abbreviations utilized less and less in the world in lieu of BCE (B.C.E.) and CE (C.E.)? BC (B.C.) is an abbreviation used in the Julian calendar, then later the Gregorian calendar (introduced in October 1582), that means “before Christ.” […]

Dancing with God

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Sent by Carolyn Klosowsky (Unknown) When I meditated on the word Guidance,I kept seeing “dance” at the end of the word.I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing.When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.The movement doesn’t flow with the music,and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.When one person realizes […]

Endure to the End

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by Wayne Schatzle (West Chester, Ohio) Like everyone else I enjoy the beautiful autumn leaves as they turn colors. People flock to the mountains to witness the sometime breathtaking event each year. What I have come to appreciate more than the autumn leaves is the late winter leaves. Why is that you ask? For some […]