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MERRY CHRISTMAS

I was talking to a couple of boys recently asking them what kind of gifts they expected for Christmas. They each told me their hopes and dreams for this electronic gadget or that. It brought back some memories of my own childhood when I waited with anticipation what treasures my…

On February 24, 1955, Stephen was born in San Francisco to an unmarried mother named Joanne Simpson. Joanne was a graduate student at the time and had concluded that her life was just too hectic to raise a child. We don't know what thoughts went through Joanne's mind, but given a similar set of …

Immanuel Kant w as a 17th century German philosopher who lived a life of discipline. The people of the town said they could “set their clock” by the regularity of his afternoon walks. What they did not know was that the keeper of the cathedral clock set the time according to when Kant ventured out. And what nobody could…

G. K. Chesterton wrote a series of short stories titled “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”  The main character of these mystery stories is a sleuth called Horne Fisher.  With amazing precision Fisher is able to solve the most puzzling of mysteries.  When everyone else is stumped, or even fooled,…

Of First Importance

 Survivors of the Titanic disaster all agree on one point.  After the ship struck the iceberg, some twenty life-boats were launched from the crippled ocean liner.  They were too few and most of them were only partially filled with passengers.  The idea was to wait for the Titanic to sink below the waves and avoid the sucking force of the vortex in her wake that could plunge them to the bottom of the ocean.  Once the…

Summer begins today, as I write this article.  In the life of the Church that means MISSIONS.  I have just returned from the mission trip to Macedonia with a team from Dover Baptist Association.  The Haiti Mission Team has just departed and the Youth Mission Trip to Canada is gearing up to launch in a few…

Rob Bell, the founding pastor of Mars Hill church in Michigan is all…

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According to an article written by Stephanie Pappas for The Christian Science Monitor, sinkholes in the United States are most common in Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. The ground beneath these states is rich in easily-dissolved rock types. When enough    water seeps…

University professor Dr. Chris Gabbard formed his conviction about the value of human life under the heavy influence of philosopher Peter Singer.  Singer has argued that a civilized society has a right, and indeed an obligation, to exclude people who are not “persons.”  People who are severely disables…

There is a story I heard a long time ago about a pastor who became discouraged in his preaching ministry. He studied faithfully the Bible and did his best to proclaim the Word truthfully every Sunday but, in spite of all his best efforts, there seemed to be no results from his preaching. One of the members of his church noticed how desponded he was and ordered a special plaque to be made for the pulpit. The following Sunday the preacher went up to the pulpit to preach and noticed…