It was a dark and dreary day in 1916, a day well suited to the most brutally devastating rout in all of American football history.
One look at the two teams showed trouble ahead.
On the Georgia Tech side were semi-human monsters, gorilla-like behemoths trained by John Heisman, the man football’s highest award was later named after. Heisman was a …
“In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I give, but by how much I have left after I make my gift. Not by its size is my gift judged, but by how much of me there is in it. No one gives at all until he has given all! No one gives anything acceptable to God …
By Rob Heverling (robhev@yahoo.com)
Psalm 100:5
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Have you ever received something and didn’t deserve it.
Probably one of my favorite commercials this past Christmas was one where a girl was sitting in front of the Christmas tree tearing opening her gifts. She opens up
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The sleigh was all packed, the reindeer were fed,
But Santa still knelt by the side of the bed.
“Dear Father,” he prayed “Be with me tonight.
There’s much work to do and my schedule is tight.
I must jump in my sleigh and streak through the sky,
Knowing full well that a reindeer can’t fly.
I will …
Child advocates would remove the child from the custody of his mother when they discovered she was shacking with a guy (not the child’s father) in a barn. In most jurisdictions that would constitute child neglect.
Of course, Mary would have an underpaid court appointed attorney to represent her in the dependent-neglect proceeding, and Joseph would be out of luck …
Whether he was born in 4 B.C. or A.D. 6, in Bethlehem or Nazareth, whether there were multitudes of the heavenly host to hymn the glory of it or just Mary and her husband–when the child was born, the whole course of human history was changed.
That is a truth as unassailable as any truth. Art, music, literature, Western culture …
Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for Thee.
My heart for very joy doth leap,
My lips no more can silence keep,
I too must sing, with joyful tongue,
That sweetest ancient cradle song,
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His …
by Bob Perks
This holiday season I have been on a special mission.
I call it “In search of the Waltons at Christmas.”
So many people seem to be struggling this year
with family relationships. I have overheard them in the
malls and department stores.
“Well, I’m not spending much on him this year. I don’t
even like him. I’m …
Scripture: Matthew 1:22-23 and Isaiah 7:14
Emmanuel – “God with us”
What a comforting thought. For the birth of Christ is representative of “God with us.”
From this point on in the lives of all men, God would be with us in a new and exciting way. First with Christ – the Son of God – walking with man, and …
Scripture: Revelation 22:13
As we look forward to the excitement of Christmas in a child’s eyes, this is also a time to look back and reflect on the meaning of Christmas, as it has developed over the years.
I think Rev. 22:I3, some of the last words attributed to Jesus, seem to say it all. Before anything began,
Jesus was …