“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5–6 ) Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink explores the power of snap judgments…decisions made in a fraction of a second that can sometimes be brilliant, and other times disastrous. He […]
In 2018, the world watched anxiously as a youth soccer team became trapped deep inside a flooded cave in Tham Luang Cave. For days, rising waters and darkness cut the boys off from the outside world. Rescue teams worked tirelessly, but what many people remember just as vividly were the images of the parents, especially the […]
Years ago, I was a bit frail—147 pounds of skinny ambition. Then, in the summer of 1999, I packed on 25 pounds. My girlfriend at the time (now my wife) barely recognized me. People were convinced I had used steroids or some experimental supplement. The truth? I just went to the gym. My buddy and I […]
Do you remember the cartoon movie WALL-E? It’s the story of a small waste-collecting robot left behind on an abandoned Earth after humanity evacuated the planet due to overwhelming pollution. His task is simple and repetitive: compact trash into cubes and stack them, day after day, to help clean up the planet. But he has developed a […]
Marcus Licinius Crassus was the Sam Zell of Ancient Rome…if Zell moonlighted as a real estate mogul with a morally sketchy fire brigade. Crassus was one-third of the powerful First Triumvirate, alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey. But unlike Caesar, whose power came from ambition and military genius, Crassus made his name and fortune in real estate. […]
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:13,14 NIV).” I think this text contains one of the most incredible teachings of Christ. […]
The Spirit of the LORD has anointed Jesus: “To preach good news to the poor. To bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, […]
Father Greg Boyle is in the business of erasing the past. A Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of “Homeboy Industries” in East Los Angeles, Father Boyle put together a team of physicians trained in the laser technology of tattoo removal. The team is part of a program that takes the tattoos of […]
Henry Augustus Rowland, professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University, was once called as an expert witness at a trial. During cross-examination, a lawyer demanded, “What are your qualifications as an expert witness in this case?” The normally modest and retiring professor replied quietly, “I am the greatest living expert on the subject under discussion.” […]
Mark Braun in The Mustard Seed and the Yeast, wrote: “If you had ventured a guess about the future of Jesus’ kingdom two-thirds of the way through His ministry, how optimistic would you have been? He grew up in a despised province of the Roman Empire. He was born before his mother’s marriage had become […]
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