So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12, NIV "Dear Dr. Sala," writes an 8-year-old friend of Guidelines, "my name is Amy and I have a problem with my friends. Missy won't like me if I...
A sign over a mirror in a public school reads, “You are now looking at the most special person in the world.” The message is part of a program designed to build self-esteem in children, and there is no questioning the fact that some kids suffer from a lack of...
A student caught cheating on an exam, stops going to church. A mother of a child with disabilities lives in constant torment, convinced that God is punishing her child because she lived with her husband for a year before they were married and conceived her child...
For he looked for a city …whose builder, and maker is God. Hebrews 11:10 As a child, Florence Chadwick wanted more than anything else to become a great swimmer. At the age of six, she persuaded her parents to enter her in a 50-yard race. They did, and she came in...
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 The document’s final words read, “Gospel of Judas,” and the content of the same would lead anyone to conclude that the author is the disciple of Jesus, the one who betrayed Him...
For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 What makes human life valuable, anyway? Is it worth it when weary doctors labor for 16 or 18 hours to save someone’s life? Why bother to screen thousands of people looking for a bone marrow donor to save...
The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. Lamentations 3:25-26, KJV Island shrouded in heavy fog--am going on," was Richard Haliburton's last...
Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15 “My husband and I have been listening to you for a long time,” writes a friend of Guidelines. Omitting the...
In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself. 2 Corinthians 5:19 The young Marxist looked his guest in the eye as he said, "Do you mind if I ask you three questions? First—how can you be so sure there is a God? Can you prove God's existence? Secondly—how do you...
Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me. John 11:41-42 How many times must you pray the same prayer and ask God to do the same thing...