“As long as the Arabs hate us more than they love their children,” said Golda Meir, “there will be war.” The schoolteacher-turned-politician was a tough lady who saw plenty of hatred-driven conflict in her life. But could not an Arab living on the east bank of the...
Dr. Charles Ryrie, an authority of Bible prophecy, says, "Someone has calculated that actually there are more than 300 prophecies concerning various aspects of the first coming of Christ. We can assuredly say that no one could possibly have made this number of...
"If you know anyone who is colorblind," said the late psychologist John Money, "then you have a good idea of what it means to be love-blind." What Professor Money is talking about isn't the starry-eyed young person who falls in love, but the individual who seems...
Peace on earth is a theme that we seem to revisit every December. And every 7th day of December will always be remembered in infamy as the dark day in 1941 when a squadron of 360 Japanese warplanes descended with bombs on the American Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl...
One of the strangest of all musical compositions ever conceived was that drafted by the avant-garde American John Cage. He wrote it in 1952 and called it “4’33”.” It was written for any instrument or instruments, as the case may be, and each of the three movements has...
Wise is the person who thinks ahead and plans for the future, right? But at what point does planning become presumption? Suppose you are a businessperson, and business has been brisk. Your warehouses are overflowing. Would it not make sense to enlarge? Here's another...
"If I could write a prescription for the women of the world," wrote psychologist Dr. James Dobson, "it would provide each of them with a healthy dose of self-esteem and personal worth. I have no doubt that this is their greatest need." But is the same need present for...
"God does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number," said Job long ago. Then he explained, "He gives rain on the earth and sends water on the fields" (Job 5:8-10). Seldom, however, do we think of a rain shower as being a wonder or something of awe, yet...
Should you ever have the opportunity to visit ancient Corinth, there is an out-of-the-way, seldom-seen-by-tourists place that makes what Paul wrote to the Corinthians more meaningful. Remember Paul's comments that those who run in a race should run in such a way as...
Seldom does a writer really open his heart and reveal his soul, yet there are times when individuals pull up the window shades and let you see within, where their stark naked thoughts reveal struggles and conflicts that are not readily apparent. The closest thing to...