A new app for the iPhone is now available to help Bible readers pronounce some the most difficult names, places and terms found in the pages of scripture. The Bible Audio Pronunciations app offer assistance on over 1,000 of the Bible’s toughest words. It allows users to search or browse through a database…

The Book of God has stood so many attacks from such different quarters that to be at all alarmed about it shows a very childish fear. When a rock has been standing all our lifetime, and has been known to stand firmly throughout all the ages of history, none but foolish people will think that the next…

The Sonic restaurant in Raymore, Missouri hopes to give their customers a little something extra by including verses from the Bible with their food. The store used to print the verses on customer’s receipts, but a recent software upgrade eliminated that possibility. In order to continue the tradition,…

"Heresy is not so much rejecting as selecting. The heretic simply selects the parts of the Scripture he wants to emphasize and lets the rest go. This is shown by the etymology of the word heresy and by the practice of the heretic. "Beware," an editorial scribe of the fourteenth century warned his readers…

Three Zen Buddhist monks stopped on their journey to rest. One of the monks saw a flag and said, "Oh, What a strong wind blowing!” The second monk argued that it was not the wind blowing but the flag flying. The third monk contended that neither the wind was blowing nor the flag flying, but their minds…

Cooking I never thought of myself as a good cook. Oh, I can heat up a TV Dinner with the best of them, and I can flip a burger on the grill, but I'm not much of a cook. One of my problems is I can't follow a recipe. When Susan cooks, she carefully measures out a cup of this and a teaspoon of that; cooking…

Diet One Liners: * I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me. * My figure does nothing for me, so why should I do anything for it? * Diet is 'die' with a -T. * Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. * Blessed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their…

SPIRITUAL GIFTS Though clearly taught in the pages the Bible, a recent study by the Barna organization found there is still confusion surrounding the topic of Spiritual gifts among Christians. Overall, the recent update found slightly fewer Christians reported an awareness of spiritual gifts. Just above…

Tourism officials in the city of Jericho hope a new museum will help attract more visitors to the area, because it highlights a tree that could date to the time of Jesus. The Bible records that a tax collector named Zacchaeus climbed a tree to get a better of Jesus as he passed through the town. For…

When Mary Jane Ponten, who has cerebral palsy, first searched for Bible study resources for people with intellectual disabilities, she was surprised to learn that there was nothing specifically for her. Rather than be upset, she decided to write the kind of material they need to understand the Bible.…

Psychologist Roger Mills: “The field of psychology today is literally a mess. There are as many techniques, methods and theories around as there are researchers and therapists. I have personally seen therapists convince their clients that all their problems come from their mothers, the stars, their biochemical…

Thomas Jefferson, our nation’s third president was the author of the declaration of Independence, but had no problem editing someone else’s work. The Smithsonian Institute has just completed a careful restoration of an edited version of the Bible, Jefferson created, known as The Jefferson Bible. As he…

Speaking to a group of church leaders, author, filmmaker, and pastor Erwin McManus reminded them that the Bible remains relevant when reaching out to younger generations. The statistics concerning Bible engagement among the Millennial generation, born between 1981 and 2000, are not encouraging. Bible…

Sherlock Holmes, speaking to Watson on the prowess of his deductive skills, said: “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.” “Frequently.” “How often?” “Well, some hundreds of times.” “Then how…

An international team of scientists is arguing in a new study that the world has entered the Anthropocene, or human epoch, marking the end of the Holocene which began some 12,000 years ago as the planet thawed from the ice age. The argument is that humans have made an impact on the world significant…

In Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ, Peter Scazzero writes, “The Bible does not spin the flaws and weaknesses of its heroes. Moses was a murderer. Hosea's wife was a prostitute. Peter rebuked God! Noah got drunk. Jonah was a racist. Jacob was a liar. John…

There is a new Guinness world record for the longest speech and not surprisingly, it is a sermon. Pastor Zach Zehnder of Mount Dora, Florida preached for two days five hours and eighteen minutes. Taking only rare bathroom breaks and with at least 10 people present at all times, the pastor preached from…

Advent "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 NASB Today we light the Prophesy candle. Just as we have to wait for Christmas morning,…

In The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal, Charles Swindoll writes, “Even in a culture marked by postmodernism and addicted to consumerism, the church doesn’t need gimmicks to attract people. Instead it needs biblical truth taught in an interesting manner and lived out in unguarded authenticity—in…

A comparison of Gallup poll results and employment data from the Labor Department may indicate a unique correlation between the nation’s employment rate and belief in the Bible. The relationship could be coincidental, but compiled data from both organizations indicate that as unemployment rises, belief…

\\ A man sobering up from the night before is sitting through the Sunday sermon, finding it long and boring. Still feeling hung over and tired, he finally nods off. The preacher has been watching him all along, noticing his apparent hangover and is disgusted. At the end of the sermon, the preacher decides…

According to recent surveys, most Americans believe angels are more than a seasonal phenomenon. Poll results found 77 percent of adults believe angels, or messengers from God actually do exist in the real world. Large numbers of Christians said they believed in angles, but researchers were amazed that…

When I first began to preach, I am afraid that I used to say a great many strange things—which, of course, I do not do now. But having, on a certain occasion, said something rather striking and perhaps not quite wise, there was an excellent Christian man who wanted to set me right. He did not come and…

O, prize the word written; prizing is the way to profiting. If Caesar so valued his commentaries that for preserving them he lost his purple robe, how should we estimate the sacred oracles of God? “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”—Thomas Watson, in The Morning Exercises.…