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temper, temper!

Posted by K. T. Sim on December 10th, 2011 | 2 responses

It was the first month of the 40th year of wandering in the wilderness. Still grieving over the death of his beloved sister Miriam (Numbers 20:1), Moses had to cope with the rebellion of his people. The second generation of... read more »

buried alive

Posted by tom felten on December 5th, 2011 | 12 responses

Medical students in Taiwan are being buried alive. This practice, which sounds like it could lead to a serious shortage of Taiwanese doctors in a few years, doesn’t actually lead to death. The docs-in- training at Rende... read more »

cheaters

Posted by tom felten on November 21st, 2011 | 3 responses

Business professor Richard Quinn was disgusted. By careful analysis, he discovered that many of his students had cheated on their midterm exam. So he did what professors do best—he gave the students a lecture . . . on... read more »

save him first

Posted by winn collier on November 20th, 2011 | no responses

Last January, flash floods hammered Australia. Many people lost their lives. One was a 13-year-old boy named Jordan Rice. Jordan, his mother, and 10-year-old brother Blake were trapped in their car as the water rose.... read more »

His standards, not ours

Posted by regina franklin on November 19th, 2011 | 4 responses

When I was a kid, one of my favorite board games was called “Aggravation.” I would even set up multiple players (all played by me of course) if others weren’t available to join me in a game. Playing it at my aunt and... read more »

forget the devil?

Posted by marvin williams on November 18th, 2011 | 3 responses

Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said: “I am certain that one of the main causes of the ill state of the church today is the fact that the devil is being forgotten. We have become so psychological in our attitude and thinking. We... read more »

the choice is yours

Posted by roxanne robbins on November 15th, 2011 | one response

A missionary friend who has lived in Uganda for nearly 20 years recently told me that his wife doesn’t enjoy their family’s annual trip to the United States. The reason? “There are too many choices there!” she... read more »

what is a Christian?

Posted by tim gustafson on November 14th, 2011 | 8 responses

Under “religious views” on her Facebook profile, my wife lists the simple phrase “Jesus-follower.” She uses that explanatory term to avoid political and cultural connotations associated with the word Christian. In... read more »

run for your life

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on November 12th, 2011 | 15 responses

I will probably never run a marathon. I know this because I ran a 5K race a few years ago, and I nearly passed out after the event. While the contestants ahead of me seemed to glide across the finish line, I approached it... read more »

silencing the accuser’s voice

Posted by an odj community member on November 10th, 2011 | one response

John 8:7-11: They kept demanding an answer, so [Jesus] stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” Then He stooped down again and wrote in the dust. When the accusers... read more »