TOUCHING JESUS What Jesus probably means [by "Do not keep clinging to me."] is "Do not think, Mary that by grasping hold of me so firmly . . . you can keep me always with…
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MARY AND THE RESURRECTION Reasons Mary Magdelene was a poor choice for being the first one to find the resurrected Christ: [1]She was a Woman--couldn't give testimony in a court of law; not the best…
NO COMPELLING REFUTATIONS Stephen Davis in an article titled, "Why the Historical Jesus Matters" in recent Theology News and Notes magazine from Fuller Seminary writes concerning the reliability of the resurrection writes, "Opponents of the…
PETER SAYS YES It's Sunday morning and Peter, from B. C. is walking along in a blue funk depression. He sighs and is so deep in his despair that he doesn't realize where he is…
Apologetics | Change | Christ | Christianity | Life | Subjectivity | Trust | Truth | World Religions
WHO HAS THE TRUTH? Suppose you don't know if anyone has the truth, so you attend a seminar on world religions. A young woman relates a dramatic change in her life from drug addiction to…
JESUS ANSWERS DOUBTERS Jesus met Thomas' demands even before He heard them from Thomas' lips: Thomas' DemandJesus' Command Unless I see His hands . . .See My hands . . . And put my fingers…
GIVING UP ON BEAUTY One evening a little girl sat quietly as she watched her mother cover her face with cold cream. "Why do you put that cream on your face, Mommy?" "I do this…
WHERE DADDY LIVES Daddy was an important business executive who was sitting in his living room on a day off and was working on some of his important papers. Daddy could hear his wife teaching…
BOTH SLEEPING Faces written in contentment and both are fast asleep Two hands touching Tiny child sprawls haphazardly upon Grandmother's lap Grandfather studies The aged wisdom, time lined face knurled fingers resting on perfection Those…
WHICH COMMANDMENT The little girl in the comic "The Family Circus" looks up from reading the Bible and asks which commandment says that if a child does not obey their parents, they get a time-out.…
HOW TO FIND YOUR WIFE A man walked up to a beautiful woman in a large department store and asked, "I've lost my wife here in the store. Would you talk with me for a…
PREACHERS HAVE MORE FUN After a Sunday worship service, a young boy announced to his parents, "When I grow up, I am going to become a preacher." The parents had noticed how carefully the boy…
DELICIOUS HOMEWORK Tommy was not the best student, but he did try. The teacher gave the class an easy homework assignment and told them how easy it would be to do. The next day she…
WHEN BOAZ WAS RUTHLESS Question: What kind of man was Boaz before he got married? Answer: Ruth-less.
WHO MAKES THE DIFFERENCE The following is something to make us stop and think. Take this quiz: 1.Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2.Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3.Name the last…
LOST CREDIT CARD A teenaged daughter had lost her credit card but was too embarrassed to report the loss to her father. After six weeks, she could stand it no longer. She went to her…
INFECTED FILES OF OUR LIVES My computer contracted a virus last week. It affected many files and I had to download Norton Anti-Virus to get rid of it. Once the computer had been scanned by…
GAS PRICES IN PERSPECTIVE Editor's Note: Here is a little gem that is making its way around on the Internet. In case you have not seen it, here it is. In case you have seen…
WHERE I OUGHT TO BE I heard a seventeen-year-old boy make this statement last night as he responded to an altar call for those who needed to rededicate their lives to Christ. When asked why…
DON'T LAUGH AT DADDY A little boy ran into the house and was crying. His mother asked the little guy what was the matter. The boy told his mother, "Daddy hit his thumb with the…
