Running Away from a Warrant
Running Away from a Warrant A Changed Attitude It was Napoleon Bonaparte who, early in his life, said, “God is on the side of the biggest artillery.” Years later, when he was exiled on an island, he reversed his opinion, and conceded, “Man proposes, but God disposes.” Napoleon learned the attitude of “If it is […]
Rebuilding the Altar
Rebuilding the Altar The Temple Institute, which has already built many of the vessels for the Temple, such as the ark and the menorah, has now embarked on a project to build the altar. “Unfortunately, we cannot currently build the altar in its proper place, on the Temple Mount,” Temple Institute director Yehudah Glick said. […]
Religious Art Is Banned from School
Religious Art Is Banned from School School officials in Bloomingdale, Michigan lost a 2 1/2-year fight in May, 1995 to keep a painting of Jesus in a high school hall way, where it had hung for 30 years. The U.S. Supreme Court let a lower court ruling stand that said the art has, “A proselytizing, […]
Responding to the Wind
Responding to the Wind “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
Revival Joy
Revival Joy “A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring without flowers, or daydawn without light.”
Religion and Politics
Religion and Politics “I don’t make decisions in public life based on religious belief.”—US Senator John Kerry, then front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, who claims to hold strong Roman Catholic beliefs but supports legal abortion and civil unions for homosexual couples.
Reading the Bible
Reading the Bible A door-to-door salesman from a publishing house asked a lady if she owned a copy of the Bible. “I certainly do!” she replied with some pride. To his next question, did she read it regularly, she responded, “Oh, yes!” and sent her little daughter to get the Bible from the table drawer. […]
Rejected Proposal
Rejected Proposal First man: “I proposed to a girl and would have married her if it hadn’t been for something she said.” Second man: “What was that?” First man: “No.”
Reading and Smoking
Reading and Smoking The story is told of a man who smoked cigarettes. Through the reading of numerous articles he became alarmed about the strong relationship between smoking and lung cancer. He finally confided in a friend: “I’ve been reading so many articles about smoking and lung cancer that I’ve decided to quit reading.”
Royal Treatment
Royal Treatment Like a lot of married men, I got the “You just don’t appreciate me” speech. I promised to treat her royally for the remainder of the day. I took her to lunch at Burger King and Dairy Queen for dessert. She’s never mentioned it since.