Lady Liberty is so synonymous with immigration that the Emma Lazarus poem it bears on a plaque urging foreign lands to send their tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to breathe free is almost as well known as the statue itself. Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants were welcomed by the 150-foot-tall [...]
Glenn McDonald asks a penetrating question, “If God wants to do something special in your life this week, will he have space to work?” In II Kings Chapter Four, a widow approaches the prophet Elisha. "My husband is dead," she says. "His creditor is coming to take my two boys as slaves." Seizing children to [...]
In 1615, John Ogilvie, was the only post-Reformation Catholic to be martyred in Glasgow Scotland. Some years ago, a man was healed of cancer by wearing a medallion of blessed John Ogilvie. I found this intriguing because last week a friend asked me if there was any validity to relics having spiritual power. Then I [...]
This was sent to Pastor William and he found it so interesting, he is sharing it here: The Latin word for "quarantine" is "forty." The Venetians kept ships from plague-stricken countries out of their ports for 40 days to make sure no diseases were brought to land. So, what does the Bible say [...]
One of the unique challenges we all have in the midst of the quarantine is: how do we release our faith on the people around us? After all, the social distancing laws have severely limited our ability to touch and interact with other lives. Yet I still get e-mails, texts, and phone calls from people [...]
The Bible is a library of disbeliefs, mistakes, and failure stories. Abraham failed to take seriously God's promise that his descendants would one day become a great nation. Jacob failed to treat his children fairly, thus sowing murderous anger between them. Moses failed in his first attempt to rescue the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, thereby squandering 40 years of his life. David [...]
In the gospels you will notice, “the Angel said to the women...” Why the women? Because they were there at the tomb to care for the body of Jesus. They were also at the foot of the cross, and they are present throughout the ministry of Jesus. I’d like to say they are an overlooked [...]
You're invited to sponsor a child to attend Celebration High School in Kenya. Sponsors receive letters from their child updating them on their eduction three times a year, and just $500 per year sponsors covers education, 2 sets of uniform, shoes, text and writing books plus lunch each day for one of the students below. [...]
British physician A.J. Cronin wrote about an experience he had when an outbreak of Diphtheria occurred. A little boy was brought in hardly able to breathe. In those days, that often meant people would die. The Doctor performed a tracheotomy which allowed the child to breathe and put him in the care of a young [...]
Isaac Watts was known as the "boy genius" of hymn-writing in the 18th century. Watts was 18 years old when he complained to his father about the dreadfully boring music of the Anglican Church. His dad promptly called his bluff: “You think you can do better?” Within hours Watts had composed a hymn that so [...]