Truth for Life

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. 2 Timothy 3:14 NLT The Word Transforms Dr. E. V. Rieu was a classical scholar and translator for many years. He rendered Homer into very modern English for the Penguin Classics. Rieu was sixty years old and a life-long agnostic when the same firm invited him to translate the Gospels. His son remarked: "It will be interesting to see what Father makes of the four Gospels. It will be even more interesting to see what the four Gospels make of Father." The answer was soon forthcoming. A year later, Rieu, convinced and converted, joined the Church of England. In an interview with J. B. Phillips, Rieu confessed that he had undertaken the task of translation because of an "intense desire to satisfy himself as to the authenticity and spiritual content of the Gospels." He was determined to approach the documents as if they were newly discovered Greek manu...

We believe this is the most important election of our lifetime. On Nov. 4th each of us will become accountable for our vote and its impact on our country and our fellow man. Our vote reflects who and what we believe. We find it hard to believe that MOST Americans identify and agree with Hollywood, and individuals who are anti-American, and anti-Israel. It is hard for us to believe that MOST Americans would vote for any person who is identified with groups or individuals like Acorn, Bill Ayres, (wrote a book, Prairie Fire, dedicated to among others Sirhan Sirhan who assassinated JFK), Al Frankin, Rev. Wright, Tony Rescoe, Black Panthers, and anti-Israel (supporter of Palestine) Rashid Khalidi. Our parents taught us, and rightly so, that you are known by the company you keep. We didn't always understand that in our youth, but when we became an adult we understood it, and we understand it even more now. A question for each of us to consider as we look at those supporting each ca...

At the Air Force Research Laboratory near Dayton, Ohio, civilian researchers and military developers have set a 2015 deadline for the first battlefield ready, lethal generation of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). The first armada of tiny flying death machines will be the size of small birds and will be able to operate several days without recharging. On the heels of these lethal mini-drones, bug-sized swarms of GPS-guided soldiers will flitter, slither and creep into enemy war zones to spy, provide real-time intelligence reporting, and, when ordered to do so, kill adversaries. "It may look like a futuristic arcade game," says Aamer Madhani for the Chicago Tribune, "but it's a scene from an official Air Force animated video: Bad guys of indiscernible origin being shadowed, from a careful distance, by small robotic drones designed to resemble birds and insects. "When one of the bad guys opens his apartment door, a tiny robo-bug, looking like a garage door opener with w...

Message from Dr. David R. Reagan Did you notice that the stock market collapse on September 29, 2008, totaled 777 points and occurred on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year? From my viewpoint, it appears to be a judgment on our nation that has the fingerprints of God all over it. Keep in mind that President George W. Bush was the first president to propose the establishment of a Palestinian state, and for the past month he has had his Secretary of State in the Middle East trying to force the Israelis to give up their heartland. The Word of God warns that nations who try to divide Israel in the end times will pay a terrible price. In Joel 3:2 the Lord says that He will " enter into judgment " against those nations that " have divided up My land ." We have sold out Israel for Arab oil, and we are paying the price. But our treatment of Israel is not the only reason for this remedial judgment. Our worship of money is the other reason. In my book " America...

On blustery fall days, many women curse the havoc wrought by wind in their hair. Not Andrea Roussel. To her, being a little wind-blown is a reminder of how God answered a stranger’s prayer, simultaneously demonstrating His power and gentleness. He gave her hair. Until August 2006, Roussel had spent about 20 years living with alopecia universalis, an autoimmune disease that rendered her entire body virtually hairless. Although she owned three custom-made wigs in different shades of red, Roussel was comfortable baring her head in public. In fact, that’s how she typically went to and from field hockey practice at the University of Louisville, where she was a graduate student. But when Roussel walked through the lobby in Crawford Gymnasium that fall, she caught the attention of custodian Greg Hughes, who assumed Roussel had cancer and stopped her to inquire if he could pray for her. She corrected him and explained her condition, and Hughes responded that God cared about her hair. They pray...

Eleven-year-olds don’t finance $200,000 research projects. At least, that’s what most people thought. When Michala Riggle began beading bracelets to fund a $200,000 research project for autism at Kosair Children’s Hospital last June, the goal seemed a long way off. But she’d seen how much the amino acid glutathione helped her younger brother, Evan, who is autistic. Since getting glutathione infusions, Evan was able to go on family outings like movies and ballgames. He was less combative and made progress in speech therapy. Michala wanted other kids with autism to have the same opportunity, so she began beading and selling bracelets for $3 a piece to raise money for research. Realists, including Michala’s other brother, Dawson, tried to help her face the facts. Michala would have to string more than 66,000 bracelets to reach her goal—hard work for a girl busy with sports, school and church. But Michala held onto a lesson she learned in worship at Southeast about the time Jesus fed more ...