Urgent request for prayer Please pray for a Christian pastor currently on trial in Uzbekistan. Dmitri (David) Shestakov is very active in ministry and particularly in sharing the Gospel with non-Christians. As a result he is being persecuted by the state authorities who have made three formal charges against him, and also appear to be […]
If you want someone who will bring you the paper without first tearing it apart to remove the sports section then buy a dog. If you want someone willing to make a fool of himself simply over the joy of seeing you then buy a dog. If you want someone who will eat whatever you […]
A Usenet friend wrote: Well the honeymoon is over and _ _ _ _ wants the house, the car and the ‘Jesus Loves Me’ CD collection. You know, those who see another as going to hell, would have to see that person as not only unworthy, but as thoroughly vile, infinitely so. Otherwise they would […]
My wife, a flight attendant for a major airline, watched one day as a passenger with overloaded bags tried to stuff his belongings into the overhead bin of the plane. Finally, she informed him that he would have to check the oversized luggage. “When I fly other airlines,” he said irritably, “I don’t have this […]
MY PHILOSOPHY OF HOUSECLEANING! I don’t do windows because … I love birds and don’t want one to run into a clean window and get hurt. I don’t wax floors because … I am terrified a guest will slip and get hurt then I’ll feel terrible ( plus they may sue me.) I don’t mind […]
This is very clever! Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)! DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION:When you rearrange the letters: […]
March 4, 2007 Jesus, Mary & Joseph! By Harry T. Cook It was piously observed in the 1950s that “the family that prays together stays together.” With “The Jesus Family Tomb” being the latest freak show in faux biblical archaeology, I guess we should consider that proposition more seriously. Newsweek, with editorial tongue deep in […]
March 4, 2007 The Tanzania Follies By Harry T. Cook The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America recently dispatched its top leader to a meeting in Tanzania of the archbishops (sometimes called “primates”) of the Anglican Communion and watched as she got pretty badly worked over by her male counterparts. The American […]
One of the best hymns for Lent is attributed to Gregory the Great, who became Bishop of Rome in 590. He sent missionaries to England who set up their base in Canterbury. ~~~ Now let us all with one accord, in company with ages past, keep vigil with our heavenly Lord in his temptation and […]
I’m Not Old. Just Mature Today at the drugstore, the clerk was a gent. From my purchase this chap took off ten percent. I asked for the cause of a lesser amount; And he answered, Because of the Seniors Discount. I went to McDonald’s for a burger and fries; And there, once again, got quite […]