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Reasons to Say Thanks
By Dave Branon Featured passage: Luke 14:1-14 Did you ever find yourself staring at the words Thanksgiving Day on the calendar and wondering what in the world you had to be thankful for? It could happen if a job loss makes you wonder how you’ll ever get enough money to survive. Or if you have [...]
Tip: Repeat or not (1)
By Isaac Tan, Singapore “Stop! I say Stop!” As a child, we’ve been psyched to recognize that there is a purpose behind repetition—it is for emphasis. God in His perfect wisdom, inspire His writers to use repetition to drive home a salient point too. For example, in 1 Corinthians 13:11: When I was a child, [...]
Is being good really good enough?
By Chaz Oswald, 22, Michigan In a previous article that I wrote, A Ready Defense, I made mention that I felt I wasn’t really prepared to provide justified explanations for my faith if ever I was put to the test. Since then, I have taken on the challenge to understand many of the questions typically [...]
A Lesson from Jonah
By Cindy Tan, Malaysia “I have come to call sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough” (Luke 5:32 NLT). It is a great honor to be chosen to lead. However, an honored leader may face the dilemma of having to carry out [...]
Interview: Brittany Reinbolt
Before attending a bobsled recruitment camp in March 2011, Brittany Reinbolt was a member of the 2010 women’s national tackle football team and competed in track and field at Winona State University. Reinbolt’s hobbies include skateboarding and video editing. Her ideal location is, ironically, a warm beach with good surf. (Source: Team USA athlete profiles) [...]
Steeling the Show
By Sean M. Tong, UK Gaslight. Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, MGM, 1944. I’ve often heard it said that no one likes a know-it-all. And I’m often reminded of that when I watch the 80s television show Remington Steele starring a pre-Bond Pierce Brosnan. One of the shticks of the show was that Brosnan’s character, the [...]
Giant Problems
By Ruth Lawrence, UK I once came in runner-up in a creative writing competition. It was the first time I’d ever been given anything in exchange for something that I’d written. It was scary how inflated my ego became. I hadn’t even won; I was just a runner-up. And I didn’t win any money; I’d [...]
Book Review: Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
Review by Cora Cheung, 14 yr old, Hong Kong Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret After reading this book, what strikes me most is Hudson Taylor’s trust in God. He let God take care of all his needs and doubts. It wasn’t just God’s Word but it was God’s presence that he spoke of. Taylor’s determination and [...]
Poem: Thank You For My Life
By Julian Anastasia M. B., Indonesia Heavenly Father, Thank you for my life on this earth, however challenging or not. Thank you for giving me free will to love and be loved to make my own decisions, to learn from my mistakes, to laugh when I’m happy, to cry when I’m sad. Thank you for [...]
So is it ‘OK’ for me to celebrate Halloween?
By Herbert Vander Lugt The word Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve, which was the evening before a religious holiday in Medieval England that became known as All Saints’ Day. It was a time set aside by the church to commemorate its saints. Today’s celebration of Halloween, however, is more closely related to pagan customs [...]
Death Wish (and a FROG)
By Megan Low, Singapore Sometimes, on my worst days, I used to wish that I was dead. I would count all the wrong things I had done, focus on my failures and weaknesses, and think about everything I should have done but didn’t. I would look for some new ways to punish myself without it [...]
Abortion: The Real Issue
By Christie Weakly, USA This is the sequel to my article “Five Minutes Can Change a Life”. The pregnant lady whom we met at the store visited our church and she gave her life to Jesus! It’s a marvelous testimony of God’s redeeming love. I thank God for the wonderful privilege of being involved in [...]
An Invasion of Privacy
By Alan Humphrey, 25, UK J.K. Rowling, author of the fantastically popular Harry Potter series, is one of the biggest names in the book world today. But that success comes at a cost to her privacy, as she explained when speaking to the BBC about her contribution to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics here [...]
Interview: Katie Eberling
Katie Eberling received an email from 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Elana Meyers at the end of 2010, and she decided to give it a try. She played volleyball for Western Michigan University and holds the record for the most matches and sets played and most career kill/dig double doubles. Eberling had a 2008 NCAA Sweet [...]
Worry: concerned or consuming?
by Audrie Goh, Singapore Is our worry motivated by a genuine concern for the people and issue at hand or is there perhaps a deeper root of doubt in God’s goodness? Oswald Chambers once wrote, “The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.” Do we trust God enough to provide [...]
