Matthew 6:7-8 “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask h...

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Ecclesiastes 3:5 “A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;” Which of your five senses is most important? Which sense could be lost with the least threat to your ...

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Joel 2:25 “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.” It comes as quite a surprise to discover that the word locust does not actually ...

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Leviticus 11:21-22 “Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his ki...

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Psalm 9:1b “I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.” There’s an old saying that people seldom remember how rapidly the job was done, but they do appreciate good workmanship. However,...

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2 Corinthians 9:5 “Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] ...

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Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth forever.” For centuries, Asian cooks have wrapped meat, sushi and candy in bamboo bark. Though ...

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Colossians 2:4-5 “And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For though I be absent      in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.” If, o...

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Romans 1:18-19 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them....

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Matthew 6:30 “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?” We tend to associate being warm-blooded with mammals and human beings...

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  • Seeking Rules
    The debate has raged for years. Some have said that as we grow up, we are seeking rules by which life is lived. Others have said that rules are bad and cause young people to rebel. An eight-year national study of 2,000 adolescents should help settle the debate. Researchers studied the influence of family, community […]

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