The earliest chapters of Scripture, God states “It is not good for man to be alone.” There are many ways this works out in everyday life, but an interesting article in The Deseret News says that marriage even plays a key factor in recruiting — or suppressing — suicide bombers in the Islamic world. The [...]
Wow. A dramatic story from Haiti – a father of two, trapped and seriously injured in a collapsed building, kept calm, treated his own wounds, improvised solutions to immediate problems, then wrote bloodstained letters of Christian counsel to his sons. He was pulled from the wreckage after 65 hours. Writing the notes to his wife and children wasn’t [...]
In Charlotte this week, a long-time member of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang turned evidence against his former friends in federal court, saying he knew he risked being killed but did it because of his mother and brothers. According to the story in the Charlotte Observer, the 21-year-old said he had joined the gang as a young teen and took part [...]
This morning in family devotions we were talking about the love of God for His people. Explaining it to our five year old, I said, “Do you know how much your Daddy loves you?” “Oh yes!” she replied. “Does your Daddy take care of you and keep you safe?” She heartily agreed. “Well, God loves [...]
The husband of an aid worker in Haiti drove a hundred miles in answer to his wife’s call for help, then dug her out from underneath a foot of concrete rubble. The Associated Press story is here. One does wonder where the men in the neighborhood were. A hundred mile drive in Haiti isn’t like I-95 [...]
Since the annual “Year in Review” and “Top Ten” articles are appearing in the media this week, I thought I’d take a quick look at ten stories that illustrate what it means to be a real man – or what can happen when you abandon that ideal. These may not be the biggest and greatest [...]
This morning, I had the misfortune to read the repulsive story of a punk who fled his car to avoid the police and left his baby behind. After reading it, I was thinking about why we have such a visceral reaction to a story like this. I think it is because God intended for marriage [...]
This was an interesting story in the Raleigh News & Observer today: A successful entrepreneur goes into the local prisons and teaches inmates how to start their own business when they get out. His “start small and work hard” approach is good advice not only for felons on their way out of prison but for [...]
The Dublin Independent reports that 300 American soldiers stranded in Ireland with aircraft problems were invited to join a wedding reception at their hotel. Many of them had met the couple earlier in the day, and when their commander warned his troops away from the private gathering, the bride and groom welcomed them in. “They behaved [...]
Sign up for our encouraging and informative monthly newsletter and book updates!
