Jake Turner is a baseball player on a local college team and he was on the horns of a dilemma: He was asked by the captain of his team to shave his head in the spirit of team comraderie. Jake is all for team unity, but he knows—as we all know—that guys with shaved heads
A godly woman I know told me this recently: “I feel like vomiting whenever I hand out a million-dollar bill; but I fear God more than I do man, so I do it.” She has also said that her hand shakes and she thinks that someone is going to beat her up when she gives
After thanking God for a multitude of blessings, Abraham Lincoln closed his Thankgiving Proclamation with this (is it timely or what?): No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our
(Because of one man’s convictions, the rest of us have the privelege—and freedom—to tell others that they can go directly to God without charge or priest!) Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated in remembrance of the Reformation, particularly by Lutheran and Reformed church communities. It takes place on October 31 and is an official
CHRISTMAS, NOT WINTER BREAK by Nick Turner
Nick Turner is the 15-year-old son of a pastor here at my church, Dale Turner. He wrote this piece for his high school paper and has since experienced a measure of persecution from his teachers, students, and others in authority.
As the Christmas season rolls around, many people get excited about their time off. Finally, it is time for Christmas vacation.
But nowadays, the title, “Christmas vacation,” is offensive to many people. We now must call it, “Winter Break,” or as PV calls it, “winter recess.”
Yet, there is one thing I do not understand: why is it that we are allowed to say words like Kwanzaa and Hanukkah,
but when the word Christmas comes up, it brings a chill to the bone?
People who do not like this word just need to chill out.
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