Do you know who the richest person in the world is? In March, Forbes came out with their 2018 list of the richest people in the world, and Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, dethroned Bill Gates as the wealthiest man in the world with a net worth of 112 billion dollars. Can you imagine…
On Friday, December 20, 1974, Chris Carrier was a 10-year-old boy living in Coral Gables, Florida. He was on his way home for school when his life traumatically changed forever. A man abducted Chris, stabbed him several times with an ice pick, burned him with cigarettes, shot him in the head, and left him to…
Most of us know what our priorities should be. If we were to take a test about it, most of us would pass. But the real test is what we do under the pressure of our daily lives. When we have to choose one thing over another, our real priorities show. In his book, Essentialism,…
How often do we let fear stop us from telling people about Jesus? We fear being judged, appearing rude, or upsetting them. So we pretend everything is alright. We keep the gospel to ourselves. But deep down, we know they are headed for disaster. It’s a lot like the true story of King Gustav Adolphus…
Why do we cling so tight to our sins? We know it is hurting us. We know it is slowly destroying us. We have been warned. The problem is not a lack of information. For some reason, we would rather die than change. Thom Rainer tells the following story of a man who refused to…
What is the secret to a good life? A recent article in the Washington Post highlights a massive Harvard University study that found the answer: For close to 80 years, Harvard University researchers have studied the lives of the same group of men. Since 1938, they’ve tracked their development, documenting every two years details about their physical and…
Patience is a virtue… that few people seem to have these days. In our fast-paced lives, we all struggle with patience at times. But if there were a competition for the least patient person of the year, one woman has made a strong case to win. According to reports by Fox News, on April 14,…
Most of us know what our priorities should be. For example, we all know that family should be more important than work. But in the hundreds of decisions we are forced to make every day, it’s not so easy. Work, technology, and the requests of other people can easily derail us from focusing on our…
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