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My daughter used to work at an advertising agency: an environment abounding in creativity. While there, she received a thoughtful note of appreciation from David Culp, one of her cohorts, who later became her business …

Are you a “low-information Christian”? Since the 2012 election we’ve been hearing a lot about “low-information voters” or “lo-fo’s.” The term was coined by political scientist Samuel Popkin in 1991 and it referred to people …

There are two kinds of people: those who follow politics and those who don’t. It might be fair to suggest that those who don’t follow politics are averse to the partisanship and constant bickering and …

Over 30 years have passed since I hiked the woods near our house with my then eight-year-old son, Ryan. This is a beautiful area on hills leading down to a creek below. Ryan started calling …

What happens when an immovable object clashes with an unstoppable force? One might imagine a speeding, out of control train coming into a station with no hope of stopping. Or imagine an immense asteroid hurtling …

You won’t find mention of this ailment in a medical journal. The AMA knows nothing about it. Your doctor can’t detect or treat it. The book that describes this malady is the Bible. It is …

To speak of being “present” sounds like psycho-babble. Aren’t we always “present” wherever we are? And with the question, the answer whispers in our minds: “No, my mind is sometimes not where my body is.” …

When CEM was initially started, we added to our Constitution and By-Laws that our goal was to create and publish literature to teach our youth the Word of God—our beliefs and traditions. Previously, no one …

I drive on a portion of the United States’ interstate highway system at least six days of the average week. Monday through Friday, I depend on the interstate highways to go to work. On the …

Initially I didn’t know what to make of the observation that, “Jesus didn’t tithe his blood!” “What do you mean?” I asked my friend, who then looked at me rather surprised, as if to say, …

Another Passover season has come and gone. New friends were made; old friends were lost. Fields were planted; crops were harvested. Many were married; many were divorced. Many were born; many died. All things were …

Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, so we may consider them, and know the latter end of them. Isaiah 41:22 NKJV There …

We all want to live in safe and peaceful times. But, do we today? The past 70 years since World War II should have taught us that the price of freedom has been paid in …

Part 1 In the coming issues of Living to Win, Christian Educational Ministries will present a series of articles concerning the unprecedented changes in economic conditions around the world, their impact on the World Order, …

We had almost finished dinner at the restaurant when a man in a black suit approached us and asked whether he could perform a few magic tricks for us. I politely declined his offer. He …

Not long ago, in a discussion that followed a worship service, the conversation made its way to Judgment Day. Much to my surprise, three ministers in the group felt that because they had repented of …

It was on a stiflingly hot day in July that Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain found himself on a wooded hillside in Southern Pennsylvania. Positioned there by his superior officer with 300 men, the remnant of the …

What kind of example are you setting? Has anyone ever asked you this? We often resent this question when we hear it. Why? One reason: because we feel the person asking is accusing us. Another …

In November of 2007 I accompanied my wife, Boni, to the funeral of Wanda, her dear lifelong friend. At the service, I experienced something remarkable and unexpected that lit up one Scripture for me in …

Bill Norrod was 17 years old and living in Corpus Christi, Texas, when World War II began. He longed to sign up and fight, and begged his mother to lie for him so he could …