Proclaiming the Gospel with Evidence to All Peoples Everywhere
It’s hard to imagine the new ice cream flavor developed in Quito, Ecuador. Maria del Carmen Pilapana said she believes she has “the first guinea-pig-flavored ice cream. My family and my husband thought I was crazy, but now it’s my main product.” Her offerings also include bug- and mushroom-flavored ice cream.
Source: World Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 21; Nov. 9, 2019; p. 15.
BRANDT JEAN, younger brother of murder victim Botham Jean, asked the judge in the trial of former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger, who had been convicted of murdering his brother, Botham Jean, if he could give her a hug.
During his victim impact statement, Jean forgave Guyger and said, “I want the best for you, because that’s exactly what Botham would want for you, and the best would be to give your life to Christ.” The judge allowed the hug.
“For if you forgive others the wrongs they have done, your heavenly Father will also forgive you…” (Matthew 6:14, NEB)
Source: World Magazine, Vol. 34, No. 20; 10.26.19; Quotables p. 10
The entire staff of FaithSearch International wish you a blessed Christmas season. We are offering this special, expanded edition of Paraclete, filled with Christmas Bible truth and devotional thought, as a reminder and encouragment to keep the Christ child as the focus of your celebration. Use these resources for your own spiritual growth and share them with your family and friends at holiday gatherings.
This anonymous story was popularized by radio broadcaster Paul Harvey’s annual reading.
The man to whom I’m going to introduce you was not a scrooge. He was a kind decent, mostly good man. Generous to his family, upright in his dealings with other men. But he just didn’t believe all that incarnation stuff which the churches proclaim at Christmas time. It just didn’t make sense and he was too honest to pretend otherwise. He just couldn’t swallow the Jesus Story, about God coming to Earth as a man.
[Read more…]As we anticipate Christmas, the celebration of the incarnation of God to earth, let us also reflect on some of the many names in Scripture referring to the Child born in Bethlehem of Judea.
“And thou shalt call His name Jesus” (Matthew 1:21) …
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