20 Ways To Lose Your Teen
Do you want to know how to lose your teen? Allow them to watch television whenever they want, preferably in their bedroom—and make sure they have unfettered access to MTV, HBO, Cinemax, and premium movies channels. Put a computer with a high speed Internet connection in their room or in »
Memorial Day: Will We Hide It from the Next Generation?
Scriptural Basis: “We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power and the wonders He has done. Psalm 78:4 Anderson's Applications: “Fourscore and seven years ago is how it begins. How many readers know what I am »
How Boring is Living Forever?
Scriptural Basis: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him. I Corinthians 2:9 “The man who does the will of God lives forever. I John 2:17 Anderson's Applications: One of our Board Members at the PAYH just »
Giving Attention to "the Little Things"
Scriptural Basis: “Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. Song of Songs 2:15 Anderson's Applications: How often we hear the rebuke, “Don’t major in the minors! The one who says that to another normally means, “Don’t make a mountain »
Boomer Died Today
Scriptural Basis: “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with »
Counting on A Long Life?
Scriptural Basis: “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4 Anderson's Applications: This week the news carried the picture of »
A Date that Will Live In Infamy: Dec. 7, 1941 or April 15th?
Scriptural Basis: Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s. Matthew 22:21 Anderson's Applications: “A date that will live in infamy, is how President Roosevelt described December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day; but many Americans seem to believe it is as »
Sin's Black Box Will Always Beep Until It's Discovered
Scriptural Basis: “And you may be sure that your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23b Anderson's Applications: There are many people who do not believe this is true. Otherwise, why do they do what they do? So often sin is willingly entered into with the thought, “Who is going »
Friends:The Chief Happiness in Life?
Scriptural Basis: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Anderson's Applications: “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about »
Tips on the Telephone
Cell phones are everywhere. Just take a stroll around your local mall and try to count how many people are using their cells phones as they walk around. My guess is the number will be so high, you'll lose count. Younger and younger children are now using cell phones as »
Whose Holding Up Your Hands?
Scriptural Basis: "As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one »
Prayer: An Exercise in Futility or Resurrection Power?
Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you »
