Test Your Knowledge Of The Birth of Jesus

by David LangerfeldThe Daily Encourager    How well do you know the Biblical story of Jesus’ birth? Do you know what’s really in the scriptures, or have you assumed some things about the story from all the Christmas stories you’ve read and Christmas plays you’ve seen?    Take the following IQ Quiz. See how well …

Happy Birthday Little Sister, I Love You

by Kevin Burton    There was a day in the 70s when my younger sister Patricia asked me a question. I knew the correct answer to the question, but I lied to her.    We were in the basement of our father’s house in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Nobody else was around.    “When am I …

“Fantasy Football Anthem” Tells The Truth

by Kevin Burton    All love to Kevin Rowland and to Dexy’s Midnight Runners, makers of Come On Eileen. All love to Eileen, all love to Johnnie Ray, all love to bib overalls.    But I may just have a new all-time favorite song.    It’s called Fantasy Football Anthem, and it’s by Holderness Family …

Five More Unbelievable But True Stories

by Kevin Burton    The best fiction writers will have to go some to match these strange-but-true tales, compiled by Dictionary Scoop.    We told five of their stories yesterday. Today we mostly have tales of war, but not always the customary kind. We briefly dip into the cola wars, sort of: 6 The year …

Truth Proved Much Stranger Than Fiction

by Dictionary Scoop    They say truth is stranger than fiction, and some of these historical events are living proof.    Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride through history, where the strange and unexpected take center stage in the theater of reality.  1 The Great Emu War    Wars are typically waged between nations, but in 1932, …

AI And Biblical Warnings Of Strong Delusion

by Kevin Burton    The Biblical warning of “strong delusion” coming on mankind is playing out now. The vehicle: artificial intelligence.    Read your Bible. Pay attention.    First here’s the warning, in context, from II Thessalonians 2:1-12 in the New King James Version:     “Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our …

Hell Is Eternal, Jesus Died To Save You From It

by Kevin Burton    “I have been through hell,” was a quote from one of the Israeli hostages released this week by Hamas.     Maam, you have been through severe trauma of a degree I can’t imagine, but you have not been through hell.    You don’t get through hell. The Bible says hell is …

The Apostle Paul’s Four Trustworthy Sayings

by Kevin Burton    In this life of deceit and disappointments, we pray for something solid we can hold on to, something that is true.    We long for something we can trust.    Trust according to Merriam-Webster is “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something.”    On the …

Patiently, Steadily, Gleaning From God’s Word

by Kevin Burton    Today we present what for me is a new thought concerning the Old Testament book of Ruth.   This comes from Alistair Begg, speaker on the national Truth For Life radio ministry and deals with patience and consistency in learning God’s ways from God’s word.     Ruth is a Moabite woman …

What’s Stranger Than Fiction, AND Truth?

by Kevin Burton    All the cool band names are taken. Trust me. Record label names too.    When last we gathered, I spun a fictional account based ever so loosely goosely on a true story. It was about a band called the Palindromes that made it big in Bermuda.   The true part of …