Marine Corps Raiders… Marine Corps Force Recon… Army Green Beret… Army Rangers… Air Force ParaRescue… Navy SEALS… Search for ‘elite units,’ and these will be on the list. (If I got something wrong, or overlooked any, don’t blame me; blame military.com. My military knowledge is limited to GI Joe ac
We focus on Bible prophecy each week, calling it a “Prophecy Update.”We are considered futurists. We interpret the unfulfilled prophetic portions of the Book of the Revelation and the Book of Daniel, and all other unfulfilled prophecies, as future events in a literal, physical, apocalyptic, and glo
If you’ve booked yourself air travel, you’ve probably had to make some decisions about layovers. Too short and you risk missing your connecting flight. Too long and you’re wasting time in a monotonous airport terminal with strange smelling carpet. Our first trip to Colombia was out of LAX on the day
Shadowfax, “Lord of All Horses.” He is the white steed in the Lord of the Rings who bore Gandalf on his Middle Earth missions. A horse of Rohan, the chief of the Mearas, he was noted for his speed, “like an arrow.” Trigger, Silver, and Cochise were once household names thanks to television. Sea B
Jdg 16:1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. Jdg 16:2 When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we
When baseball-great Ted Williams died at age 83, things got weird. Despite his wishes to be cremated and his ashes scattered in the Florida Keys, son John and youngest daughter Claudia opted to have his body sent to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was frozen at the Alcor Cryonics facility. Cryonics i
There is always ‘the one.’In the Lord of the Rings, it was Aragorn. He was the ‘one’ true king who could wield Andùril, Isildur’s broken sword reforged. Speaking of swords, only Arthur, the ‘one’ true king, could pull Excalibur from the anvil. If you’re a fan of the Matrix… I’ll pray for you. Neo
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things. ✎ We are careful to use recognize
Matthew Webb knew what it took to brave the open sea. At age 12, he joined the crew of the HMS Conway. As the second mate on a cruise ship, he once dove into the Atlantic in an attempt to save a man who went overboard. By the age of 27, Matthew was a captain in the merchant navy. In 1875 he sealed h
They’re called war rooms or situation rooms:✎ During the Second World War, a group of basement offices served as the center of Britain’s war effort. They were known as the Cabinet War Rooms. ✎ JFK created the White House Situation Room in 1961 in the basement of the West Wing. Heaven has a war room.
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things. ✎ We are careful to use recognize
Before COVID kept many people working from home, the commute was a regular part of daily life. From 1980 to 2020, commute time increased just about every year. In 2018 research found that the average American would spend a full 9.4 days of their year commuting to work. Interestingly, the same data s
Two words you never want to hear: Induce vomiting.When I was a young warthog… “Induce vomiting” was a common suggestion on labels for things you shouldn’t have swallowed. We always had in the medicine cabinet an emergency bottle of Ipecac Syrup. It was right next to the Mercurochrome, which was ri
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled, future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things. ✎ We are careful to use recogniz
Picture Manhattan for a moment. I should specify: Manhattan, Montana. Population: 1,500. This tiny town is home to Ernie Wayne terTelgte. Ernie’s looks like a Grizzly Adams impersonator. You can watch video from a 2013 court proceeding against Ernie. He had been stopped for fishing without a license
When our daughter was moving out of our home, I asked her to turn in her house key. It seemed appropriate to me; and by “me,” I mean only me. Both she and Pam disagreed with my request. Like Ricky Ricardo, I asked them “splain it to me.” They were more than happy to oblige. Jesus presented Himse
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled, future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things.✎ We are careful to use recognized
Secretly listening in on the other team has a long history in sports. The Patriots have repeatedly been accused of spying of one sort or another. Sports Illustrated reported that “at least five teams have swept their hotels, locker rooms or coaches’ booths in New England for listening devices.”Baseb
What if you opened up the morning paper and read your own obituary? (You’d probably do it online nowadays… But you get the idea). You might paraphrase Mark Twain and say, “Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”It wasn’t exactly fake news, but April 16, 2003 was a bad day for CNN. A t
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled, future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things.✎ We are careful to use recognized
A judge in New Zealand granted a young girl’s request that she be made a ward of the court so that she could legally change the name her parents gave her. What was her name, you ask?Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.One reader left this comment on the article: “My unusual name hasn’t affected me at
These are exciting times for believers in Christ who are interested in Bible prophecy. Many things that are suggested by unfulfilled, future prophecies seem to be trending like never before. We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to discuss some of those things. ✎ We are careful to use recogniz
There are four words that can strike fear into the stoutest heart, words that can frighten young and old alike. Hear them and your pulse quickens. You brace for the impact of what follows. What are the four words? “I need a favor…” It’s been said that the world runs on little favors. From the airpor
I’ll name the neighbors… You name the show: Fred & Ethyl Mertz (I Love Lucy) Ed & Trixie Norton (The Honeymooners) Barney & Betty Rubble (The Flintstones) Lenny & Squiggy (Laverne & Shirley) Ned Flanders (The Simpsons) Wilson W. Wilson, Jr. (Home Improvement)One more to show that I’m on the cut