by La Shawn Barber

January 31, 2012

January 30, 2012

by Joyce Meyer

January 30, 2012

In Surah al-Maeda (5:112-15), the Qur'an has a version of a miracle of Jesus rivaling those of the biblical record:

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised. He confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. (Hebrews 6:17-18, NIV)

Nothing takes God by surprise. Everything is moving according to a plan; and God wants you in that plan. The devil also has a plan for the world. God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into. 

I seldom use The Message for personal Bible study or quotes, but when I came across the above phrase, the writer in me responded with a hearty "Yes!"

After watching the debate Thursday night, I had one question: Did anyone see Newt Gingrich? Have police put out an APB on his whereabouts because he may have been on stage last night but that doesn't mean that he was there.

The last few years, I have been repeatedly disappointed by the bickering and pettiness displayed by our legislators, political pundits, and candidates for office. I have longed for representatives who are informed and articulate, who habitually seek the best laws and results for the land. Unfortunately, the history I have reviewed recently suggests that we may be more like our forefathers than we would like to believe. 

Read | 1 John 1:1-4

When you pray, how do you approach God? Numerous Christians visualize a holy, righteous being and approach Him with feelings of fear, unworthiness, and reluctance. On the other hand, many believers picture the Lord as a pal and talk to Him with little reverence.

In His Presence: Abraham said, "Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony" (Luke 16:25).

The sight of the giant cruise ship Costa Concordia listing in the deadly embrace of the sea is now a graphic symbol of failure. Its timing is absolutely eerie, coming so close to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. But, unlike the Titanic, this disaster did not take place in the middle of the ocean, far from the range of observation. The Costa Concordia appears to be almost touching the rocky Italian coastline. The digital revolution ensures that we are all able to see the wreck of the ship in living color.

By Walter Williams

January 30, 2012

By Thomas Sowell

January 30, 2012

By Star Parker

January 30, 2012

The theme President Obama gave to his State of the Union address was "An America Built to Last."

By Roland S. Martin

January 30, 2011

For more than 50 years, the United States has had an embargo against the island of Cuba, all because we supposedly hate communism and believe the nation 90 miles from our border should institute democracy.

By Rick Warren

January 30, 2012

Some Muslims believe that this Islamic doctrine of predestination is overstated. Scholar Fazul Rahman allows for free will when he writes that "to hold that the Qur'an believes in absolute determinism of human behavior, denying free choice on man's part, is not only to deny almost the entire content of the Qur'an, but to undercut its very basis: the Qur'an by its own claim is an invitation to man to come to the right path."

There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don't want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

Jerome, one of the early Christians, said, "Ignorance of the Bible means ignorance of Christ." Job once said, "I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food." 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has come out and said that Newt Gingrich has been an "an embarrassment to the party." Bad line. It doesn't help the Romney campaign at all. The Tea Party and many on-fire conservatives could care less about "the party" (GOP).