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U.S. President Barack Obama recently called on Israel to return to its pre-1967 borders as the basis for a solution to its conflict with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered that this is a non-starter. Why is this such a critical point, and does Israel really matter in the Middle East and to the wider world?
Forty years ago I traveled to Israel to spend the summer working on an archaeological dig at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When our group arrived we were put to work at the base of the southern wall in the shadow of the Al Aqsa Mosque.
A blog post by Darris McNeely
Summer is here and time for another of my recommended book lists. This time I have a theme for my summer reading. It is people who have done great things.
A blog post by Darris McNeely
Unemployment is over 9%. Gas is over $4 and the value of our homes dropped again. No wonder people are concerned about their future and the future of their children. Some are even getting angry. How will we cope?
A blog post by Darris McNeely
Monday is Memorial Day in America. A day we remember those who have died in service to the country. Flags fly and flowers are placed on graves. Not as many go to the cemeteries as in the past. I guess we are too busy sometimes to pause.
My father, a World War II veteran, would always wear a poppy on Memorial Day. Pressed between the pages of his service Bible was a dried poppy. When I asked him where it came from he said it came from a place called Flanders. He then recited a poem, "In Flanders Fields".
A blog post by Darris McNeely
I believe we have had enough talk of predictions of the end of the world for one week. Harold Camping's musings about a rapture and the end of the age and Christ's coming have been the fodder of skeptics and religious hobbyists. Mr. Camping has now moved his end of the world calculations to October 21, 2011. Please, let's end this foolish chatter.
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Our Beyond Today film crew is on the road today to Sugar Creek, Ohio. We have come to interview John and Susan Miller for an upcoming program called, "Moving Beyond Tragedy."
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By now we have seen the horrendous damage done by Sunday's massive tornado that swept through Joplin, Missouri, killing more than 100 people. As the residents of this southwest Missouri town deal with the damage and loss our hearts go out to them. Tornados are not unusual to this region. But the size and ferocity of this one is unusual, even to an area which is part of the notorius "tornado alley".
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Harold Camping has predicted the end will come on May 21, 2011. Is he correct or is he another in a long line of false prophets whose predictions about the end of the world and the coming of Jesus Christ have failed? We'll know by this weekend
The 89 year old Camping is a fundamentalist radio preacher and co-founder of the Family Radio network which broadcasts on several radio stations across the United States. His followers have sponsored billboards across the country and distributed pamphlets from caravans where they proclaim the coming apocalypse.
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The swollen Mississippi River continues moving southward toward New Orleans. It is expected to crest at Vicksburg at levels not seen since the great flood of 1927.
The levees are holding but there now is a danger the river could change its course into the more direct route of the Atchafalaya River. Should this happen a major threat to the port of New Orleans would exist. The Army Corps of Engineers would have to dredge a new canal to return normal water flows to the current Mississippi channel.
A blog post by Darris McNeely
I grew up in a small Missouri town on the Mississippi River. The stores on Main Street next to the river bore the scars of past floods. That's why I always take note when the mighty river floods.
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Thanks Sherrie..You are of course totally right.. The decisions of life must be made by a mind that has (to use a computer analogy) downloaded the Bible. God's law is the roadmap to true happyness. It is my prayer that my mind would be changed to be more like God's with everyday.
Every pro homosexual I've ever heard talk only speaks against the Old Testament. It's as if they don't know that the practice is prohibited all over the Bible. One guy said that if we were to obey the law in Leviticus, should be stone people too. He said this of course to try to demean the words written in...
It is one thing to cut off unnecessary spending. It would be nice to follow "save first before spending the rest" principle but if what you have is enough for the needs then the situation is more apt to teach about faith. Live for the day, God will take care of tomorrow. :)
The challenges (the pruning scissors) we face are actually opportunities for us to grow. Without facing them, how else can we or God know that we are done with such phase/trial? We only reach second grade if we passed the test of the first grade. Imagine if the teacher would not want to give the test...it is like saying,...
What you have actually undergone is yet an addition to your whole being which makes you accountable to Him, what you will do with what opportunity you have been given, to be of use to others, to be able to be of help to others, one way or another, for what purpose He finds to make His will be done. Yes, it is just the start...