Is the Bible Still Relevant In the 21st Century?

In this modern world, is this old, old book worth reading?
Idon’t think our parents ever really saw our generation coming. They grew up in a world where people stretched a dollar as far as they could, and when something ripped, they put a patch on it and kept going. Most of their parents or grandparents [...]

Choosing our Friends

Learn the value of true friendship by being a good friend.  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Proverbs 17:17).
You can’t pick your brothers and sisters. You inherit them, and hopefully grow to love and appreciate them. Sadly, many brothers and sisters, through competition and struggle, lose the great [...]

A Life Without Regrets?

Most of us have some regrets. Some of these affect only us; some affect family, friends and others. Here is how you can minimize them in your own life.

Today it’s quite common to see a sports figure, a screen star or a politician who ruined a marriage because of an affair. It’s also quite routine [...]

Information inundation

Does this sound like you? You sit at the desk in your bedroom with your biology book open in front of you, trying to study for a test. At the same time, you’re plugged into your iPod, listening to music. Your laptop is also on, open to your Facebook page and Skype. And if those [...]

What is sucess to you?

Some years ago, a bumper sticker made the rounds on many vehicles in the United States. It simply said, “He Who Dies With the Most Toys–WINS!” While such a statement can make us chuckle, it did, nonetheless, express the growing trend in our society to define our happiness and main pursuit in life in terms [...]

1,200 Facebook Friends…Really?

For some people, how many Facebook “friends” they have seems to be a status symbol—or a competition! But how many friends do most people really have?
Born for adversity
A recent study conducted by Nivea found that the average Briton has only three true friends through the course of life. It may be a few more or [...]

The Religion Factor in Marriage

While the average person may not relate to those wedding prices, there is something many have in common with the newlyweds. Their marriage is an interfaith marriage. The bride is Methodist while the groom practices Judaism.
The Pew Forum Religious Landscape Survey of 2008 “finds that 27% of married people are in religiously mixed marriages”. And [...]