Getting it wrong: “‘I’m an atheist,’ she replied. ‘There is no God.’” Getting it right: “The basic reality of God is plain enough.” On a Toyota trip to Africa I made an acquaintance with with a dealer I had not known. His wife was reading Bill O’Reilly’s...
By: Dave Illingworth It was January, and the weather was very unpredictable. I had a dinner meeting in Orange County in the evening, so I booked an early-morning flight back to California. I left for the airport about 5:00 a.m. It was 21 degrees and a light,...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “If more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “Put away your sword.” Matthew 26:52 Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor and president of Christian...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: VA hospitals forbid Christmas cards for bedridden patients. Getting it right: “I was sick, and you cared for me.” Matthew 25:36 Fourth grader Gracie Brown of Prosper, TX spent her time making homemade Christmas cards for...
By: Dave Illingworth I was driving across Oklahoma on my way back to California for Christmas when a Breaking News story came over the radio that fourteen innocent people had been killed and seventeen others injured by two terrorists at a Christmas party in San...
Getting it wrong: According to KCBS radio, a church in San Francisco installed a sprinkler system that turned on every 30 minutes at night to drive away the homeless. Getting it right: Treat people the same way you want them to treat you. According to KCBS radio in...
This is a story told by Dr. Benjamin Alexander of American University. A medical student had dissected a cadaver completely. He then asked the professor, “I opened every organ of the body and found no soul. How can people say a soul exists?” The instructor asked him,...
As you spend time with family and reflect on your blessings, take a moment to watch Abraham Lincoln's proclamation on Thanksgiving. Have a blessed day.
By: Dave Illingworth Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar told a story about Bear Bryant and his quarterback, Roddy Osborne, at a football game between Alabama and Auburn that had a very dramatic ending. Listening to the story, I was confused—I have followed college...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: Greek philosopher Celsus wrote, “Christians utterly defeat themselves. They slander each other with the vilest forms of abuse.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “By this everyone will know you are my disciples, if you...
By: Dave Illingworth In 1985 I was the General Manager of the Cincinnati region of Toyota Motors Sales, USA. We were having a regional dealer meeting in Traverse City, MI. I had invited retired offensive lineman Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston of the Champion...
By: Dave Illingworth The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus recorded, “a woman in all things is inferior to a man.” Women were treated badly in both the ancient Roman and Jewish worlds. Roman women had no rights, were not allowed to own property, and held the...