By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “This (immigration) isn’t about religion.” - Houston Texans football players to Atheist teammate Arian Foster Getting it right: “Love your neighbor...” (Matthew 5:43; Matthew 19:19; Mark 12:33; Luke 10:27; John...
By: Dave Illingworth In 1969 I started working at Chrysler Corporation in the Dodge division at the field office in Portland, OR. As a new hire, I was expected to work up to 18 months in the office and then be sent out as a district sales manager calling on...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “I give God 10%. Why do I need to give you 18%?” (A note left for an Applebee’s waitress in St. Louis, MO.) Getting it right: Jesus said, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 Chelsa Welsh,...
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy set an unheard of goal for America when before a joint session of the United States Congress he declared, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieve the goal before the decade is out of landing a man on the...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: Gandhi, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so not like your Christ.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “Love your neighbor.” (Matthew 22:37) Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu...
By: JDI - Dave Illingworth I once read about a nine-year-old boy whose father was a poor, uneducated farmer. The boy’s mother, his only source of inspiration and love, was dying. She struggled to whisper her last desperate words to the boy and his sister. She...
Getting it wrong! “Oh no! Here come the Christians.” A whispered comment overheard between two board members at a public school board meeting on bullying in Long Beach, California.
Getting it right! Jesus said, “ Be merciful…work for peace…love your enemies…do not judge others.” Matthew 5:7,5:9,5:44,7:1
Young people excited about the new experience of entering high school have their dreams turn into nightmares by bullying.
Getting it wrong: “ Beyond a shadow of doubt.” Harold Camping predicting Judgment Day on May 21 then changing it to October 21, 2011.
Getting it right: No one knows the day or hour these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the father knows.” Matthew 24:36
In 2011 Family Radio burst back into my life in an upsetting way with Harold Camping’s heralded announcement the Judgment day was coming on May11th
Getting it wrong: “ I never expected to be attacked by Christians at an FAO Schwartz toy store.” J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books.
Getting it right: Disciple Peter, “ Be ready to explain your Christian hope…but do so in a gentle and respectful way.” 1 Peter 3:15-16
The Harry Potter book series, written by J.K. Rowling, has been a modern publishing success story with over one hundred and seventy-five million copies sold.
Getting it wrong:” Why didn’t you tell them their son is in hell today?” Question asked of a pastor officiating a funeral for a young man who committed suicide.
Getting it right: Jesus said, “ Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4
Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist minister, tells the story of a time when he was conducting a funeral service for a young man who had committed suicide.
On December 21, 1620, after a very difficult 66 day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, William Bradford wrote in his memoirs, “Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, we fell upon our knees and blessed God in heaven, who had brought us over the...
A little girl lived alone with her mother. They scrimped by, living day to day on her mother’s meager wages from waitressing. The little girl loved her mother and wanted to give her a gift for her birthday. She went to a nearby pawn shop where she saw a string of...