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Bill Heid Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of liberty, to Thee we sing. —Samuel Francis Smith, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” (1831) Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else. . . . —The Declaration of the Rights of Man, Article IV (1789) So What Exactly Is Liberty? The French Revolution handed Western civil ...

Hallmark Channel’s When Calls The Heart is a hit among families of faith, but as executive producer Brian Bird tells us in today’s edition of Entertainment Spotlight, it easily could have died before it started. The story of schoolteacher Elizabeth Thatcher and the people of Coal Valley was being made into a movie a decade ago but the 2008 financial ...

Wade is a technology-crazed teenager living in a technology-crazed world. Sound familiar? This world, though, is much different from modern-day America. The year is 2045, and Wade is fighting for survival in a depressing, dystopian world where people have forgotten how to work.

Dave Hill is co-pastor of a thriving, historical church that’s a lot like any other congregation today. It stands firm on God’s Word. It reaches out to the downtrodden. It provides hope for a lost world. Sunday after Sunday, Hill tells his members that “God is good, all the time,” but lately, he’s struggled with his faith.

Jesus told us not to worry about the future, but very few of us are good at following his command. We worry about our finances. We worry about our family. We even worry about the weather. A new study guide by author and Bible teacher Laura Dingman seeks to help women live worry-free lives. It’s called This I Know: Trusting Your Unknown Future To A Known God (Moody), and it takes readers on a journey through Scripture to discover practical ways to change the way you look at life.

Good Friday And The Real Meaning Of The Cross Penal suffering in Scripture is released, or not inflicted upon the guilty, because it has been endured by a substitute.      —William Shed, Dogmatic Theology (1888-90)   The Need for the Cross Early on in the Bible we get some bad news. Our rebellion deserved divine wrath.  God is just and ...

Here’s what you need: a short basin a small clay or plastic planter soil small rocks one large flat rock grass seed or moss some sticks   Instructions: Fill basin with a thin layer of soil. Place the small clay planter in the basin and pour soil around it. You may want to wet the soil so that you can ...

A 68-year-old man sets a motorcycle record. Pancakes are made in public for the first time. And Edward Bellamy – the author of a major book on socialism – is born. It all happened the week of March 25, and it’s all discussed on this week’s edition of Providential History. March 25 One Direction, motorcycle speed record, homeschoolers lose major ...

The movie Paul: Apostle of Christ (PG-13) opens in theaters this weekend, starring James Faulkner (Downton Abbey) as Paul, Jim Caviezel (The Passion of The Christ) as Luke, British actress Joanne Whalley as Priscilla, and Irish actor John Lynch as Aquila.

Do violent images on television and in movies impact our children? Melissa Henson of the Parents Television Council says they do – and that the data proving that is overwhelming. Henson is this week’s guest on Words of Wisdom, as she joins us to discuss a new PTC study that showed violence on broadcast television has actually increased since the ...