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Controlling Malaria In a small village in the Bornes jungle, health workers decided to spray the straw huts with DDT in order to control the mosquito population responsible for the spread of malaria. The lizards that normally inhabit the walls of the huts consumed large doses of the DDT and died. The village cats, in … Continue reading “Cure (worse than the disease)”

English Sign Sign in the window of an English company: We have been established for over one hundred years and have been pleasing our displeasing customers ever since. We have made money and lost money, suffered the effects of coal nationalization, coal rationing, government control, and bad payers. We have been cussed and discussed, messed … Continue reading “Curiosity”

Situation / Interpretation Situation Interpretation Reference Slave Market World System 1 John 5:19 Slave Master Satan John 12:31 Slaves Humanity Ephesians 2:2–3 The Problem Sin Colossians 2:14 Highest Bidder Jesus Christ Hebrews 2:14–15 Ransom Price Blood of Christ 1 Peter 1:18–19 One animal sacrifice per man Genesis 3 One sacrifice per family Exodus 12:3–14 One … Continue reading “Cross of Christ”

Sharing the Message of the Cross Scripture Setting People Present Key Thought Related Details Luke 22:40–50 Garden of Gethsemane Jesus and apostles. Judas and soldiers. Arrested Jesus prayed, Apostles slept, Jesus agonized, Jesus submitted, Judas betrayed Matthew 26:57–68 Before High Priest and Sanhedrin Jesus, High Priest, Part of Sanhedrin, Apostles at a distance Tried Jesus … Continue reading “Crucifixion”

Tears: A Sign of Life Crying is common in this world. It does little good to ask the reason for it. Muddyscuttle is what one might call a weeping planet. Laughter can be heard here and there, but by and large, weeping predominates. With maturity the sound and reason for crying changes, but never does … Continue reading “Crying”

Signs of a cult (1) Secrecy is employed; seldom is there full disclosure. (2) Elite leadership does all the thinking. Others follow. (3) Followers are the only ones who possess the whole truth. (4) Scripture is never taken at face value. (5) Loyalty goes to a leader or a system. (6) The concepts lack historical … Continue reading “Cults”

Countering the Columnist Ellen Goodman wrote a powerful editorial on this topic, a portion of which follows: Sooner or later; most Americans become card-carrying members of the counterculture. This is not an underground holdout of Hippies. No beads are required. All you need to join is a child. At some point between Lamaze and PTA, … Continue reading “Culture”

Improved Golf Score For several years a lawyer and a doctor had regularly played golf together. They were evenly matched, and there was a keen sense of rivalry. Then one spring the lawyer’s game suddenly improved so much that the doctor was losing regularly. The doctor’s efforts to improve his own game were unsuccessful, but … Continue reading “Cunning”

Mount Rushmore In addition to Mt. Rushmore, one of Gutzin Borglum’s great works as a sculptor is the head of Lincoln in the Capitol at Washington. He cut it from a large, square block of stone in his studio. One day, when the face of Lincoln was just becoming recognizable out of the stone, a … Continue reading “Creativity”

As Though It Were Truth There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: “I wish you would explain to me something.” “Well, what is it? I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher.” “What is the reason for the difference between you … Continue reading “Credibility”