Guns in the Classroom, Guns in the Church—Has It Come to This?

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By Alex Rodriguez

This piqued my interest—especially as compared to the fiasco at Darton College a few weeks ago where a uniformed officer was apparently escorted off the campus because he was carrying his service weapon (the college has since offered an apology to the officer and regrets the incident). If one armed officer in uniform caused a teacher such discomfort, I’d hate to see how some will respond to a classroom filled with students who are packing.  

Thoughts from a Hotel Elevator

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By Shawn Boonstra

The elevator doors closed and we started the slow climb to the fourth floor.  When’s the last time somebody bothered to point that out?  I thought to myself.  I thanked him.  He got off on the third floor . . . and like a lemming, I instinctively followed him out the door.  Only when the elevator doors closed behind me did I realize that I was on the wrong floor.  I turned,  pushed the button, and waited for the car to return.

7 Reasons to Be Thankful

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By Jean Boonstra

Over the past 15 months or so I have been working with a team here at the Voice of Prophecy to update our website. It really needed updating, and we spent considerable months planning, negotiating with a contractor, building out wireframes and finally testing our new site. We are really happy with our new site! It is prettier, faster and a lot less cluttered.  We discovered, however, that in our eagerness to de-clutter we threw out a few treasures with the stacks of old PDFs.

He Changes Your Name

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By Kurt Johnson

In my last blog we talked about Jacob meeting up with his brother Esau. Interestingly God, after watching Jacob deceive his brother and now, as an adult, try to patch up their relationship, decides to change Jacob’s name. 

Patriotic kids in costume

Abraham Lincoln and the Judgment

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By Shawn Boonstra

Abraham Lincoln said something during the Gettysburg Address that simply wasn’t true.

Cell phone driving

Your Cell Phone & the Book of Revelation

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By Shawn Boonstra

Why would they want to look at your phone? In order to determine whether or not you were, in fact, texting and driving when they saw you glance at the phone.

Good, some people are thinking. You shouldn’t be texting and driving at any rate. People can–and frequently do–get injured or killed by people who do such things. If you’re texting and driving, you deserve to get caught.

An Attack on God's Love

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By Alex Rodriguez

Satan has so manipulated God's holy plan for this world that the thumbprint of a sacrificial, compassionate Creator, our loving Father, has nearly been effaced from the planet. Not only has he wreaked havoc with nature, but the Devil has train-wrecked an innumerable number of human lives. Rightly did Peter write in 1 Peter 5:8, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."

VOP Loves Loveland

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By Jean Boonstra

As the postmaster of Loveland, Elmer Ivers came up with a clever way to promote the city. Together with Ted Thompson, president of the Loveland Chamber of Commerce, they created the city’s valentine re-mailing program. This program encouraged people from around the country to send their cards to their city for a romantic postmark from the land of love. A special cancellation stamp was created, and in 1947, the first re-mailing program was officially launched.