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Written by Michael Lizarraga
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 21:10 |
 A Cop's Quest to Protect and Empower American Youth
It was a cop of whom Jesus said, "I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith" (Matt. 8:5-10); a cop who was the first to declare Christ the Son of God at the foot of the cross (Mark 15:39); a cop who first paved the way for Gentile believers (Acts 10). Clearly police officers have an important role to play in God's precinct, and modern-day Corneliuses who carry both badge and cross are needed now more than ever. One such faithful enforcer is Tony Newsom, a 16-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran and Christian cop combating crime through community involvement. His focus: teaching youth how to avoid becoming predator or prey.
"Kids are primary targets for criminals and gangsters wishing to either harm or recruit them, especially ones in lower class neighborhoods who can be as young as 6," says Newsom. "It's my job to show these kids just where an addiction to crime can lead."
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Written by Joseph Dindinger
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Sunday, 30 September 2007 00:00 |
 Early Life
How do we determine the strength of a person? What do we look at when we choose our leaders? What do we consider to be advantages in life?
A girl was born in Holland in 1892. She was not born into privilege or wealth, and yet her name is now legendary because of who she became and who she believed in. Her name was Corrie Ten Boom.
Corrie's early life was shaped by her family. Her Papa, as she called him, was famous through all of Holland and Europe as a master clock maker. A true spiritual leader, Papa would read the Bible
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Written by Joseph Dindinger
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Saturday, 30 September 2006 00:00 |
 "A human life, filled with the presence and the power of God, is one of God's choicest gifts to His church and to the world." (from George Mueller, Man of Bristol)
This is the story of a man who believed God. He prayed like few have ever prayed and saw answers to his prayers as only a few have ever seen. To the cynical heart, this man's life might seem like a myth. Rest assured, the things you are about to read were not "done in a corner," but rather in the sight of the whole world.
George Muller was born in Kroppenstaedt, Prussia in 1805. His parents did not do a good job of raising their children and at a very young age George was already an accomplished liar and habitual thief.
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Written by Joseph Dindinger
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Friday, 30 June 2006 00:00 |
 It was a warm night on an island of the West Indies. The year was 1833. On the top of a hill overlooking the ocean, a group of slaves rose to their feet and eagerly looked towards the east. Surely the sun had never been awaited more expectantly! With the first rays of the sun, these men, and millions of others would be free! They climbed the hill as slaves and now ...
"Wooooooooo-hooooooooo!"
The history of how slavery was abolished is not complete without the story of William Wilberforce, generally considered to be the most influential individual in the fight against this abomination.
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Written by Joseph Dindinger
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Thursday, 30 March 2006 00:00 |
 Keith Green was born a musical genius. By the time he was 5, he could pick up his ukulele and play along with any song on the radio. In fact, he showed so much promise that after one show, Elvis Presley's manager called the Green's and encouraged them wishing he wasn't so busy with "The King." Keith then began writing his own music at age 9 and two years later became the youngest member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) when he recorded, published and released "The Way I Used to Be."
Success and stardom seemed assured when Keith signed with Decca in his early teens. By that time he had over 50 songs under his belt and was on the fast track to becoming a teen-idol. He was regularly featured in magazines and newspapers and was often on TV shows like the Jack Benny Show and Steve Allen's show. Time Magazine called him a "pre-pubescent dreamboat" who "croons in a voice trembling with conviction."
Then, as so often happens, the dream of success came crashing down.
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