If you could live in New York City's Harlem neighborhood or in poverty racked Bangladesh, which would you choose? A study shows that if you want to live longer, choose Bangladesh. The study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows men over 40 can expect to live longer in Bangladesh than in Harle

It is important when facing opposition to have sense that you are making progress. Do you know what Christopher Columbus wrote in his diary, on his way to a New World, not yet discovered? Bear in mind, he faced mutiny, many of his men wanted to turn around, and he was in trouble most of the trip. An

What Money Can't Buy Money can buy a bed but not sleep, a hammer but not a carpenter, "things" but not friends, a toy but not a child's happiness, a pen and paper but not an author, a pencil but not an idea, a house but not a home, an agreement but not peace, paints but not an artist, eyeglasses bu

Two preachers who didn't get along very well met on the street. One of them said, "I heard you speak the other night and recognized that sermon - you preached it 14 years ago." Somewhat chagrined, the other shot back, "I heard you speak just 3 weeks ago, and I can't remember a word you said!" A

David Livingstone once wisely remarked: He is the greatest Master I have ever known. If there is anyone greater, I do not know him. Jesus Christ is the only Master supremely worth serving. He is the only ideal that never loses its inspiration. He is the only Friend whose friendship meets every dema

Cable TV Cable television and videocassettes now make pornography available to nearly everyone. The book Vital Signs reports that of Christian households hooked into cable television, 23 percent subscribe to porno channels - the same percentage as the nation as a whole.

Resting On His Power Isaac Rankin says that just outside his window is a large wire which carries a heavy current of electricity for light and power. It is carefully insulated at every pole and is out of common reach. "However," he says, "if I could lean out far enough to grasp it, death would be a

Someone noted that our view of death is like a group of mourning caterpillars carrying a cocoon like a corpse. Above there is a beautiful butterfly inside the cocoon staring down in unbelief.  

Have you ever wondered why a pigeon walks so funny? According to an interesting article in the Detroit Free Press, a pigeon walks the way it does so it can see where it's going. Because it can't adjust its focus as it moves, the pigeon actually has to bring its head to a complete stop between steps

Bogota, Columbia -The keynote speaker at the Advanced Evangelism Explosion Seminar in Bogota, Columbia, was Rev. Rodolfo Loyola, a pastor from Madrid, Spain. His testimony was shared with UPDATE by Rev. R. Craig Strickland of Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis, TN., who accompanied Woody Lajara t