“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (I Timothy 4:12).

No doubt you saw them. Right around mid-April many major newspapers carried (coordinated?) articles and/or editorials deploring the supposed fact that "the teaching of evolution in schools is being squeezed out by pressure from religious conservatives and other groups" (AP, April 10, 1998). However much as I might wish it were so, I see no such national trend.

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God” (I John 3:1).

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.)” (Ephesians 2:4,5).