CHOICE AND CONVERSION The following is from C. S. Lewis's autobiography Surprised by Joy: Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must…
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EFFECTIVE WEAPONS In his book The Last Lion, William Manchester relates that, at the beginning of World War II, Nazi Germany was preparing to invade Poland. Though the world had not yet seen the might…
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT "The sturdiest tree is not found in the shelter of the forest, but high upon some rocky crag, where its daily battle with the elements shapes it into a thing of beauty. So…
MAKOWER'S IMMUTABLE LAWS OF COMPUTING 1) No matter how much you know about computers, you can find an expert who can render everything incomprehensible. 2) You will never run out of disks or printer ribbons…
PLAY LIKE THE PROS Greg Norman, in his home country of Australia, was playing in the Australian Open. On the par 5 hole he stood at the tee and sliced into the wood so far…
TENACITY It has been told that the Chicago Bears were losing a football game at half time. They were in the locker room receiving some words of encouragement from Mike Ditka, their coach. To graphically…
WHAT A DRAG! Wife: "George, you promised you would be home at 4:00. It's now 8:00." George: "Honey, please listen to me. Poor ol' Fred is dead. He just dropped over on the eighth green."…
PERSEVERANCE AMID FAILURE In a Time Magazine article entitled, "What It Takes to Reach the Summit" (March 6, 1989), John Skow tells about Stacy Allison and Peggy Luce, the first U.S. women to climb Mt.…
MOUNT EVEREST, YOU CAN'T GET ANY BIGGER! When I was in London, England, a couple of weeks ago, I visited a hall where a man named Mallory was honored with a banquet years ago. In…
OPPOSITION A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with the wind." From John Neal quote from Reader's Digest, January, 1981
MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER Someone recently shared with me a magazine article about two women who are residents of the Southeast Senior Center for Independent Living in Englewood, New Jersey. Their names are Margaret Patrick and…
SIDING WITH THE DEVIL While a man dressed in a devil costume was walking to a Halloween costume party, it began to rain torrentially. The man ran for the first cover he could find. It…
I SHALL NOT WANT It was Mother Teresa who said, "You will never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you've got." From Christianity Today, Aug. 18, 1989
SOVIET SPIRITUALITY Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said that the next spiritual revival may come from the Soviet Union. When he said that many years ago, he was not taken seriously. But perhaps the people who have…
FIGHTING FOR LIFE Life is a hard fight, a struggle, a wrestling with the principle of evil, hand to hand, foot to foot. Every inch of the way is disputed. The night is given us…
THE POWER OF CHANGE Dear Michael: Just this morning I was reading from the Congressional Record, April 26, 1990, about the 38th Annual National Prayer Breakfast. In the meeting President Bush made this comment: "I…
WHAT CANCER CAN'T DO Cancer is so limited... It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot…
HARMONICA CONCENTRATION Vitaly Korotich was six years old when the Nazis invaded the Ukraine. Like many Russian children, he witnessed daily atrocities that would put most people in a mental institution. He saw his father…
NO LEGS Elisabeth Elliot Gren tells of Judy Squier, a friend of hers who was born with out legs. She is a cheerful radiant woman who loves her Lord Jesus. Elisabeth asked Judy to write…
YOU CAN'T HIDE, BUT YOU CAN WIN During the Civil War, a Union soldier from Ohio was shot in the arm during the battle of Shiloh. His captain saw he was wounded and barked out…
