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Accomplishments | Adversity | Attitude | Attitudes | Failure | Failures | Short Shorts | Success

HOW YOU SUCCEED It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. — David Feherty

Adversity | Attributes of God | Evangelism | Guidance | Holy Spirit | Power | Trial

ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER Camping was the standard vacation in my family. Every year in August my father would pack up all of the camping gear into the wagon and off we

Adversity | Christ | Christianity | Death | Early Church | History | Persecution | Resurrection | Truth

TACITUS: NERO AND THE CHRISTIANS Cornelius Tacitus, born circa A. D. 52-55, senator under reign of Vespasian, A.D. 112- 13 was proconsul, or governor of Asia. Annals circa A.D. 116

Abuse | Acceptance | Adversity | Criticism | Failure | Family | Love

PECKING ORDER A few years ago a minor scientific discovery of the “pecking order” among hens caught popular imagination. Within a flock of hens, one is dominant. She pecks away

Adversity | Blessing | Creativity | Government | Graduation | Humor | Prayer | Success

PRAYER TO SNEEZE AT The State Supreme Court decided in May, 1991 that the U.S. Constitution prohibited invocations at commencement exercises. Keeping within the controversial ruling, students at a Riverside

Adversity | Bitterness | Joy | Loss | Short Shorts | Trial | Trials

BITTERSWEET He who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Adversity | Children | Faith | Family | Honor | Memories | Mother | Mothers | Praise | Trial | Values

MY HERO: MY MOTHER All that can be written has perhaps been written about mothers. But I did not write it, and it was not written about MY mother. My

Adversity | Child | Children | Humor | Indigestion | Opportunity | Stress | Trial

A MAALOX MOMENT Good old Mr. Wilson is sitting in his chair reading the newspaper. Mrs. Wilson is looking out the window as Dennis the Menace walks past the house.

Adversity | Attitude | Courage | Optimism | Perspective | Success | Trial | Trials

GRAEBEL’S BEST YEAR YET David Graebel of Wausau, Wisconsin started with one truck and built one of the largest moving companies in the world. In 1990 Graebel Worldwide Movers lost

Action | Adversity | Church | Cooperation | Criticism | Growth | Trial

HOW TO KILL A CHURCH DON’T participate beyond tithing–let “them” handle things, THEN complain that the members have no voice in the Church. DECLINE all offices and committee appointments, THEN

Adversity | Attitudes | Courage | Failure | Short Shorts | Trials

WHEN IT’S TIME FOR A SOAKING “I hate to fail, but when it’s time to take a bath, I get in the tub.” T. Boone Pickens, Jr.

Abilities | Action | Adversity | Bravery | Courage | Short-Shorts | Success | Trial

THE ABILITIES OF THE BRAVE Forti nihil difficile – to the brave, nothing is difficult.

Adversity | Faithfulness | Judgment | Service | Success

IN THE FACE OF FAILURE A missionary wrote me: “Sometimes adversity tempts me to discouragement in the face of seeming failure. But I take courage and press on anew, as

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Adversity | Comfort | Courage | Death | Encouragement | Trial

SO LONG HEROES Hagar the Horrible is in the pub with all his buddies. He gives a toast, “Here’s to all the brave Viking warriors who march into battle tomorrow

Adversity | Courage | Defeat | Overcome | Problems | Success | Trial

NAPOLEANIC COMPENSATION Lord Nelson, England’s famous naval hero, suffered from seasickness throughout his entire life. However, the man who destroyed Napolean’s fleet did not let it interfere with his career.

Adversity | Courage | Humanity | Humor | Sin | Trial | Trials

SURE IS HUMAN OUT THERE In a recent issue of Family Circus by Bil Keane, the oldest little girl, Dolly, comes into the house all hot and sweaty and says,

Accomplishments | Adversity | Criticism | Excellence | Labor | Success | Trial | Work

THE CANAL VINDICATION The next time you’re being bombarded with criticism, remember Col. George Washington Goethals, the man who successfully completed the Panama Canal. He had problems enough with the

Adversity | Attributes of God | Creation | Experts | God | Humor | Trial

TOO MANY CREATORS Those who are amazed that God could create the earth in six days seem to have forgotten that He did not have theologians, politicians and lawyers around

Adversity | Appearance | Appearances | Assumptions | Doubt | Fear | Humor | Pets | Understanding

THE PET BULL There’s an amusing story in the section called LITE FARE of a recent issue of The Christian Reader. It seems this particular woman was always volunteering to

Accidents | Adversity | Embarrassment | Fortune | Humor | Trial | Trials | Understanding | Weakness

OOPS! – PART 2 Our story is not complete without telling of a man who could not give a convincing explanation about his broken arm. He kept muttering about trying