SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER SATISFIED Among the five thousand who were fed with the two fish and the five loaves of bread, were doubtless several who complained about the bones […]
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A NEED FOR A CHANGE In a Peanuts comic strip, Lucy is walking along the road with Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown asks her: “Lucy, are you going to make any
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CLEAR THINKING You don’t have to be an intellectual giant to become a successful thinker. Clear and creative thinking is learnable. Millions have become better thinkers by adopting the following
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THE MONK AND THE WOMAN Two Buddhist monks, on their way to the monastery, found an exceedingly beautiful woman at the river bank. Like them, she wished to cross the
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CRITICISM Looking for a role model on how to handle criticism? It would be worth your while to check out the book of Nehemiah. On several occasions this great- hearted
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NEGATIVE LEADERSHIP — THE NEW KID The city block and the nearby playing field form the universe of the story, which opens with the choosing of sides for baseball. This
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TWO SURPRISES The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced. D. Elton Trueblood
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NEED AND WANT Sometimes we don’t know the difference between what we need and what we want. We want so much, but God gives us what we truly need. I
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ENTREE The great Bible teacher H. Clay Trumbull was riding on a train next to a person who opened a flask and offered him a drink of whiskey. Dr. Trumbull
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DON’T JOIN THAT CHURCH If you should find the perfect church without one fault or smear. For goodness sake, don’t join that church; you’d spoil the atmosphere If you should
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JUST LIKE HOME He was the happiest man at the wedding reception after drinking several glasses of champagne. He sidled up behind a woman, put his arm around her and
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COURAGE? I ‘m writing this letter, Quite frankly, to say I abhorred the column You wrote yesterday! It was weak and insipid And words synonymous — In short, it lacked
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SHOOTING AT THE SAINTS When the English and French were at war in colonial Canada, Admiral Phipps, in charge of the British Fleet, was ordered to anchor outside Quebec, a
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TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SPOUSES I Thou shalt not wrap thy husband’s sandwiches in magazine articles about a man’s responsibility to love his wife. II Thou shalt not leave Scripture verses
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SUNDAY MORNING WEATHER REPORT A lady in the Midwest had often complained about the preacher being long-winded. One winter day, however, she inadvertently described the Sunday morning dilemma as she
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QUALIFICATIONS OF A GOOD PASTOR A good pastor must have: The strength of an ox, The tenacity of a bull-dog, The daring of a lion, The wisdom of an owl,
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ALL STONES UNTURNED Jesus left all stones unturned as far as throwing them at others was concerned. Thomas John Carlisle, from Alive Now, March/April 1988
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IF YOU DON’T MIND On commencement day at Columbia University a cap-and-gowned youth, intently perusing his diploma, stepped into the path of an oncoming taxi. “Hey!” the driver screamed indignantly
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LEO DUROCHER was coaching at first base in an exhibition game the Giants were playing at West Point. One noisy cadet kept shouting at Leo, doing his best to upset
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MOVIES Film critic Michael Medved, co-host of PBS’s Sneak Previews, likens his job to that of a “sewer inspector.” Hollywood writers and producers are “hugely out of touch” with church
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