GOD'S DEALINGS WITH US God meets us on a family, rather than on a forensic basis. His dealings with us are not legal but parental. We are not under the law, but under grace. This…
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Feb 88 SURRENDER When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General Booth, who at that time was past eighty years of age. Dr. Chapman listened reverently as the old…
PRAYER WHEN IT SEEMS TOO LATE Lord, I'm drowning in a sea of perplexity, Waves of confusion crash over me. I'm too weak to shout for help. Either quiet the waves or lift me above…
LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION Abraham Lincoln wrote an address to the nation during the Civil War that was at least as important as the Gettysburg Address. It was his proclamation for a national fast-day, by which he…
Feb 88 SEND FORTH, O GOD, THY LIGHT AND TRUTH Send forth, O God, Thy light and truth, And let them lead me still, Undaunted, in the paths of right, Up to Thy holy hill:…
ONE TO ONE I wonder if ever amongst the One in Three One asked Another One, "How does it feel To walk with time and flesh our little earth; How does it feel, my Son?"…
GRIEF Joseph Bayly, in his helpful book The View From A Hearse, shares an experience of comfort that he received when one of his children died. "I was sitting," he remembers, "torn by grief. Someone…
PRAYER God of transforming love, we confess that we are a people quick to judge. We create boundaries which separate us from others and from you. We divide others into categories of good and bad,…
GOD'S GRANDEUR The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then…
DEEP SACRIFICE Many of us sacrifice like the little girl who, after hearing a Lenten sermon on sacrifice, decided to give up something for this special religious season. Her mother said, "You know, it should…
SELF CONTROL A little girl fell and skinned her knee; it obviously hurt, and yet she didn't cry. Someone asked her how she managed not to cry. She answered, "Oh, I just said to myself,…
CHOOSE THOU FOR ME Thy way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be! Lead me by Thine own hand; Choose out my path for me. I dare not choose my lot: I would not,…
SELF-EXAMINATION Before Communion -- What strange perplexities arise, What anxious fears and jealousies, What crowds in doubtful light appear, How few, alas, approved and clear! And what am I? -- My soul awake, And an…
I'M TALKING ABOUT A LONG SERMON It seems this particular pastor was really given to long-winded sermons. He often would go well past an hour, and on occasions had preached upwards of two hours. One…
RELATING TO PEOPLE A true American success story: The daughter of a welder and the youngest of five girls, who herself always felt unpopular, who lacked a college degree and was labeled a low achiever…
TOWARD EACH ONE THE SAME If you saw the film Chariots of Fire, you probably remember Eric Liddell as the champion who refused to run on Sunday in the 1924 Olympics. But those who were…
HAPPINESS AND HOLINESS Oprah Winfrey was interviewing people on her program recently who were having affairs with married people (there's a great subject!) One woman who had a long-standing affair with a married man was…
LET GOD DO IT I remember an evening three years ago during the middle of the five year drought which we were experiencing in Zimbabwe. I was in the garden trying to keep the few…
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION A troubled man went to visit his physician with a list of anxieties and fears. The wise doctor told his patient to take a day off work and visit the beach. At…
AMAZING The traveller was sneaking a half-gallon bottle across the Mexican border when a U. S. Customs official searched him. Upon discovering the bottle, the official asked the man what it contained. The traveler replied,…
