FIRST FRUITS TITHING There was a knock on the door of the hut occupied by a missionary in Africa. Answering, the missionary found one of the native boys holding a large fish in his hands.…
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GETTING RID OF AN ENEMY In the days of the American Revolutionary War there lived at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a Baptist pastor by the name of Peter Miller who enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. There…
PASSING THE TEST It seems that this college student needed a small two-hour course to fill out his schedule. The only one that fit was in Wildlife Zoology. He had some reservations as he heard…
CHURCH FIGHTS It often seems that the church is a place for contention, which seems to turn some people away from the church. But some see fighting in the Church as a healthy sign that…
THE TERM IS OVER "In the seventh of his famous Chronicles of Narnia, a book entitled The Last Battle, C. S. Lewis has Aslan, the great 'Christ figure' speak these words of certainty concerning eternal…
WHAT MUST IT BE LIKE? DEATH "What must it be to step on shore, and find it -- heaven; To take hold of a hand, and find it -- God's hand; To breathe a new…
HOLDING DEATH BACK The following story was told by Rex Humbard: A woman became very ill. After a time of hospitalization she returned home, but was confined to bed. Her eight-year-old daughter was not aware…
THE ADVANCE MINER The following story was told by Robert Hughes from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia: Dr. Hughes' father was a coal-miner in northeastern Pennsylvania. His job was to every morning, before the…
THE WORK OF CHRISTMAS BEGINS When the song of the angels is silent When the star in the sky is gone When the kings and princes are home When the shepherds are again tending their…
A DIFFERENT VIEW It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas-shopping. While the men were out in their sailboat, a…
WHAT YOU DO WITH JESUS AT CHRISTMAS The kids were putting on the Christmas play. To show the radiance of the new born Savior an electric light bulb was hidden in the manger. All the…
A CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTMAS Walter Lauster of the Naples, Florida Church of God, sent in the following true story from his own experience: I was sitting in my office on the first Saturday of…
HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS - BIRTH AND DEATH We lived on a farm in the mountains of Virginia, and for many years my mother made her home with us. But one morning Mother woke up completely…
UNDERSTANDING THE MODERN CHRISTMAS SCENE I liked the cartoon by Guindon that showed a weary lady shopper resting for a moment with her arms filled with packages. She is in the middle of a very…
"SAID THE INNKEEPER" I cannot take these poor;/ They do not pay;/ They brand the house, they bring disgrace;/ I had to send the pair away . . ./ And yet, there was a strange…
THE DEEPER MEANING OF POISON IVY At a summer religious camp for children one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose God had for everything He created. They began to find good…
JUMPING TO CONCLUSION It seems these two men came from Arctic cold regions where they had lived all their life, flying into Miami airport. On the bus to the hotel, they passed one of the…
THE LITTLE VOICE INSIDE Mark Twain once told the following story in a speech he delivered on "honesty." When I was a boy, I was walking along a street and happened to spy a car…
FOR SPRINGS OR SCRAP HEAP A blacksmith, about eight years after his conversion, was approached by an intelligent unbeliever with the question: "Why is it you have so much trouble? I have been watching you…
THE POWERFUL MOTIVATION OF HABITS Farmer Brown and farmer Green were neighbors. Farmer Brown had a dog that loved to chase cats. Farmer Green had a cat that hated dogs. Whenever Brown came to visit…
