PRESSING ON In a far country lived a band of minstrels who travelled from town to town presenting music to make a living. They had not been doing well. Times were hard; there was little…
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A PARABLE OF UNITY During Vacation Bible School last week my wife had an experience with her primary class that she says she will never forget. Her class was interrupted on Wednesday about an hour…
KNOCK, KNOCK Our church operates a Christian School. Rev. Larry Moore is the administrator. His wife's name is Karin. They have two children. Heather is four years old and Jimmy is one. When Heather was…
LET HIM PLAY In a large stone cathedral in Europe there was a very large, magnificient pipe organ. It was a Saturday afternoon, and the sexton was making one final check of the choir and…
SAVED ALONE In the year 1873, a Christian lawyer from Chicago named Horatio Spafford, placed his wife and four children on the luxury liner Ville de Havre sailing from New York to France. Spafford expected…
DANGERS In Fall '83 issue of my favorite quarterly journal, Leadership there is an excellent short article by LeRoy Patterson on "Dangers in Illustrating Sermons." In summary he says there are four dangerous kinds of…
INCARNATION Shortly after World War II came to a close, Europe began picking up the pieces. Much of the Old Country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins. Perhaps the saddest sight of…
LIFE'S DEEPER MEANINGS Keith Kendall, Pastor of Winchester Friends Church in Winchester, Indiana sent in the following winner which he gleaned from Tom Mullen's Laughing Out Loud And Other Religious Experiences. Examining life for Deeper…
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WHY ELSE THIS MIRACLE? On the front porch of his little country store in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his partner Berry stood. Business was just all gone, and Berry asked, "How much longer do you…
IN IGNORANCE OF RICHES In west Texas there is a famous oil field known as the Yates Pool. During the Depression this field was a sheep ranch, owned by a man named Yates. Mr. Yates…
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STRATEGIC SPOT An admirer once asked Leonard Bernstein, celebrated orchestra conductor, what was the hardest instrument to play. He replied without hesitation: "Second fiddle. I can always get plenty of first violinists, but to find…
FIRST IMPRESSIONS A police officer at the scene of a car accident saw a horrible sight smashed against the inside of the windshield. Quickly he called for help and then ran over to the car.…
GET A BUSY MAN God never goes to the lazy or the idle when He needs men (or women, Ed.) for His service. He goes to those who are already at work -- the busy…
THE SCOPE OF MODERN HOSTILITY The Oct, '83 issue of Psychology Today (page 14) reports the results of a poll of more than 650 readers. The question, as posed in their July issue, was: "If…
