FOUR STEPS TO YOUR DREAM Years ago a young black child was growing up in Cleveland, in a home which he later described as "materially poor but spiritually rich." One day a famous athlete, Charlie…
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THE LITTLE SECRETS OF SNOW FLAKES The complex shapes and uniqueness of snowflakes have confounded scientists for hundreds of years. In the past, it was generally recognized that the formation of a snowflake is a…
PRAYER AND WORK Hershell Hobbs once explained, "Men do not really pray until they are willing to work. Former Governor William E. Russell, of Massachusetts, had his boat overturn about a mile from shore. He…
DISPUTING THE POWER OF PRAYER There was a small Kentucky town that had two churches and one whiskey distillery. Members of both churches complained that the distillery gave the community a bad image. On top…
CHILDREN, TEACH US TO PRAY I was sitting in with my wife one Wednesday evening as she was teaching a five-year-old's Bible class. It came time to have some animal crackers and she asked one…
CHILDREN'S EVANGELISM A while ago my friends were amazed to hear their five year old daughter, Lindsay, telling her little friend about Jesus. The children were sitting on the front steps of the house, and…
POWER OF PRAYER In late May I was admiring my lovely, green, blooming cantaloupe plants. The foliage was hearty and spreading rapidly. Then, in mid-June and throughout July, a drought set in, and the leaves…
PRAYER AND POWER There is enough of God's power available to answer every prayer ever prayed in His will. Leonard Ravenhill in Why Revival Tarries, p. 156, writes: "One might estimate the weight of the…
PARABLE OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH A personal experience: Not long ago I visited my sister, a director of patient services for the children's unit of a large southern California hospital. She was conducting…
THE TRUTH WILL OUT WHEN THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED A reporter asked a man on his ninety-fifth birthday, "To what do you credit your long life?" The old-timer responded, "Well, I'm not sure yet. My…
FLEXIBLE REALITIES A man stopped to chat with a farmer who was erecting a new building. He asked, "What are you putting up?" The farmer replied, "Well, if I can rent it, it's a rustic…
THE VASTNESS OF TRUTH I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in now and then finding the smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst…
Truth and Falsity #9 CREDIBILITY Dr. Paul Brand, missionary surgeon writes: Others more skilled in theology than I must describe and interpret specific doctrines for us. Today some within the church attack law and doctrine.…
FREEDOM In 1824 Peru finally won its independence from Spain under the leadership of General Simon Bolivar. General Bolivar called a convention for the Purpose of drafting the constitution for the new country. After the…
SIN'S APPARENT VICTORY God's plan made a hopeful beginning But man spoiled it all by his sinning They say that the story Will end in God's glory But at the present the other side's winning.…
THE DECEITFUL HEART OF MAN The locus classicus on the flushing out of the deceitful heart of man is the oft-quoted story about the four boys who cut class one morning in a Chicago suburb…
YOU CAN'T HIDE THE EVIDENCE Another story, along the same line, is the one about the little girl who cut her own hair while her Mommy was gone. To be sure, it was a terrible…
THE EVIDENCE LINGERS ON During our first year of marriage my wife and I lived with a widower and his teenager. One Saturday morning everyone was gone for a stretch except me. I decided to…
THE RHONE RIVER The Rhone River begins its journey in the Switzerland Alps, some 5000 feet above sea level. It is one of the most important commercial waterways in France, stretching more than 500 miles…
PARDONED FOR SIN, BUT In the time of Andrew Jackson, a Presidential pardon was given to a man who had been imprisoned for a serious crime. The man had a deep sense of guilt. He…
