PURE SPOILED ROTTEN At breakfast one morning eight-year-old Cutie-pie pushed her corn flakes away from her, loudly protesting that she would not eat the stuff. More than that, she screamed, "I won't eat any breakfast…
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JUXTAPOSITION John Addington Symonds, in his Renaissance Period in Italy, tells of an incident that befell him in a little country town of Lombardy. He was poking around in the littered shop of an old…
SINS FORGIVEN There is a story of a physician whose books were examined after he died. It was discovered that a number of the accounts were crossed out and the doctor had written across the…
THE YOUNG MAN OF NAZARETH The young man out of Nazareth Was good to see -- I felt a breath Awaken, dew-fresh, like a breeze Astir among the olive trees, The grace of youth flowered…
GOD'S INCARNATION INTO OUR WEAKNESS It is the nature of God that he makes something out of nothing. Consequently, if someone is not nothing, God can make nothing out of him. Men make something into…
OUR NEED FOR GOD COME IN THE FLESH IN CHRIST In the course of research for . . . Loving God, I discovered a dearth of contemporary writings on sin. After a long search, however,…
PARABLE OF THE BIRDS There once was a flock of birds who forgot to fly south for the winter. Now it was late in December and it was getting awfully cold. God loved those birds…
GOD'S NAME IS WRITTEN IN JESUS It would little avail to ask how we know. That would be like asking how we know that Beethoven's "Hymn to Joy" is joyous. If a man were to…
GOD IN CHRIST Kierkegaard, the theologian, once sought to describe the incarnation of God in Christ. He used this simple illustrative story. A certain King of a mythical country was very rich. His power was…
EAGLET ERNIE One of my favorite stories is about a boy who spent the summer in the country with his grandfather. One day when they were out in the field they found a small strange…
HE CLIMBED IN WITH US I read about a grandfather who found his grandson, jumping up and down in his playpen, crying at the top of his voice. When Johnnie saw his grandfather, he reached…
TO SEE THE BEAUTY ABOVE Norman A. McMurry tells about a palace in the city of Rome which has a great high dome. Inside that dome there is a painting known as "The Dawn" by…
THE COMMUNION OF LIFE WITH LIFE "The best way to send an idea," said scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, "is to wrap it up in a person." The theological word for all of that is "Incarnation,"…
THE GENTLE ASPECTS OF INCARNATION Dear Friend, I just had to send a note to tell you how much I love you and care about you. I saw you yesterday as you were walking with…
INCARNATION FOR COMMUNICATION My grandfather owned a farm. On this farm he had several very good horses. One night the barn caught fire. He and some of his sons went out to rescue the horses.…
EVEN IN A DUBIOUS BIRTHPLACE Beneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, a silver star marks the alleged precise spot where Christ was born. A stone slab nearby is supposed to mark the exact…
GOD'S STRATEGY FOR OUR INCARNATION One of the most rewarding aspects of living in a strange land is the experience of being loved not for what we can do, but for who we are. When…
FOLLOW ME Stanley Jones tells of a missionary who got lost in an African jungle -- nothing around him but bush and a few cleared places. He found a native hut and asked the native…
WHITEWASHING THE FAMILY'S BLACK SHEEP The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work,…
IT'S TOUGH TO BECOME A SAINT Young Brian, age 5, had been told the story of the 'pillar-monk,' Symeon the Stylite, in Sunday School. He was captivated by this Godly man's approach to seeking God's…
