CHURCH OR BUILDING In the charming English village of Windemere is a church, and in front of the church a sign. The sign reads: "The church is ordinary people. The building just keeps the weather…
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CONSISTENT PARENTS Never before have children faced greater pressures. Never before have societal forces so conflicted with godly goals. Never before has the need for tenacious, courageous, fully engaged parenting been so great.From Honest to…
CONSISTENT CHRISTIANS I believe the greatest challenge facing the church during the next two decades is the disease eating away at its power and integrity -- inauthentic Christianity. In the pulpits and in the pews,…
PROFESSIONAL OR PASTOR God deliver us from the professionalizers. Hasn't God made pastors the last in the world? We are fools for Christ's sake; professionals are wise. We are weak; professionals are held in honor...…
SERVANTS WIN Life is like a game of tennis; the one who serves seldom loses.
NEED FOR AWAKENING ...The greatest sin of the Christian is prayerlessness... The problem of prayerlessness is not a matter of discipline. It is a matter of lost love relationship with our Lord... For you to…
IN THE HANDS OF A LAWYER It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands.From a Spanish proverb
FRIENDLY GIFT A friend is a gift you give yourself.Robert Louis Stevenson
DEPTH OF LIFE The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.Marilyn Vos Savant
OVERNIGHT EVOLUTION Evolutionists should be amazed at how fast change can take place for the crucian carp. This crazy little fish can drastically change its size and appearance within five weeks. When the European crucian…
WE'RE IN THE MONEY A couple had installed a fancy horn system on their car that played various tunes. This unfortunate couple had the embarrassment of having their fancy horn system get stuck at a…
CHRISTMAS & EASTER At Christmas we come to the stable, and believe: God loves us; At Easter we come to the table, and receive: God's forgiveness.Michael Hodgin
A PAGE ON RAGE Those who keep raising the roof must not have much in the attic. Those who fly into a rage, seldom have safe landings.
KNOW HOW TO BE ANGRY A man who does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good. A man who does not know how to be shaken to his heart's…
LOST ROCK Once I rejected the authority of the Bible and church, I had no rock upon which to rest my claim for an afterlife.From Hymns to an Unknown God, by Sam Keen, pg. 256
SYNERGIZE In an advertisement for a "Synergize" aspen grove poster, the Covey Center writes: "There is synergy in the aspen grove. The trees are connected by a system of roots; each tree draws strength from…
FETCHING FOR THE MASTER A man had a dog that he had grown from a pup. The man had faithfully cared for and trained this dog. The dog would do anything for its master and…
BILLIONS ADD UP A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. -- Senator Everett Dirksen
TOUGH JOB It isn't easy being a Mother - if it were Fathers would do it!
OUR WORLDLY GOODS Here is advice from John Calvin's Institutes: 1. Use the goods of this world without indulgence and without inordinate attachment to them. 2. Learn to do without goods patiently, not desiring what…
