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…
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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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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 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…
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…
