THE JESUS STAR From the backyard of our parsonage home we have a wonderful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. On October 1, 1990, at 7:30 in the morning, the rising sun shone on a…
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FOUR STEPS TO ACCOMPLISHMENT There are four steps to accomplishment: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
TEN COMMANDMENTS ONLY Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. H.L. Menchen
TEN COMMANDMENTS: ONE AT A TIME A big, burly looking fellow walks out of Church after the service one Sunday. He reaches out and shakes hands with the Preacher and says, "Reverend, you really inspired…
UNDER- CHURCHED AMERICA Dear Evangelical Friend:In St. Louis at its 49th annual convention, the National Association of Evangelicals lived up to its name by pledging itself to promote and encourage evangelism - particularly in the…
KNOW IT TO LEARN IT A man stopped his car and asked for directions at a rural convenience store:"Keep going down this road until you get to the old Jones homeplace, then turn left. Stay…
AN EYE FOR AN EYE IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE Baton Rouge, LA - The Associated Press reports that a woman who plucked out a teenager's eye during an exorcism ritual won't go to…
KINDNESS ADMIRED When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Herschel, quoted by Harold S. Kushner in When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough
NO NEED TO CHANGE As they're walking in the snow, Hobbes, Calvin's stuffed tiger, asks: "Did you make any resolutions for the New Year?""Calvin comes unwound and says: "No! I'm fine just the way I…
TASTE OF LIFE When Marilyn Vos Savant, who is listed by Guiness as having the highest IQ, was asked for one reason not to look for a beautiful woman to marry instead of just an…
Gossip/Imagination/Persepective/Problem Solution Mind/Thoughts/Delusions/Illusions/Solution: THE POWER OF THE IMAGINATION Dr. J. Edwin Orr told this to a college chapel service: On a fishing trip, Pat and Pete stayed overnight at a hotel. Pat woke, screaming, "I'm…
SKATE AHEAD Anticipation... Wayne Gretsky understands the need to anticipate. Considered perhaps the greatest hockey star in the history of the sport, he is the only professional player to score more than fifty goals in…
GOD'S SHOVEL IS BIGGER The story is told of a farmer who was known for his generous giving, and whose friends could not understand how he could give so much away and yet remain so…
EVERYDAY ANGELS John Rosenberg explained to a group at the Miami District Christian Enrichment School just when it was that the meaning of Jacob's vision of the ladder with angels ascending and descending came alive…
HAND TO MOUTH As our founder, Cameron (Uncle Cam) Townsend used to say: "Living from hand to mouth is not so bad when it's God's hand." Wycliffe Bible Translators
GOD'S COMFORT Roger Sonnenberg has written a delightful account concerning his son Jacob...Roger's son Jacob was taken by his parents to the county fair. While there, he was allowed to ride the "choo- choo train."…
JAMAICAN DIGNITY One of the most eye opening experiences of my life was my visit to Jamaica a few years ago. Leslie and I decided to see as much of Jamaica as we could. We…
THE VIOLINIST MATTERS MORE A great violinist visited Houston, Texas for a concert. The newspaper, however, used most of its space to describe his original Stradivarius violin. The morning of the concert, the paper carried…
WALK, DON'T RUN My three year old son loved the outdoors so much he often would not take the time to get dressed before entering it. In the city that can cause quite a bit…
GOD'S BEGINNING "When God is going to do something wonderful He begins with a difficulty. If God is going to do something very wonderful, He begins with an impossibility. (Dewey Cass)
