HIS MASCULINE SISTER While at an Annual Conference Board of Ordained Ministry Spring meeting where we interview those in the process of working toward the ordained ministry, our interview team had finished and we had…
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THE CRIME OF BOREDOM Christians have done the one thing to Christianity and Christ that even Christ's enemies couldn't do. Christ's enemies scourged Him, mocked Him, beat Him, tried Him falsely, hung Him on a…
SHARING THE POWER OF RESURRECTION Each time we love again after having our love rejected, we share in the power of the resurrection. Each time we fail and try again, we share in the resurrection.…
JOY IS WHEN I once heard Mike Warnke say, "Joy is when you are in your deepest valley and you can still believe for the mountaintop. Joy is when you are at your darkest point…
BASTIONS OF RECONCILIATION Many people are familiar with the story of Coventry Cathedral. It was destroyed by bombs during World War II. The custodian at the time entered into the ruins and took two pieces…
IT'S A STEEPLE, NOT A NIPPLE! Rising proudly above many Christian churches is a steeple which is capitalized by a cross. For some, the cross has only the smell of death. However, to the Christian,…
THE IMPACT OF OUR SAVIOR More than nineteen hundred years ago there was a Man born contrary to the laws of life. This Man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. he did not…
THE CROSS APPEARS TO EYES OF FAITH We rode into Berlin on the train from Zeuthen in what was formerly East Germany. Our host Wolfgang was going to show us the city of Berlin. We…
OKAY TO SAY "NO" In a recent Calvin and Hobbes, you see the two of them sitting on top of a snow covered hill on a toboggan or bobsled. With this look of fear in…
GIVE TONGUES OF FIRE O Son of man, O Son of God! Whose love bought all men by his blood, Give us thy mind, thy soul's desire, Thy heart of love, Thy tongue of fire…
Crucifixion | Discipleship | Humility | Love | Position | Risk | Suffering | Thanks | Trial | Trials
A LITTLE TOO SELF-MADE Here are a couple paragraphs from one of Miles J. Stanford's books on spiritual growth. The first paragraph is from page 42 and the second paragraph is from pages 82 and…
WHEN THE TRIALS COME When trials come, as come they may into every dear Saint's life, God seems to say in His quiet still way, "My son, it is perfectly alright." It's alright to hurt,…
JUST THINKING OF ANOTHER In his book, You Can Get Bitter Or You Can Get Better, Rev. James Moore, tells the story of Lawi. Lawi was a 12 year old African boy who lived with…
NOT TOO BURIED Those who say they will forgive but can't forget simply bury the hatchet, but leave the handle out for immediate use. Dwight L. Moody
A LOOK THAT TOOK Eyes that see, and eyes that want, Eyes are they temptations taunt. Job vowed he would not look, But David saw and then he took. By Paul Noxon, Castleton, New York
DON'T TELL ME Many years ago, Jennifer Klingenfus, daughter of Dr. Clayton Klingenfus, my friend and long-time pastor of my parents, ran the following classified ad in the Henry County Local in New Castle, Kentucky.…
Determination/Practice/Purpose/Failure NOT LEARNING TO QUIT Somewhere I read the story of a young boy trying to learn to ice skate. He had fallen so many times that his face was cut, and the blood and…
TOO MUCH OF NOT ENOUGH In reply to your request to send a check for my dues, I wish to inform you that the present condition of my bank account makes it almost impossible. My…
FOR WHOM DO YOU CARRY THE STONE An apocryphal story is told about Jesus and the disciples. It seems they were walking along a rocky road one day when Jesus asked each of them to…
VISIT THE CEMETERY A business man, harassed and discouraged from overwork, took his problem to a psychiatrist who promptly told him to do less work. "Furthermore," prescribed the doctor, "I want you to spend an…
