A PEACEFUL WAR There were picnic tables on the battlefield. Somehow battles and picnics don't go together. But there they were - GUNS and BUNS. It was the first battle of Bull Run. Both sides,…
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TWO ASPECTS OF SUCCESS Every important life story has two aspects: the things a man has energy enough to do, and the things a man has stability enough to stand.
THARS MONEY IN THEM-THAR TEETH My brother-in- law came for a visit last week. His father had worked as a dentist for years before he died. When the family went through his safe deposit box,…
EPISCOPAL LETHARGY IS BEST Two little boys in the neighborhood were talking. One said to the other, "You've been trying out all the churches in town. Which one did your family choose to attend? Other…
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW There is a sweet Hasidic story of a rabbi in a small Russian town at the turn of the century who accomplished the "submission to not knowing," who learned to live…
EXPERIENCE AND ILLUSION "Experience is the mother of illusion." The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis, pg. 144
THE MISSING COMMANDMENT F. B. Meyer passed the home of C. T. Studd (who was to become a missionary on three continents). He saw a light on in the house incredibly early, so he stopped…
RULES OF THE DAY DON'T APPLY Some people embrace the night because the rules of the day do not apply. From Bacardi Black "The Taste of the Night," Newsweek, October 8, 1990
KOINONITIS At its worst, the desire to preserve accustomed patterns of Christian fellowship can actually repel strangers. I look at this as a disease and call it "koinonitis," derived from the biblical word for fellowship,…
WORDS OF DOUBT What is doubt? And how is it related to faith and unbelief? Our English word doubt comes from the Latin "dubitare" which is rooted in an Aryan word meaning "two". So we…
COPING WITH OUR PROBLEMS The most distressing aspect of the modern world is not the gravity of its problems: there have been worse problems in the past. It is the dampening of the human spirit…
SMALL EVIDENCES ARE VITAL Never be discouraged that your Christian witness isn't making the immediate impact you'd like to see. Consider the lesson we may learn from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory at Fort…
STOP THAT VOW! Two shipwrecked sailors had been adrift on a raft for days. Desperate, one knelt and began to pray: "Oh Lord, I know I haven't lived a good life. I've drunk too much…
REALISTIC DRUNKENESS Throughout history there were pleas for moderation. Genghis Khan said "A soldier must not get drunk oftener then once a week. It would be better if he did not get drunk at all,…
THE LIMITS OF FORGIVENESS God has promised forgiveness to our repentance, but God has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.
TEMPER TROUBLE The problem with losing your temper is that no one else wants it either.Source Unknown
CHANGE REQUIRED A young woman finally convinced the famous Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski, to listen to her audition. After a boring performance, the young woman asked him, "What do I do now?" Paderewski sighed and…
STATE OF THE WORLD "The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love." By William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
DYING FOR TREATMENT "Hurry!" the doctor cried to his teenage daughter. "Put my stethoscope and medicine bag in my car. I just received an emergency call from someone who says he will die if I…
A SPECIAL GLOW Sammy Lilly is an often out-of-work National Football League cornerback. Recently, after being let go by a professional team, Sammy interviewed for a job at a nuclear power plant in Georgia. He…
