MORE BROKEN THINGS I have been reflecting on the inestimable value of "broken things." Broken pitchers gave ample light for victory (Judges 7:19-21), broken bread was more than enough for all the hungry (Matthew 14:19),…
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SUFFERING SELF-CONTRADICTION Because of the many contradictions such Christians find in their lives, they feel a loss of their own unique selfhood. There is such a chasm between who they are and who they ought…
KINGDOM LIVING SUFFERING Now it is true that Kingdom living can be here and now -- in the believer's heart. However, when it comes to the external conditions of life and the Christian's circumstances in…
CONSTANT PROBLEMS Everyone has a problem, is a problem, or has to live with a problem. Sam Shoemaker
THE WORLD'S WAY TO LOVE The World's Love has 3 RINGS. 1) ENGAGEMENT - RING 2) WEDDING - RING 3) SUFFER - RING
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CRYONIC SOLUTION A California mathematician suffering from a brain tumor has gone to court in search of permission to have himself frozen to death. Thomas Donaldson, 46, of Sunnyvale, Calif., is a longtime proponent of…
PAINFUL PERFECTIONISTS Someone has said, "Perfectionists are those who take great pains and give them to others." To which I would add, "Mostly in the neck!" From Healing Grace, David A. Seamands, page 19
THE PRIORITY OF PAIN I remember when my oldest son, Paul was seven. He had received an Evel Kneivel bicycle with all the trimmings, including a speedometer, for his birthday. The parsonage was at the…
SUSPENDING JUDGMENT OF GOD We have emphasized all along that the Christian faith is warranted belief and is therefore profoundly rational. This means that we have sure and sufficient reasons at the point of coming…
MAKE YOUR ETERNITY A rabbi spoke with the Lord about Heaven and Hell. "I will show you Hell," said the Lord and they went into a room which had a large pot of stew in…
CHINESE LEGEND OF BAMBOO Look at the curve in the River of Ch'i with the green bamboos so luxuriant. The Book of Songs (Walley): Once upon a time, in the heart of the Western Kingdom,…
AN OPPOSING VIEW OF SUFFERING To many, the most powerful positive objection to belief in God is the fact of evil. Probably for most agnostics it is the appalling depth and extent of human suffering,…
WHAT MUST BE LOST TO LIVE In the motion picture, City Slickers, three middle aged men join a cattle drive in their search for a sense of self. After Mitch helps Curly, the grizzled trail…
INSPIRATIONAL SUFFERING Don't get well too soon - your suffering is an inspiration to us all. By Ashliegh Brilliant
A PAINFUL QUALIFICATION A primary qualification for feeling the pain of others is for one to have experienced it personally. A primary qualification for comforting those in pain is for one to have received comfort…
CONSTRUCTED BY PAIN The only one who allows our pain, Is the one who allowed the stain of sin to take away the breath of life, from his precious bleeding side. A throne of grace…
EASTER Break the box and shed the nard; Stop not now to count the cost; Hither bring pearl, opal, sard; Reck not what the poor have lost; Upon Christ throw all away: Know ye, this…
FOLLOW THE LIGHT A dairy farmer told his son to go out to the barn and get a tool he left there. It was night and the little boy was afraid. The father lit the…
A MATTER OF VALUES After WWI, a great praise service was held in Royal Albert Hall in London; and the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was seated on the platform next to Joseph Fort Newton,…
DAYS TOO SHORT I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the…
