ELTON TRUEBLOOD ON THE WRITTEN WORD AND THE MINISTER Long before he was a nationally famous man, Abraham Lincoln was asked what has been the most important invention of all mankind. With no hesitation came…
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SERMONS If some sermons were for sale, they should be labeled: Dry Goods and Notions.
A CHILD'S CANDOR There was an elderly lady who said to a little girl, "How do you do, my dear?" The girl replied, "Quite well, thank you." After a long pause the lady asked, "Why…
GOD'S PROVISION Research into the migratory habits of quail in the Middle East makes the miracle of the Lord's provision all the more exciting. Each autumn, the birds fly from central Europe to Turkey. There…
ACTION While on vacation this summer I read Armand Hammer's autobiography, entitled, Hammer. It was a powerfully fascinating story and certainly an insight into the entrepreneurial mind of our century. Here's what he has to…
CREDO As a child, I composed a personal creed, which I would repeat to myself at bedtime. Though I was not raised in a religious home, my creed was a kind of prayer to God,…
THE HALF HEARTED DIET The generously overweight man got on the scale and turned to his friend and said, "Dag nab it! I began this diet yesterday, but the scale says I'm heavier. Here, Norm,…
COMMUNICATION AND HUMILITY After graduating from medical school, Armand Hammer had six months available to him before his internship began. He decided to go to the Ural mountain area in Russia to see if he…
PRIMITIVE The first business concession that Armand Hammer received in Russia following his 1921 visit with Lenin, was the development of an asbestos mine near the rural town of Alapayevsk. This town was so primitive…
PRODDED BY GRAFFIT I "This is a test. It is only a test. Had this been an actual life you would have been instructed as to what to do and where to go." This piece…
GOLF A woman stockbroker had made millions of dollars for an Arabian oil sheik. He was so pleased he offered her rubies, gold and a silver-plated Rolls-Royce. She declined the gifts, telling him she had…
SLAVES People who hate their work are slaves, no matter how much they make.
DID YOU HEAR? Some people will believe anything that is whispered to them.
CHURCH MEMBERS are either pillars or caterpillars. The pillars hold up the church; the caterpillars just crawl in and out. As reported in The Living Light, First Friends Church, Whittier, CA.
LOVE IS A WEAVER OF TATTERS A devout Amish woman once said, "I seem to create so much of my life the way I fashion my rugs - from leftover remnants and tatters of whole…
A BOY'S PERSPECTIVE A little boy was afraid of the dark. One night his mother told him to go out on the back porch and bring her the broom. The little boy turned to his…
THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM -- AMERICAN INDIAN VERSION The Great Father above a Shepherd Chief is. I am his and with him I want not. He throws out to me a rope and the name of…
THE DISABLED FOX A fable of the Arab mystic Sa'di: A man walking through the forest saw a fox that had lost its legs and wondered how it survived. Then he saw a tiger come…
I'M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN One of the most interesting things about kids' sporting events is the parents' reaction to their children. I attended my daughter's track meet. On the fourth and final…
LIMITED STRATEGY In an Air Force water survival school off the coast of Florida, I learned some of the finer points of fighting sharks. "If a shark approaches with jaws shut," the instructor suggested, "try…
