SORROW FOR FAULTS He is not a good Christian who is not heartily sorry for the faults even of his greatest enemies. And if he will be so, he will lay them bare no further…
Sermon Illustrations
THE THINGS A FATHER NEVER HAD Hagar the Horrible, that intrepid Viking from the comics, is talking to his buddy: "When MY son grows up I want him to have all the things I never…
A SUIT OF PROTECTION In the March 4, 1991 "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson, Calvin's mother is sitting in her chair reading a book and drinking a cup of coffee. All of a sudden…
WHAT FRIENDSHIP MEANS To be a friend and to have friends is one of the noblest goals for which we can aim. Friendship is complex and has many facets, but it certainly exhibits the following…
LOVING OUR VOCATIONS Our business is to love what God would have us do. He wills our vocation as it is; let us love that, and not trifle away our time in hankering after other…
UNNATURAL COMPASSION "The opposite to doing what you think you ought to do is compassion." -- Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987
CUSTOM FIT RELATIONSHIPS So many things have to be right in a relationship these days. Everybody wants a custom fit in an off-the-rack world. -- Collin Raye
KINGLINESS OF FRIENDSHIP "In a circle of true Friends each man is simply what he is: stands for nothing but himself. No one cares two pence about any one else's family, profession, class, income, race,…
INDIVIDUAL INTERCESSION An outstanding example of spiritual concern in more recent times was the late Dr. Andrew Bonar. After his death, his daughter led a Welsh evangelist into her father's church in Glasgow, Scotland. She…
KISSING OR TALKING A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Source unknown
LITTLE PASSION FOR GOD Ron Jenson rented a travel camper and traveled around the country with his wife while working on his doctoral thesis. His task was to interview 350 Christian leaders. At the end…
EVASIVE ACTION I saw the horror of the Rwandan famine on TV. It was so unspeakable in its scope and sadness. I knew I, as a human being, had to take action. So I changed…
NEED FOR APPROVAL The movie by Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night is the story of comedian Buddy Young, Jr. At one point his wife comments: "He always needed something more than me. He needed just…
LOVING OUR WIVES "You husbands must be loving and kind to your wives, and not bitter against them." (Colossians 3:19) If the woman receives love she will respond with love, and will blossom into the…
LOVE THAT SURVIVES You can see them alongside the shuffleboard courts in Florida or on the porches of the old folks' homes up north: and old man with snow-white hair, a little hard of hearing,…
INFERIOR AGENTS & FEAR Perfect love, we know, casts out fear. But so do several things--ignorance, alcohol, passion, presumption, and stupidity. It is very desirable that we should all advance to that perfection of love…
LOOK OF LOVE To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
ONE HAPPINESS IN LIFE There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. -- George Sand (nineteenth century)
PATIENCE & RELATIONSHIPS Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith. By Adel Bestavros
WHOM YOU LOVE Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are. -- Creole Proverb
