A LOWER CASE d At the beginning of a speech therapy lesson with a first grade group, the teacher noticed one of the little girls staring intently at her quite pregnant body. After some consideration,…
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THE GREATNESS OF A NATION What makes a nation great? Not serried ranks and flags unfurled, Not armored ships that gird the world,/Not hoarded wealth nor busy mills, Not cattle on a thousand hills, Not…
THE AGE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A toddler seems to know all the questions - A teenager seems to know all the answers.
FREEDOM IS HARD WORK Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; And the ironic thing about it is that it will lose its ease…
RAG DOLL LOVE There is a natural, logical kind of loving that loves lovely things and people. That's logical. But there is another kind of loving that doesn't look for value in what it loves,…
A STRETCHED MAN Stretch the truth and it is ruined. Stretch the man and he is proven.
CREDENTIALS OF COURAGE The greatest credential of a courageous soldier is a frightened and hateful enemy. The credential of a coward is a comfortable and friendly enemy.
WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A SOAKING "I hate to fail, but when it's time to take a bath, I get in the tub." T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
LOVE AND COURAGE Courage and Stupidity are separated by a fine line. Genuine love casts out fear and stays on the right side of the line.
ASK THE MARTYRS The story we're called to tell and live and die by is one of risk confronted, death embraced. What's more, Jesus calls us to walk the narrow way, take up a cross…
COURAGE KEEPS GOING Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it's going on when you don't have the strength" Annon
COURAGE COUNTS Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. Winston Churchill
IN A GREAT WAY Most of us will never do great things, but we can do small things in a great way. From Ministry Advantage, March & April 1993, published by Charles E. Fuller Institute
THE ABILITIES OF THE BRAVE Forti nihil difficile - to the brave, nothing is difficult.
NO MORE NEST In the article "Preaching Pyrotechnics" Craig Brian Larson uses an illustration from Life on Wings by Terry Fullam. This illustration is used to indicate the need to encourage growth and maturity. When…
BRAVE LITTLE DAD A psychologist at the University of Chicago was once telling about the difference made by example. He and his wife were expecting their first child. And he was scared! He played along…
BEYOND EXCUSES He who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Ben Franklin
FRANTIC FROG Have you seen it? It's a great picture. A surprised stork has just begun to swallow a frog. But the frog is not complying. The frog reaches its front legs out of the…
PREVIEWED VICTORY Those of us who live in Hawaii have a unique opportunity when it comes to major sporting events. Because of the time difference between Hawaii and the continental United States, the television broadcasts…
MISGUIDED COURAGE Peter was a fisherman through and through. Even in the Garden of Gethsemane when he wanted to protect Jesus, he was a fisherman. That is why Malchus only lost an ear and not…
