THE TROUBLE WITH TROUBLES Don't tell other people your troubles. Half of them aren't interested, and the other half are glad you got what you had coming to you. Anonymous author
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THE YELLOW ONES HAVE HEPATITIS When we were still serving as missionaries in Ecuador, there were frequent cases of hepatitis and one of the symptoms is a yellowing of the skin. One day, my children…
WATCHING FOR LANDRY'S SMILE Coach Tom Landry was known as the unemotional coach who for years paced the sidelines of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Walt Garrison, former Dallas Cowboys running back, was once asked…
Apathy | Compromise | Expectations | Failure | Mediocrity | Obedience | Preaching | Purity | Success
NOT TOO CLOSE TO GOD One parishioner complained about her pastor's constant harping on the theme of "drawing nigh unto God." She confessed, "I don't want to get close to God. I just want to…
THE DOG TURNED ITALIAN Before leaving on a two week trip, a man took his dog to his wife's parents, who were Italian. When they got back home the dog turned up her nose at…
YES - NO - YES - NO The careful driver was not sure his blinkers were working. He asked his son to get out of the car and tell him when his blinkers were working.…
THE WRETCHED HOUSE OF THEY Have you heard of the terrible family They, and the dreadful venomous things They say? Why, half the gossip under the sun, if you trace it back, you will find…
SECOND COMING INSURANCE A British recluse named Ernest Digweed died in the early 1980's and left the equivalent of $57,000 in his will for Jesus Christ if he should return to earth before the end…
UNNECESSARY NECESSITIES Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
SUCCESSFUL FAILURES Success has made failures of many people.
TITHE NEGOTIATION B.C. is standing on the mountain top, he looks to heaven and says: "This year I resolve to begin tithing at the customary 3%" All of a sudden a bolt of lightening shoots…
ASSUME A VIRTUE It is not necessary to have a virtue, but it is necessary to seem to have one... Assume a virtue, if you have it not. From "A Toast to Hypocrisy" Newsweek, January…
PARTIAL TAX PAYMENT A man sent a check to the IRS for $100.00 with a note. It read: "I just have not been able to sleep so here is $100.00 I owe you. If I…
INVEST IN SELF FIRST Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don't save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was 40 years…
WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY Money will buy: A bed but not sleep; Books but not brains; Food but not an appetite; Finery but not beauty; A house but not a home; Medicine but not health;…
INVEST IN TAXES Put all your money in taxes. It's the only sure thing to go up. Sword of the Lord, October 2, 1987, pg. 15
THE PROBLEM WITH DEBT The problem with borrowing money is that as soon as one has, one inevitably begins to think of it as one's own. One becomes used to it, treats it like family,…
THE LAST CONVERSION Recalling that Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism, once said, "The last part of a man to be converted is his pocketbook," Peisker added, "We have come up short of that last…
ONLY ONE MORE A chapter heading in Calvin Miller's book Requiem for Love reads: A beggar asked a millionaire "How many more dollars would it take to make you truly happy?" The millionaire reaching his…
BIG GARBAGE CANS A national leader from Korea was invited to visit his denomination's churches in various areas of the USA. Upon returning to his homeland, he was asked, "What is your most outstanding memory…
