FAITH NEEDS NEW EYES Doubtless, there is nothing more injurious to faith than to fasten our minds to our eyes, that we may from what we see, seek a reason for our hope. From Calvin's…
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QUARANTINE CREATIVITY Years ago a French engineer, Monsieur Ferdinand De Lesseps, was refused permission to leave his ship on the Mediterranean Sea for a period of time, because he was supposed to be in quarantine.…
GIVING NEVER EMPTIES It never was loving that emptied a heart, nor giving that emptied a purse. Commentary on Nehemiah, by Ironside, pg. 117
GENDER BENDER The following was a reply to a church advertisement: "I am responding to your ad for an organist and choir master, either a lady or a gentleman. I have been both for many…
INDIFFERENCE AND INTEREST Indifference is something that others pay back to you with interest. From The Christian Word by The Downtown Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
WRESTLING A GORILLA Persistence is like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you get tired. You quit when the gorilla gets tired!
CATCH OF THE DAY A sad-looking little boy had been waiting quite some time for his order of the catch of the day to be filled. Finally, the waiter showed up and said, "Your catch…
POLICE PRIORITIES After being pulled over for speeding, the speeder confronted the officer and said: "Why don't you people get organized? First you take away my driver's license and the next day you ask to…
POSSESSED BY POSSESSIONS When one has possessions, he is as often possessed by them as possessing them. Louis L'Amour, Jubal Sackett, pg. 317
QUALITY OF SUCCESS Nothing recedes like success! Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's food chains
A FULL VOICE President Theodore Roosevelt sang bass, but did not do so with any particular accomplishment. But he loved to use his deep resonate voice to sing. He was once telling a group of…
A TAB WITH THE DEVIL If you spend your life running up a tab with the devil, don't expect him to forget on pay day!
FIXING THE PIECES OF THE HEART God can fix a broken heart, but only if we give him all the pieces.
BEST TIME TO PLANT I remember visiting a nursery looking for a certain type of tree for the front yard of the last parsonage in which we lived. While there I saw a sign that…
MARMALADE FOR LENT Country parson Russell Hoy gave a good idea for Lent in describing one of his neighbors: "Right now she's making marmalade for the church's Easter sale. 'It's my way of keeping Lent.…
AS SORRY AS HE GETS Dennis the Menace has done it again. He is kneeling on a rocking chair that is facing the corner. He turns around and petitions his watching mother, "Can I leave…
SINFUL SELF-IMAGE In the back of my Bible I have written, "You wouldn't be so shocked at your sin if you didn't have such a high opinion of yourself." From "Get off That Plateau," by…
FAR FROM THE FRONT LINE The war was raging; a young recruit was experiencing his first battle. The frightened soldier inched his way backward, backward and finally just turned and ran. He had gone quite…
CROSSING THE UNSEEN LINE In LONESOME DOVE, by Larry McMurtry, one of the main characters, Jake Spoon, wasn't what you would call the most moral individual to begin with, but he wasn't the worst either;…
THE BIG "I" If you take the word "sin," the middle letter is "I." If you take the word "pride," which the early church fathers listed as the worst of the seven deadly sins, you…
