DARWIN'S LOSS OF FAITH After Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882, his friends arranged to have the body buried in Westminster Abbey. It was only 16 miles by horse-drawn cortege from Down, Darwin's village…
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DANDRUFF TREATMENT Here is some good advice for those who are prone to over-reacting: "Don't treat dandruff with a guillotine." By Paul Powell
Adversity | Character | Growth | Maturity | Sanctification/ Opportunity | Suffering | Trial | Trials
SQUEEZING AND CRUSHING Only when the grape is squeezed can it bring forth wine. Only when the grain is crushed can it rise as bread.
VACATIONS NEEDED If you're a good pastor, every year you need a vacation. If you're a bad pastor, every year your congregation needs a vacation. Peter Wagner, from Breaking the 100-200 Barrier Seminar, sponsored by…
GREAT ENOUGH TO GIVE During a medieval battle, a king was saved by a soldier. After the victory, the king called for the soldier and presented him with his own prized cup jeweled with diamonds…
DISAPPOINTING PLEDGE A church canvasser, taking part of his lunch hour, called upon a highly prosperous insurance broker. He quickly explained the church budget and the executive grumpily agreed - and scrawled on his pledge…
The greatest of all evils is an indifference toward these evils.
Never get too nostalgic about some things -- they may come back.
The collapse of character falls back down the steps of compromise.
Solving problems is simple. Living with these solutions is difficult.
Don't talk about your good intentions -- act upon them and let others do the talking.
Never lend money. It causes amnesia in those who receive it.
Love is the only paint that will cover the faults of others.
SHE LIKES BEING LIKED Everyone needs to be touched and held and feel like they belong. I recently stopped at a Kentucky Fried Chicken to get something to take with me to eat on the…
KIDS OK In mid- July, Bill Machmer paid $2500 for himself and three friends to rent a billboard for a month on one of Houston's busiest expressways. The sign, 14 feet high and 48 feet…
BAD INFLUENCE ON SELF One adolescent confided to another: "The trouble with me is, I'm the sort of person my mother doesn't want me to associate with."
LAWYERS OR GOOD GUYS This is how Malcom Ford, explains to his preschool classmates what his father Harrison Ford does for a living: "My daddy is a movie actor, and sometimes he plays the good…
LOVE FIGHTS CRIME A little more than fifty years ago a Johns Hopkins University professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment: Go to the slums. Select two hundred boys between the ages of…
Adversity | Advice | Guidance | Humor | Leadership | Politics | Problems | Solutions | Understanding
POLITICS IS Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx
CHURCH IN SILK PAJAMAS When Eddy Arcaro retired as one of the nation's most successful jockeys back in 1962, a reporter asked him if he still got up early to walk his mounts around the…
