UNHEALTHY SOLDIERS In the annals of ancient Greek history was a soldier who faithfully served under Antigonus. This soldier had a chronic disease that caused him great pain and threatened his life. His only relief…
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I NEVER KNEW I never knew a night so black. Light failed to follow on its track. I never knew a storm so gray. It failed to have its clearing day. I never knew such…
NO PRODDING NEEDED I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am a prod. By Winston Churchill, The Life Triumphant, pg. 94
ORGANIZED NOW A homeowner in a new community went to the town's building inspector to get permission to build an addition to his house. He found the inspector unloading boxes in his new office. The…
FIX THE PROBLEM Coach John Wooden chalked up a string of victories while he coached the famed University of California at Los Angeles basketball team. I once heard him say, "Nobody is defeated until he…
MIRRORS OR WINDOWS If you do not trust the future to God and instead wallow in self-pity, the pictures of pain will become mirrors, and all you see will be yourself. By Warren Wiersbe
CONFUSING COMPLAINTS This news clip appeared in the papers after an electricity blackout: "During the power failure many people complained of having gotten stuck for hours on escalators."
TWO FEARS All fears of humanity can be summarized into two: 1) Fear of Death and... 2) Fear of Living
MANY QUARTERBACKS At football games other players are far outnumbered by quarterbacks; two on the field, four on the bench and hundreds in the stands.
MORE THAN WINNING Very few football teams simply go out on Saturday and WIN games. According to the sports writers teams went out and clipped, captured, and bested; dropped, downed, drubbed, dampened and drowned; edged,…
BLACKOUT! When I was a newspaper reporter, I did a feature on training procedures for Air Force pilots. One flight condition a pilot must understand is hypoxia or "oxygen starvation." Students are paired off in…
GIVERS ARE NEVER ALONE Christmas is the one time of year we count our money not to measure our own security, but to see how much we can give. Once you become a giver, you…
BEING AND BECOMING Life is not a destination - but a journey. Life does not consist of a "having and a getting." but a "being and a becoming."
SECRET LOVE Absence may make the heart grow fonder -- but it doesn't hold a candle to secrecy. The proof is in -- secrecy in relationships actually fans the fires of passion. Men and women…
DWELLING PLACE OF GOD "God has two dwellings one in heaven and the other in a thankful heart" By Izaak Walton
UNITED STATES NEEDS REPAIRS It would cost two trillion dollars over thirty years to repair and maintain the nation's pipes, tunnels, cables, and roads. Currently, 39 percent of the nation's bridges are deficient. Leaky pipes…
THE ISLAMIC JESUS Listen, God Almighty says in Surat al- Ma'idah (The Table Spread) 5:75: The Messiah, Son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) has passed away before…
WHICH KING? Two little boys were sitting in the front row for a Christmas pageant at their church. The characters of the Christmas nativity scene were entering from the back of the room and walking…
REPAIRMAN JESUS My wife and I were quizzing 5-year old Megan about what she had learned in Sunday school that morning. "We learned about fixing things." she said. "Fixing things? You mean you did crafts."…
ATHEISTIC HAZARDS In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of…
