BARELY ENOUGH A man went to the bank to cash a check. After receiving the money, he stood at the window and counted and recounted and recounted. The cashier finally said, "What's the matter? Didn't…
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CHURCHES WITH PLUS SIGNS You can be sure that America is no longer a Christian nation when the children ask their parents why all those churches have plus signs on top of them... and their…
THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT The greatest achievement was at first and for a time but a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the…
PRAYER WARRIOR In the summer of 1994 the Associated Press reported about a robbery that was overcome by prayer. In Conway, Arkansas, Cindy Hartman appealed to a higher authority when she saw that her house…
THE POSITION OF THE DRAWBACK The little boy's first grade teacher asked him, "What position does your older brother play on the football team?" The boy thought for a moment and proudly answered, "I'm not…
THE FINISHING TOUCH OF CREATION In an article in Bible Review title "If the Bible's So Patriarchal, How Come I Love it?" Phyllis Trible of Union Theological Seminary recalls a story from her youth about…
YOU CAN ALWAYS RUN An old southern preacher once told his congregation how to escape temptation with this advice: "When your lookin' at your neighbor's watermelon patch, you can't keep your mouth from waterin' but…
WHEN LOVE REIGNS When love reigns in a church, everything begins to take off. It is like when the sun shines in a garden -- everything starts to grow! When there is love, members of…
NET WORTH Recently, Glenn Robinson, the number one National Basketball Association draft choice, signed a contract worth 68.15 million dollars with the Milwaukee Bucks. The contract is guaranteed which means, even if he should sustain…
FROM DUST TO THE JUST The prayer of Scottish martyr James Graham, just before he was burned at the stake, was found on the window of his prison cell. The essence of this prayer was:…
TARZAN AND THE LIONS' DEN A little girl was getting quizzed by her Sunday School teacher to determine how well she knew the Bible. The teacher had asked several questions, and the poor girl had…
CARSON MCCULLERS ON PAIN How much can one person bear? "More" would be the answer of Carson McCullers, the novelist who was described at her death as having a "vocation of pain." "Much of her…
PESSIMISTIC TOWARD PESSIMISM "I'd be a pessimist but it would never work." From On Leadership, by John W. Gardner, pg. 196
SOLUTION FOR UNPAID BILLS A husband and wife were going through their pile of unpaid bills. They were unsure how they would ever get them paid off. The wife finally offered a solution: "The only…
GIVERS WHO STOP AT NOTHING The minister prayed, "Protect us from members of this church who, when it comes to giving, stop at nothing."
THE CHRISTIAN DRAMA In a recent issue of the Christian Century there is an article on the life of Dorothy Sayer who was a friend of C.S. Lewis and others at Oxford. In an article…
LIVING BODIES A young man lives through his body, an old man lives against it. From Men in Mid-life Crisis, by Jim Conway
IN DIVINE PRESENCE To follow Christ is to walk with Him first into the presence of His Father. If that is so, we had better know how to act in the divine presence now (in…
PLANET HOLLYWOOD During the opening of the new trendy "Planet Hollywood" restaurant in Dallas, Texas, an article appearing in the Dallas Morning News quoted Mr. Michael Bernacchi, a marketing professor at the University of Detroit…
HEART-FELT INVESTMENT In December of 1993 Walter Annenberg gave away five hundred million dollars. He captured the headlines by donating this incredible amount of money to public education in America. This billionaire philanthropist had previously…
