A BALANCED BUSINESS A businessman once saw a sudden increase in his business. This increase lasted for about two weeks. He was suddenly doing twice the volume he had previously done. His curiosity was answered…
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COMMON HATRED UNITES "Love, friendship, and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something." By Anton Chechov
SEXUAL BALANCE Sex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend that nothing else exists. The answer, I suppose, lies somewhere in…
MOMMY! COME AND SEE! "Mommy! Come and see!" The five-year-old's eager tone penetrated to the depths of the laundry room where she was up to her elbows in suds. "I can't come, Steve. Tell me…
COMMANDMENT FOR SIBLINGS A third grade Sunday School teacher was giving a Bible lesson on the commandment, "Honor thy father and mother." "Now, does anyone know a commandment for brothers and sisters?" the teacher asked.…
UNUSED TRUTH Unused truth becomes as useless as an unused muscle. From That Incredible Christian, By A. W. Tozer
LOVERS OR BEARERS Jesus now has many lovers of his heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of his cross. By Thomas Kempis
A TERRIBLE KISS Here is a speculative analogy of what it must have been like for God the Father to receive God the Son after the crucifixion: "Good to have you back, Son," the old…
NOT TOO POPULAR I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, this illustration was used in the June, 1988…
SECOND LOOK AT LOVE Some folks believe in love at first sight; others believe in taking another look." By Sam Levenson
MOM LOVES HIM MOST One evening I drove my husband's car to the shopping mall. On my return, I noticed how dusty the outside of his car was and cleaned it up a bit. When…
AUTOMATIC ENTRANCE The small boy, not quite three years old, skipped down the imposing corridors. Armed servicemen, the best of the best, took no notice of the child who ran past their assigned posts. The…
EXAGGERATION OF LOVE Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else." By Bernard Shaw, from Abigail Van Buren, Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1991
MARRIAGE CURES LOVE Love is a persistent illusion that is cured by marriage. From Ann Landers, Chicago Tribune, November 26, 1991
JUST A FROG Two lady frogs are sitting and looking at a male frog. The first lady frog says, "You're lucky, Frances. Your husband is so handsome." "Frances turns and says, "Handsome? Are you kidding?…
LOVE OF A FATHER From The Story of a Country Town comes an account of a boy's emotions for his father: On one of these occasions I became ill while returning home at night --…
HOW DID JESUS DIE? Octavius Winslow summed it up in a neat statement: "Who delivered up Jesus to die? Not, Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; but the Father,…
WHERE IS THE LOVE? A three year old little boy and his grandmother were studying a plastic model of the human heart. They located all the chambers and arteries. When they were finished the little…
THE HIGH COST OF POPULARITY Hensley Henson wrote just after he had been elected Head of Oxford House, Bethnal Green, in 1987, "I do not care one straw about popularity, for I know that it…
DANGER OF POPULARITY Bishop Stephen Neill said, in an address to theological students, "Popularity is the most dangerous spiritual state imaginable, since it leads on so easily to the spiritual pride which drowns men in…
