FRIENDS & EVANGELISM A research study reported in Church Growth: American Magazine, shows the importance of friendship in the process making disciples. The study identified 240 new Christians who were actively involved in their churches.…
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BECAUSE GOD LOVES ME Because God loves me, He is slow to lose patience with me. Because God loves me, He takes the circumstances of my life and uses them in a constructive way for…
ONE MORE WORD A young soldier, serving overseas, was writing a letter to his fiancee. He had written only a few lines when he decided to express his great love for her more emphatically. "I'll…
FRIENDS IN ADVERSITY A young couple shared this actual account: "Our three year old son has had to endure four operations to correct a muscle problem with his eyes. He may yet lose the sight…
RULES OF CONFLICT The Marquis de Queensberry's Rules of Conflict in Relationships: 1. Lower your defenses. 2. Focus on the problem, not the person. 3. Deal with one issue at a time. 4. Get past…
WHEN THEY FALL OUT OF LOVE The most important time in any couple's relationship is not when they fall in love -- but what they do a few months or a few years later, when…
LOVE & TELEVISION Learning how to love by watching TV is like learning self-defense from a "Roadrunner" cartoon. -- Tim Stafford
RENT A FRIEND It is said that Rupert Brooke, the English poet, was about to depart Liverpool for New York when he noticed that the other passengers on the ship he was on had friends…
ASSISI & HUMILITY Dom Helder Camara tells an apocryphal tale about a conversation between St. Francis of Assisi and another monk: St. Francis and Brother Leo were walking together. Brother Leo cried out, "Brother Francis!"…
HABITUAL INDECISION There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. -- William James
PROBLEMS WITH HISTORY History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history. -- Clarence Darrow
BEND OVER AND DIE The Irish Presbyterian Amy Carmichael's hope of heaven brightened during her long years as a semi-invalid until her death in 1951. A woman visited Amy, and during the course of the…
BUNDLED UP FOR THE BATHROOM Show me a child who has just been dressed in multiple layers of warm clothing, driven to an isolated hill at the edge of town and fitted into a pair…
CONTROL OF HISTORY When religious extremists claim they hear the voice of God, they are actually hearing the thunder of their own desires to shape history. Only God, who has conquered "the ruler of this…
TO FEED A DOG Perhaps people are not as resistant to truth as to the way we present truth. A woman read somewhere that dogs were healthier if fed a tablespoon of cod liver oil…
TITHERS TURN THE TIDE by Betty Lou Steffy Temple Tithers Team Together to Thwart the Terrible Tempter's Treacherous Tricks to Taboo Tithing. Tempter Twists Truth Through Tantalizing Techniques - Tries to Tell Tithers to Try…
RELUCTANT STUDENT Did you hear about the little first grader on the first day of school? At lunch time, he packed up his crayons, papers, scissors, and paste and was ready to head out the…
BOOKS OF WORTH The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. -- H.L. Mencken
GODLY MOTIVES A little boy crawls up on his mother's lap. He brings her a picture that he has drawn or some little windblown but-eaten flower. He says, "Mommy, I brought this for you because…
SELF-ESTEEM UPDATES The article "Hey, I'm Terrific!" in the February 17, 1992 issue of Newsweek, tells of the preoccupation that America society has with the concept of self-esteem. The bulletin of The National Council for…
