DIES ARAE That day of wrath, that dreadful day When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinners stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? When, shriveling like a parched…
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ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE Writer Ken Boa says, "If any of us would be transported to heaven for even a five minute visit, we would never be the same after our return to earth. For the first…
LIFE & DEATH PERSPECTIVE Learn as if you were to live forever; Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Unknown
GET HIM READY, LORD! A prayer for preachers: Oh, Lord, give Brother Jones the eye of an eagle, so that he may see sin from afar; luminate his brow with a brightness that will make…
INFLUENCE AS BEAUTY OR POISON There have been meetings of only a moment which have left impressions for life, for eternity. No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence... yet... everyone of us…
THE TREASURER & TITHING A church in Kansas needed to replace its treasurer. The deacons asked one of their members, the manager of the local grain elevator, to take the job. "I'll do it on…
LOSING THE VALUES WAR It is ironic, having won the cold war and with democracy and the market economy on the ascendancy, that the U.S. seems to be surrendering on the spiritual and values front.…
LEADERS HAVE FOLLOWERS What is leadership? Remove for a moment the moral issues behind it, and there is only one definition: Leadership is the ability to obtain followers. Hitler was a leader and so was…
MILLER TIME or LINCOLN ON WORK When Abraham Lincoln was a young man he took a sack of grain to be ground at the mill. The owner had the reputation for being the slowest and…
CAN'T GO TO HEAVEN The teacher asked her preschool class: "Now, how many of you would like to go to heaven?" All the children raised their hands except Tommy. The teacher asked Tommy why he…
WHEN DEAD DUCKS FLY Two friends were out hunting and one was always bragging about what a good shot he was. About that time a duck flew over. He took aim and fired... the duck…
STAYING POWER An older minister who had faithfully served the same church for most of his ministry revealed the secret to his longevity. He said: "I stayed when they wanted me to stay; I stayed…
INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS & TAXES "The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward." John Maynard Keynes, from Omni magazine
WHOSE PROBLEM IS IT? A man went to visit his friend. As he stepped inside his friend's house a large, dirty dog walked in with him. The house was beautiful with white carpet and couch…
WORK WORTH DOING Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. -- Theodore Roosevelt
GETTING STARTED In London, England, there stands a statue of St. George seated upon a horse. The horse is stationary, with the forefoot lifted midway up from the ground. The horse is just about to…
HEAVENLY ELECTRICIAN Their priest had asked her husband, Sam, to do some rewiring in the confessionals. The only way to reach the wiring was to enter the attic above the altar and crawl over the…
SPIRITUAL INVENTORY W. E. Sangster describes the realities in his world when he concludes that he is spiritually dried out (P. Sangster, Doctor Sangster, pg. 90): "I am a minister of God, and yet my…
NO CHRISTIAN LAITY "The word laity does not appear in the Bible... Christianity withers when it's a spectator sport. There is no place in the Christian faith for those who cannot or will not practice."…
A CHILD OF THE KING During the days of the French Revolution that saw King Louis XVI and his queen beheaded, history records an amazing event. After the public execution, the frenzied mob called for…
