SUPER SEPARATION Dr. Eugene Brice tells a disturbing story about a minister who returned to visit a church he had once served. He ran into Bill, who had been an elder and leader in the…
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NEIGHBOR'S CLEANER SHEETS A woman went to the home of a friend. While there, the friend kept noticing her neighbor's sheets as they were hanging on the clothes line. She kept mentioning that they seemed…
MARK TWAIN AGAINST IMPERIALISM My sympathies are with the Russian revolution, of course. It goes without saying. I hope it will succeed, and now that I have talked with you I take heart to believe…
TURNING UP FOR WORK Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some do not turn up at all. -- Sam Ewing
TIME IS YOUR COIN Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend…
FEAR & ANGER BONDAGE When we are trembling with fear or seething with anger, we have sold our soul to the world or to a false god. Fear and anger take our freedom away and…
PASTOR JUDAS A pastoral search committee was looking for a suitable pastor. After thorough investigation they found only one candidate out of the group under consideration. Their analysis of the candidates was as follows: NOAH:…
THE MARRIAGE RULES The Rules - Male Version 1. Most marital problems work themselves out if you avoid conversation with your wife about them. 2. When the husband forgets about the marital problem, it no…
LEND AN EAR Sometimes it is better to lend an ear than a hand.
FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS One evening during a trip to Akron, Ohio, Bill desperately craved a drink after an important business deal fell through. Since alcoholism had almost killed him, staying sober was a life…
EMPTY WEALTH Recently, after speaking to a meeting of a county medical society, I rode to the airport with three of the physicians. As we drove through an area of sparkling new homes, I commented…
SUCCESSFUL SLIDE DOWN LIFE A most pleasant good wish was uttered by a fellow named Kemmons Wilson. "As you slide down the bannister of life," he said, "may all the splinters be pointed in the…
GOD SENT A LETTER Two friends were talking. The first friend asked the second friend, "God is so angry with the sinfulness of man that he is going to destroy all of those who are…
PEOPLE WATCHING PEOPLE Denmark's Copenhagen Zoo opened a Homo Sapiens exhibit between baboons and a pair of ruffed lumures. Acrobat Henrik Lehmann and newspaper employee Malene Botoft lived out their daily existence in a mini-apartment…
CHURCH SPRINKLERS Some church people are called, "Sprinklers" because they go to church only to be sprinkled with water, rice or ashes. Is this the level of our commitment--only to go to church to be…
MARTIN LUTHER KING ON CARING I choose to identify with the underprivileged. I choose to identify with the poor. I choose to give my life for the hungry. I choose to give my life for…
CREATIVE MALADJUSTMENT Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
THE WAY OF SAINTS The way of this world is to praise dead saints and to persecute lives ones. -- cowboy wisdom
AS I LOVE MYSELF "Try to understand exactly what loving your neighbor as yourself means. I have to love him as I love myself. Well, how exactly do I love myself? Now that I come…
HOW & WHEN TO HIT Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. -- Theodore Roosevelt
