WHERE CREDIT BELONGS The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena--whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood . . . who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions--and…
BETTER TYPEWRITERS The standard typewriter keyboard exemplifies our resistance to change. The most commonly used keys are intentionally placed far apart from each other. The arrangement on the keyboard was strategically placed to slow down…
TIME TO RETIRE On January 1 of 1998, Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne spoke of retirement. He said that he was recently visiting a retirement home, but he could not find the right room. He…
NOTHING COMMON Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value. -- Tielhard de…
CHARACTER ENDURES Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. -- Horace Greeley
THEY WANT A LEADER People don't want some jerk off of the street to come in and be their leader. They want someone to come who can lead. -- Norman Schwartzkopf
DUCT TAPE & THE FORCE Carl Zwanzig, speaking of Star Wars, said, "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together."
PROBLEMS DRIVE US FORWARD Problems are God-given opportunities to grow. Challenges which drive us to deeper understanding and maturity. Problem comes from the Greek word "pro balein" which means "to throw" or "drive forward." Problems…
READING RECYCLES KNOWLEDGE Read. It's the best way to recycle knowledge. Source unknown
MAKES ME FEEL GOOD On December 10, 1997, Sam Donaldson reminded Ted Turner that it is harder for a rich man to get to heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of…
THUMB ON THE STEAK A waiter brought his customer the steak he ordered but had his thumb over the meat. "Are you crazy?" screamed the customer, "You have your hand on my steak!" "Of course,"…
LIVING IN TRUTH Dr. Robert Myers sent some illustrations from the book entitled At Home in Mitford, by Jan Karon. The book is about Father Timothy, an Episcopalian pastor and his ministry in the small…
BRIDGE TO WISDOM Mistakes are the bridges between foolishness and wisdom when built by humility. -- Michael Hodgin
INCARNATION CHARACTER A character so original, so complete, so uniformly consistent, so perfect, so human and yet so high above all human greatness, can be neither a fraud nor a fiction. The poet, as has…
INCARNATION MOTIVATION How, in the name of logic, common sense, and experience, could an impostor--that is a deceitful, selfish, depraved man--have invented, and consistently maintained from the beginning to the end, the purest and noblest…
FACT OF JESUS Understanding this is crucial, for it distinguishes Christianity from all other religions. The Christian faith rests not merely upon great teachings or philosophies, not upon the charisma of a leader, not upon…
RECOGNIZING JESUS When someone understands the truth about Christ, it is always a divine miracle. Remember Peter's great confession? Jesus asked, "Who do you say that I am?" and Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ,…
WHO IS JESUS? And Jesus said unto them, "And whom do you say that I am?" And they replied, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the ontological foundation of the…
SKEPTIC'S GREAT FAITH The simple faith of the Christian who believes in the resurrection is nothing compared to the credulity of the skeptic who will accept the wildest and most improbable romances rather than admit…
DOWNSIDE OF GOD'S EXISTENCE If there is no God unto whom we give thanks, there is also no one to blame. If God exists, the downside is the problem of evil. If there is no…
