TOP TEN EASTER MISCONCEPTIONS 1 0. Isn't that when you dress up in a bunny costume and go trick 'r treating for colored eggs and carrots? 9. It's when families get together to eat a…
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WHO ARE OUR ENEMIES? John Baker of Brazil, Indiana writes about his childhood in Reminisce magazine. He tells of the Decoration Day parades when the ten surviving Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of…
DEAD DEACONS Someone asked the great preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, if he really believed that the dead lived. He answered, "Yes, I have absolute proof. If you want it, just attend a meeting of my…
TO COMPETE WITH CHRISTIANITY Gentlemen, it would be easy to start a new religion to compete with Christianity. All the founder would have to do is die and then be raised from the dead. --…
LIFE OF CRUCIFIXION If God has called you to be really like Jesus in all your spirit, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility, and put on you such demands of…
WHAT CHRIST DID WHEN HE DIED All that death can do, it did to Christ. Our Lord felt the chill of it. He died alone. But He did for us what we are not able…
DUCK TEACHES ENCOURAGEMENT While a man was fishing at night, a male and female duck were drawn to the lights that shone over the water from his boat. The two mallard ducks were feasting on…
NEWS FROM THE GRAVE One of Ernest Poole's characters in one of his poetic novels says, "History is just news from the graveyard." The best news of all the world and all the years is…
ETHER BUNNY Question: What do you get when you put a rabbit into turpentine? Answer: An ether bunny.
'TWAS THE NIGHT AFTER EASTER ' Twas the night after Easter as I lay in my bed, That the visions of Lent stirred in my head. I thought of the sermons I had tried to…
SACRIFICED HER CHILD A native missionary in India wrote the following letter: Each year millions of pilgrims flock to the banks of the Ganges River near Hardwar in north India to bathe in the holy…
THE MORNING AFTER I jogged around the stadium early Sunday morning. There was the litter of papers, programs, and empty cans. Everywhere was the silent evidence that thousands had been here just hours before. Now…
LAUGHING & WEEPING Only those who are capable of joy can feel pain at their own and other people's suffering. A man who can laugh can also weep. A man who has hope is able…
FORGAVE & FORGOT It seemed like the longer they were married, the more they argued. The husband seemed to do a lot of things wrong, and the wife never forgot a thing he had done.…
RABBIT SACRIFICE An otter, a jackal, and a monkey were going about on their usual rounds. It happened to be a fast day--a day on which they were expected to be especially considerate to beggars…
THOSE WHO LOVE MOST Once there was a man in the past century who sailed on a business venture. About six months after he departed, word came back to the town that the ship had…
CENTRALITY OF THE EMPTY TOMB During the Easter season last year, I sat next to a CM&E (CHRISTmas and Easter Member) lady at one of the services at our church. After the service, she said,…
DEAD IS EASIER Did you ever consider how hassle-free it is to be dead? You wouldn't have to get up in the morning and shower or brush your teeth, nor fight to get that last…
LUTHER ON THE RESURRECTION He who would preach the gospel must go directly to preaching the resurrection of Christ. He who does not preach the resurrection is no apostle, for this is the chief part…
(this illustration appeared in the form of a cross) LEAD TO THE CROSS /THIS IS WHAT /GOD HAS DONE /IN GIVING US /HIS ONLY SON FOR OUR SAL- /VATION FROM /SIN, DEATH, /AND ALIENA- /TION…
