IN PRISON OR AT WORK So you wonder why you can't accomplish more at work. Here are some possible explanations: IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell. AT WORK...you spend…
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MORAL LEADERSHIP On June 5, 1788, Samuel Langdon addressed the New Hampshire legislature. He said: "From year to year be careful in the choice of your representatives and the higher powers (offices) of government. Fix…
LET GOD ACCOMPLISH "Don't limit God where he has not limited himself." By Leonard Ravenhill
BECOMING WHAT WE HATE Columnist William Raspberry holds up Detective Mark Fuhrman as an example of someone who has turned into the very thing he hates: "You have to assume Fuhrman's self-revealed race hatred must…
THIRTEEN A man was walking along outside of an insane asylum and he heard people chanting on the other side of the fence "Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen!" Curious, the man looked through a small hole in…
NO ONE CARED A few years ago in Florida, a college student died in his apartment. His death occurred in October. His body was discovered at the end of December when the landlord had sheriff's…
GOD WANTS TO USE YOU A pastor moved to his new church and after his first service, he was greeted at the door by a friendly person. The parishioner said, "Pastor, my name is David…
WHEN MAXIMS CLASH WITH ACTIONS I cannot overemphasize this point: "Do as I say, not as I do" simply does not work. Thus, if you hail the virtue of complete honesty and at the same…
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3 year old son, Michael, prepare for a…
DO MORE Do more than exist--- live! Do more than touch---feel! Do more than look---see! Do more than hear---listen! Do more than talk---say something! By J. H. Rhoades
THE GIRL'S PEARLS The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.…
THE INVISIBLE LEADER A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little…
GET THE KID SOME ICE CREAM! Ten year old Johnny rushes home from school. He invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry vanilla ice cream when his mother enters the kitchen. She says,…
PEARL PERSPECTIVE To the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Oriental, it is a drop of dew, solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel which they wear on their…
CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION The Reverend's Wife Tells About Her Day: The other day I went to a local religious book store where I saw a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker. I bought it and…
THE LITTLE THINGS Little things, small happenings can have big and long lasting consequences for good or for evil. Did you know, for example that the infamous feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys started…
In Lorraine Hansberry's play, "Raisin in the Sun," there is a haunting passage concerning what real love requires. In the play, an African- American family inherits $10,000 from their father's life insurance policy. The mother…
SAVED FROM THE GRAVE Dr. Robert Seiple, the president of World Vision, tells a most-gripping story of an encounter he had several years ago in Da Nang, Vietnam. He describes listening to a father tenderly…
WHY PETS ARE BETTER Why Dogs Are Better Than Women 1) Dogs love it when your friends come over. 2) Dogs think you sing great. 3) The later you are, the more excited dogs are…
LIFTING BURDENS OPENS DOORS An Indian evangelist told me that he and his colleague started on an evangelistic tour through the country districts. They hired a Hindu coolie to carry their luggage. They overloaded him.…
