“Wives, give way to your husbands… Husbands, love your wives” (Colossians 3:18, 19). A man named Larry came home from work one evening and was astonished to find his wife cramming her belongings into a…
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“I give you a new commandment: Love one another, such as My love has been for you. So must your love be for each other. This is how all will know you for My disciples.…
“I tell you solemnly, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 19:23). Composer Rudolph Friml once turned on the radio and was outraged to hear one of…
A prosperous young businessman met, fell in love with, and was frequently seen escorting about town a young woman of great gentility and dignity ... He wanted to marry her, but being a cautious man…
“Do not judge so that you will not be judged” (Mt. 7:1). There is an ancient legend about a man who stole a piece of food and was ordered by the king to be hanged.…
The famous playwright, Arthur Miller, once was asked to describe the difference between an ordinary play and a great drama. “In any successful play,” he said, “there must be something which makes the audience say…
“In no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am nobody” (2 Corinthians 12:11). A woman rode down a hotel elevator on a day when the Press crowded the lobby,…
“God created man in the image of Himself, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). In a book published several years ago called, “Adam and Eve…
“Commend what you do to Yahweh, and your plans will find achievement” (Proverbs 16:2). There is a Peanuts cartoon in which little Lucy is telling her brother Linus to get with it, get on the…
“We are… giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart” (2 Corinthians 6:12). A very distinguished-looking…
Willie Loman is the name of the principle character in Arthur Miller ’s famous play, “Death of a Salesman.” Willie Loman’s ambition in life was to be a super salesman and, at the same time,…
“You cannot serve God and mammon” (Mark 6:24). Several years ago The New York Times published an article by Peter Ivan Hoffman, a senior vice-president for a large communications firm based in New York city.…
Let there be light shining out of darkness (2 Cor. 4:6). The story is told of a desert-dweller who one night lit a candle in his tent. Then he reached into a bowl and got…
“. . . the one who searches always finds” (Luke 11:10). Professor Arthur Frank suffered a heart attack at age 39, and 15 months later was diagnosed with cancer. He has written a book in…
“…take as impostors while we are genuine” (II Cor. 6:8). At the peak of actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin’s career, a “Charlie Chaplin Look Alike Contest” was held as a charity fund-raiser. Over one thousand…
“The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed...It is the smallest of all the seeds but it is the biggest shrub of all” (Mt. 13:31,32). Jesus’ “Parable of the Mustard Seed” beautifully and profoundly…
“. . . and many will rejoice at His birth” (Luke 1:14). A newspaper editor named Samuel Bowles was recognized by his colleagues as a careful man who rarely made a mistake. There was one…
“Anyone who welcomes this little child in My Name welcomes Me” (Luke 9:48). A neurosurgeon and an obstetrician were having coffee together in the hospital cafeteria. They began to philosophize over the fact that one…
“A glad heart is excellent medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). Years ago on the NBC-TV “Today Show,” co-host Joe Garagiola recalled a visit he had made to his local drugstore. He said, From the shelves I selected…
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Lk. 12:32-34). There is a scene in the play, “The Clowns of God,” in which God speaks to a group of anxious but well-intentioned…
