“When I was a child I used to talk like a child, and think like a child” (I Corinthians 13:11). A fifth-grader--kept doing mischievous things in class, in the halls, and out in the playground.…
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“…it is in Him that we live, and move, and exist” (Acts 17:28). About twenty years ago, a panel of social scientists met for a week-long discussion of the principal concerns of that generation’s life.…
“For the love of money is the root of all sort of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith…” (I Timothy 6:10). Psychiatrist Karl Menninger once asked a very…
“Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your…
“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 10:23). There is the story of an old man on his deathbed. His sons had gathered around him for…
“Keep your life free from love of money...” (Hebrews 13:5). Biographer Philip Guedella often lectured on the art of writing biography. He used to say that a biographer ’s most difficult task is finding out…
“Keep you life free from the love of money . . . ” (Hebrews 13:5). From the pen of an unknown poet: He always said he would retire When he had made a million clear,…
”. . . in the last days there will come times of stress. For we will be lovers of self, lovers of money.” (Timothy 3:1). The late Joseph Campbell, famous for his exploration and interpretation…
“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of God” (Luke 10:23). A man of modest means was visiting an old friend who lived lavishly . . . The visitor…
“. . . this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury” (Mark 12:43) A life insurance salesman visited a woman who had been recently widowed. For thirty five…
“…the Father sent His Son as Savior of the world” (I John 4:14). Author/Clergyman Frederick B. Speakman describes the following scene from a vacation day at the New Jersey Shore: It was late afternoon and…
“I am the Resurrection and the Life; he who hears Me, though he dies, yet shall live” (Jn. 10:25). The doctor who attended King Louis XIV of France was obsessed with hygiene, as well as…
“For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable, that is, through the living and enduing word of God” (I Peter 1:23). A sign was posted in the produce section of a…
“For we who live constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake so that the life of Jesus also may be manifest in our mortal flesh.” (II Corinthians 4:11). At age 67, John Chancellor,…
“My child... See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you” (Luke 2:48). A party of schoolchildren went on a week’s camping trip. After they had settled down in their campsite, one…
“...we worked night and day, sharing and straining, so as not to be a burden on any of you...in order to make ourselves an example for you to follow” (II Thessalonians 3:8,9). A mother ’s…
God is like a mother . . . In ancient Israel the making of clothes was women’s work. It is interesting to note in the story of creation (Genesis 3:21) God is shown making clothes…
“This is a lonely place” (Matthew 14:15). A man was delivering a package from a department store. He knocked at the customer ’s front door and a five-year-old boy answered. “Hello little fellow,” said the…
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize?” (I Corinthian 10:24). There is an old fable about a dog that was terribly proud of…
“…there is some merit in putting up with the pains of unearned punishment” (I Peter 2:19) Mike Ditka, former coach of the Chicago Bears, is one of American football’s living legends. Throughout his career, both…
