Called Into Service
Every life will end in death. There are times when we may feel we will live forever. But, sooner or later, every person faces the inevitability of death. At the […]
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Eternal Life
What’s On The Menu?
On a Sunday afternoon, a woman we shall call “Aunt Emma,” was commenting on the sermon she had heard preached earlier that day. She said … “The sermon lasted rather
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We Can See
A woman hovers between life and death in a hospital Intensive Care Unit … From time-to-time she awakens to the “blips” and “beeps” of the monitoring machine, and the steady
He’s Done It Again
A man was returning home in his pickup truck after attending a religious revival meeting. He was still pondering the sermon on Jesus’ miracle of changing water into wine at
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The Ultimate Paradox
The Lord Jesus, the Apostles, the New Testament writers and the Early Christians all made use of jolting paradoxes in their teaching… In the Kingdom of God, the last are
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The Choice Is Yours
A student of the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) said to his teacher. “In my opinion, I am qualified for ordination as a rabbi” … “What
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Let’s Get Lost
In one of his “best-seller” books, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has written a chapter on what he calls “spiritual love.” He says, At the center of purposeful relationships is love.
Tomorrow Belongs To God
In religion classes, among the first lessons taught to children are the Ten Commandments. Some teachers require that they be memorized. Others prefer to stress the underlying principles of the
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A Little Glimpse Of Heaven
An elderly man with a very large ego went to an art gallery with his wife and some friends. Although he was very nearsighted, he took great pride in his
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Always Room For One More
Nine-year-old Wally was in second grade when most children his age were fourth-graders. He was big for his years, a clumsy fellow, a slow learner. But Wally was a hopeful,
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The Great Surprise
Jesus’ life and teachings are full of surprises. He came to a generation of people who were expecting a “conquering-hero” type of Messiah and He told them that the Messiah
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View From The Top
It is clear from the life and teaching of Jesus, that our relationship with God is the most important thing in our life. Everything else — our health, our work,
Two-fork Church
Dr. Howard Thurman, clergyman and scholar, who once appeared on “Life” magazine’s list of “Ten Best Preachers in America,” had an uncommon sympathy for people who slept during the sermon.
The Divine Storyteller
In an “Esquire” magazine article, TV journalist Ted Koppel made some negative comments about modern day heroes: “We are creating a lot of false idols in this society,” he said.
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When Would You Least Expect Him?
When Henry David Thoreau, the author of “Walden Pond,” was terminally ill, a friend tried to get him to express his thoughts on life-after-death. Thoreau replied, “One world at a
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E.T. Phone Home
The movie “E. T.” (if you didn’t see it) is the story of an ugly — beautiful! — creature who is left behind when his spaceship touches down on planet
The Way We Are
In the summer of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. There he stayed for two years and three months. “I went to
How To Live And How To Die
A Parable: It came to pass that after Adam and Eve had been expelled by the Lord God from the Garden of Eden (Gn. 3:23), they wandered all over the
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Skirting Around The Edges?
When a young woman attempted to take her own life, she left a short note explaining why she was doing it. She gave several reasons, but one sentence stands out.
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The Now Man
The itinerant preachers who followed the American Frontier were hard-working, hard-riding, straight-talking men. They preached the good news of the Gospel to people who were living in difficult, trying times.
