To Will One Thing
If you ever have traveled through the Middle East, you may have noticed that there are ostrich egg symbols hanging from the ceilings of most of the Christian Churches. The […]
Happiness
Everybody’s Doing It!
Once upon a time there was a king who had everything the world had to offer — all that money could buy, plus absolute power over his people. But despite
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Empty Yourself!
Many years ago a large industrial corporation erected a new headquarters building. They laid a cornerstone which contained various predictions of what the world would be like one hundred years
A Crying Shame
The late Dr. Will Durant had a highly respected, distinguished career as an author, journalist and educator. Among his written works was the monumental “The Story of Civilization,” which he
Christmas Every Day
Once a year, on this day, many of us decide that the time has come to make some changes in the way we live. Most of us probably know at
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The Best Is Yet To Come
One Sunday morning a little boy was “acting up” in Church. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew, but they were losing the
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Heaven Can’t Wait!
Historians tell us that when the Roman Emperor, Severus, neared the end of his life, he gave a kind of farewell speech to his counselors. In summing up his life
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I Want To Be Happy!
Gilbert West was a noted British educator and author. Sir Edward Littleton was a famous English judge. West and Littleton had one thing in common: both were complete skeptics concerning
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We’d Better Run Some Tests
What good will a few extra dollars do you — or a few extra of anything — if you are not experiencing the good life. What good will they do
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What’s In It For God?
Have you ever wondered what kind of man Judas was? Have you ever wondered what he looked like, who his friends were, what his personality was like? He has been
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From Monologue To Dialogue
One of the things that was uppermost in the Apostle Paul’s mind during his early ministry was the idea of praying without ceasing. In First Thessalonians, the New Testament book
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The Divine Influences
One of the most wondrous things about God is that you never know when He is going to break through all your defenses and call you into a deeper relationship
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Has It Made A Difference?
An elderly woman, who had just traded in her compact car for a larger model, drove her long, shiny, new beauty downtown to go shopping. The only parking space she
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There Must Be A God!
Do you remember the Old Testament story in which the prophet Jonah becomes angry with God and ends up in the belly of a huge fish? The story begins when
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If I Have Not Love
“I don’t want the city to come into my Church and I don’t want my Church to come into the city,” wrote a woman to her pastor… I want to
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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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Straight To Your Heart
There is a “Peanuts” cartoon in which Charlie Brown says to Linus: “For as long as I’ve lived, whenever I put on my shoes, I’ve always put the left one
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The Most Comforting Word
Dr. Wilfred Funk who became famous as a composer of dictionaries, once was asked to list the ten most expressive words in the English language. He gave the following answer:
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What’s In It For God?
The United States Constitution affirms the people’s right to freely engage themselves in the “pursuit of happiness.” The New Testament — a collection of the greatest “self-help” books ever written
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Never Satisfied
Once there was a lonely man who wanted a pet — one that would not require a great deal of care. He merely wanted something to come home to in
