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Quit
PLEASE DON'T QUIT attending the services of the church when the preacher offends you... Allow me to be personal. There may be times when you think my approach in a sermon was unwise, my attitude unkind, and my content unworthy.... (continue reading Quit)
Associate
WE WILL PUT up with things in the world that we cannot tolerate in the church... We do it because we have been sent into the world to preach the gospel of salvation. Jesus ate with publicans, prostitutes and sinners,... (continue reading Associate)
Prophecy
IT IS OFTEN said that the Bible is it’s own best interpreter... How true! One of the great things in the New Testament is that we can see the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophesies. Those things written before were... (continue reading Prophecy)
Suffering 2
A STORY IS told of a man whose wife had deserted him for another man... She had succeeded in taking away their children. The estranged husband had given into depression and lost his business. Broken hearted and ruined, he became... (continue reading Suffering 2)
Gentleness
IT'S AMAZING HOW the things people say do not always match up with reality... Consider the person who begins a statement with the words, "I may be wrong, but..." Usually he really means, "There's no way that I could be... (continue reading Gentleness)
Myth
AT THE END of her first quarter at the university, Lenora came home and announced: "I am not going to church anymore...!" Her parents were shocked. "Lenora, what happened?" wailed Mom. "You have all those awards for perfect attendance! And... (continue reading Myth)
Honest
“Truth is so scarce that nearly everyone is suspect... Business people, advertisers, commentators, clerks, salesmen, lawyers, doctors, tradesmen, teachers, writers, politicians, and even many, if not most, preachers are suspect. Our whole society is largely built on a network of... (continue reading Honest)
Sincerely
WHEN WE WRITE letters we commonly end them with "Yours sincerely"... Have you ever wondered why you do this? The practice has its origins in ancient Rome. Roman sculptors often concealed cracks in apparently flawless marble statues with melted beeswax.... (continue reading Sincerely)
Compartments
“HERE IS A great eternal truth... Life cannot be divided into compartments in some of which God is involved and in others of which He is not involved; there cannot be one kind of language in the church and another... (continue reading Compartments)
Trailer
WHAT MOVIE ARE you MOST excited about seeing in the theaters? What makes you think that movie will be good? Movie producers realize that if they want their movie to be successful they have to let people know about it.... (continue reading Trailer)
Leave
THE BUILDERS OF the Titanic were remiss in several areas and doomed the mighty vessel to the bottom of the ocean... Their failures mimic our steps to apostasy. Their lessons are ours as we discover how Christians leave the Lord... (continue reading Leave)
Clash
It's Wednesday, August 10, 1994. You are a passenger aboard flight 2033 from Seoul, South Korea to the resort island of Cheju. You and 151 fellow-vacationers are looking forward to a much-needed rest. The jetliner is only moments from touchdown.... (continue reading Clash)
Minimum
THE BUILDERS OF the Titanic were remiss in several areas and doomed the mighty vessel to the bottom of the ocean... Their failures mimic our steps to apostasy. Their lessons are ours as we discover how Christians leave the Lord... (continue reading Minimum)
King
THE LION WAS proud of his mastery of the animal kingdom... One day he decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. He was so confident that he bypassed the smaller animals... (continue reading King)
Revenge
One year ago, people around the world were stunned by a shooting rampage that left 32 victims dead on the campus of Virginia Tech University... In the aftermath, the mother of one critically wounded student who survived said she did... (continue reading Revenge)
Carpenter
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT Joseph and Mary's neighbors said many times... What was he like as a child? There are some fanciful and apocryphal stories about Jesus performing various miracles as a child. On one occasion, supposedly, he didn't feel like... (continue reading Carpenter)
Second
THE DISCIPLES WERE no different than we are... Get a group of people together in any organization and there is a power struggle. Someone wants to be the big shot or the one most honored and respected or just the... (continue reading Second)
Moron
THE BLOG TITLE read, “Moron turns in $140,000.00...” What this title has reference to is the news story that broke last month. Eli Estrada, a 40 year-old Palm Beach resident found a bag containing $140,000.00 in unmarked $20.00 bills. Mr.... (continue reading Moron)
Salt
MY WIFE ASKED me recently what I wanted for supper... I told her I'd enjoy a big pot of home-cooked pinto beans. She quickly reminded me that we were under strict orders to cut back on our sodium intake. "The... (continue reading Salt)
Information
IN HIS BOOK Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman warns us of the danger of a world of information overload... He reminds us of a chilling futuristic vision—Aldous Huxley's Brave New World,... (continue reading Information)