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Poor
ONE DAY, THE father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live... They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm... (continue reading Poor)
Faith
SOME YEARS AGO, I picked up one of those plastic water cooler containers at a nearby yard sale and converted it into a piggy bank of sorts... And each time that my family and I returned from the store,... (continue reading Faith)
Friend
MARK WELLMAN GAINED national attention in the summer of 1989 by climbing the sheer face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park... The face that Mark climed is not the remarkable part, but the fact that he did so being... (continue reading Friend)
Remember
WITH THE DEATH of Michael Jackson, the media buzzes with details of his popular career and his bizarre life: star of the family group, the Jackson Five, the changes in his music, his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, his... (continue reading Remember)
Daddy
IT LOOKED AS if the rain would never stop... The clouds were laden and heavy. The thunder rumbled across the sky, and there was even an occasional flash of lightning. The day was gloomy enough, but the funeral that I... (continue reading Daddy)
Creation
IF WE ESSENTIALLY "gut" the first chapter of the Bible and teach that the word "day" really doesn't mean day--but vast eons of time, how can we trust anything else we read in Scripture...? The starting point for Christianity is... (continue reading Creation)
Talk
WHEN A MAN says... When a man says "IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN" He means: "I have no idea how it works" When a man says "TAKE A BREAK, HONEY. YOU ARE WORKING TOO HARD'' He means: "I... (continue reading Talk)
War
...I HAVE NO alternative but to bluntly call it a war... The prize is the inner spirit of my children, and the stakes are high. Arrayed against me are those who wish to extract money, loyalty, and the strong creative... (continue reading War)
"YOU'LL HAVE A hard time topping him...!" This was the comment made by a well-intentioned Christian lady to the next speaker on the lectureship. He responded to this sister, "I don't want to top him. We're on the same side."... (continue reading )
Lazy
THERE WAS A big, overgrown cow poke named Tall Cotton, whose specialty was going to sleep during duty hours, leaving the rest of the crew to do his share of the work... The boys took it for a time, but... (continue reading Lazy)
Stir
I CARRY SOME coffee stir sticks around in my backpack because I want to remember that I need to be a stir stick... I want to get into the lives of people and stir them up and help them reach... (continue reading Stir)
Mattress
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress with $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number of landfill sites, Israeli media reported Wednesday. The woman told Army Radio that she... (continue reading Mattress)
Healthy
APPROXIMATELY FIVE THOUSAND ships departed England on June 6, 1944 for the coast of Normandy to take place in the greatest invasion of World War II... One skipper, lecturing his crew on fear, declared, "Fear is a healthy thing." One... (continue reading Healthy)
Locked
A WOMAN IN Brooklyn is suing a dental clinic for medical malpractice after she was given anethesia and then inadvertently left in the clinic alone overnight... Ramona Mercado was expecting to have her wisdom teeth pulled and she was prepped... (continue reading Locked)
John 3:16
WITHOUT QUESTION, THE best-known verse in the Bible is John 3:16... Martin Luther called it the Bible in miniature, and some even go so far as to say that if the Bible were lost except for John 3:16, we would... (continue reading John 3:16)
Mortify
A FELLOW GOSPEL preacher relates the following story... "The first year of our marriage was spent on a farm. My wife, though reared on a farm, always allowed her parents to take care of killing as well as preparing frying... (continue reading Mortify)
Waterboarding
TO LISTEN TO the news as of late, you would think civilization itself hinges on whether or not we should waterboard terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. It is THE dominant theme in American politics right now and virtually every liberal... (continue reading Waterboarding)
Freedom
A SAN DIEGO minister and his wife claim they were interrogated by a county official and warned they will face escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home... The couple, whose names are being withheld until... (continue reading Freedom)
Contentment
AN ANCIENT LEGEND tells of Al Haffed, a wealthy man who owned a large farm... One evening a visitor related to him tales of diamonds that could be found in other parts of the world. The vision of all this... (continue reading Contentment)
Viewpoint
THREE PEOPLE WERE visiting the Grand Canyon -- a painter, a preacher, and a cowboy... Looking over the massive canyon, each one verbalized his observation: "Incredible!" the painter said. "I'd love to paint a picture of this!" The preacher waved... (continue reading Viewpoint)