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Attention Difficulty Of Winning. – Charles H Spurgeon

Attention Difficulty Of Winning. – Charles H Spurgeon Buchsell, in his ‘Ministerial Experiences,’ says,’ I was surprised to observe that for some Sundays a rustic, whom I had never seen there before, now regularly made his appearance in church, but in the most open way in the world settled himself to sleep as soon as […]

Attendance At Public Worship – Charles H Spurgeon

Attendance At Public Worship – Charles H Spurgeon Young should be Trained. The question is often asked how shall we get our working- classes to attend public worship. The answer may be supplied by an incident of my boyhood. On the mantel- shelf of my grandmother’s best parlour, among other marvels was an apple in […]

Attendance At Public Worship Inritations To – Charles H Spurgeon

Attendance At Public Worship Inritations to – Charles H Spurgeon In Edinburgh a Sabbath- school teacher was once visiting in a close, and in one of the top flats of a stair, found a poor family living in a small but clean room. From conversation with the father and mother, she soon discovered that it […]

Apostates – Charles H Spurgeon

Apostates – Charles H Spurgeon In the long line of portraits of the Doges, in the palace at Venice, one space is empty, and the semblance of a black curtain remains as a melancholy record of glory forfeited, Found guilty of treason against the state, Marino Falieri was beheaded, and his image as far as […]

Ambition – Charles H Spurgeon

Ambition – Charles H Spurgeon Ambition is like the sea which swallows all the rivers and is none the fuller ; or like the grave whose insatiable maw for ever craves for the bodies of men. It is not like an amphora, which being full receives no more, but its fulness swells it till a […]

An Incentive To Zeal – Charles H Spurgeon

An Incentive To Zeal – Charles H Spurgeon There is an old story in the Greek annals of a soldier under Antigonus who had a disease about him, an extremely painful one, likely to bring him soon to the grave. Always first in the charge was this soldier, rushing into the hottest part of the […]

Awakening Gratitude – Charles H Spurgeon

Awakening Gratitude – Charles H Spurgeon Afflictions when sanctified make us grateful for mercies which aforetime we treated with indifference. We sat for half-an-hour in a calf’s shed the other day, quite grateful for the shelter from the driving rain, yet at no other time would we have entered such a hovel. Discontented persons need […]

Attendant Upon Honour – Charles H Spurgeon

Attendant Upon Honour – Charles H Spurgeon In the ancient times, a box on the car given by a master to a slave meant liberty, little would the freedman care how hard was the blow. By a stroke from the sword the warrior was knighted by his monarch, small matter was it to the new-made […]

Abuse Of. – Charles Spurgeon

Abuse Of. – Charles Spurgeon A certain member of that parliament wherein a statute for the relief of the poor was passed, was an ardent pro- moter of that Act. He asked his steward when he returned to the country, what the people said of that statute. The steward answered, that he heard a labouring […]

An Argument. – Charles Spurgeon

An Argument. – Charles Spurgeon If the Lord has enriched you in temporals, though you have not feared him, have you not every reason to expect that he will do as well for you in spirituals, if you ask him to do so ? You call at a friend’s house on horseback ; he takes […]

A Stain on the Universe. – Charles Spurgeon

A Stain on the Universe. – Charles Spurgeon RUSKIN says : — ” The Savoyard’s cottage, standing in the midst of an inconceivable,  beauty, set on some sloping bank of golden sward, with clear fountains flowing beside it, and wild (lowers, ;ind nobk trots, and goodly rocks, gathered round into a perfection as of Paradise, […]

A Help To Courage – Charles H Spurgeon

A Help To Courage – Charles H Spurgeon Courage maintains itself by its ardent action, as some birds rest on the wing. There is an energy about agility that will often give a man a fortitude which otherwise he might not have possessed. We can picture the gallant regiment at Balaclava riding into the valley […]

Avoiding Pitfalls

Avoiding Pitfalls On Easter Sunday, 2013, the southbound side of I-77 near the North Carolina-Virginia border was closed for hours following a massive chain of accidents. Police later reported that seventeen different collisions involved ninety-five cars and trucks. The wrecks left three people dead and more than two dozen injured, many of them seriously. The […]

A Lukewarm Christian

A Lukewarm Christian Recently I talked to a man I will call Mr. Luke Warm, for he is neither cold not hot. He says he is a Christian but seldom attends church. “I am under a great deal of tension where I work,” he explained, “and often go fishing on weekends for relaxation. Church is […]

An Unobservant Policeman

An Unobservant Policeman In 1992, a Los Angeles County parking control officer saw a Cadillac that was illegally parked. The officer ignored the man sitting in the driver’s seat and after writing the ticket, reached through the open window, and placed the ticket on the dashboard. What was even more remarkable was that the driver […]

Alcohol Statistic

Alcohol Statistic 15% of Americans will struggle with alcoholism in their lifetimes, and over 10 million are actively using illicit substances. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Alcoholism Is Not a Disease

Alcoholism Is Not a Disease If alcoholism is a disease, it is the only disease that is contracted by an act of the will; the only disease that requires a license to propagate it; the only disease that is bottled and sold; the only disease that promotes crime; the only disease that is habit-forming; the […]

Are You Forging Your Own Chain?

Are You Forging Your Own Chain? Charles Spurgeon used this parable to illustrate the bondage of sin. He said, “There was once a tyrant who summoned one of his subjects into his presence and ordered him to make a chain. The poor blacksmith—that was his occupation—had to go to work and forge the chain. When […]

Admitting Your Sin

Admitting Your Sin D. L. Moody visited a prison called “The Tombs” to preach to the inmates. After he had finished speaking, Moody talked with a number of men in their cells. He asked each prisoner this question, “What brought you here?” Again and again he received replies like this: “I don’t deserve to be […]

Alexander Rostovzev

Alexander Rostovzev Matinee idol Alexander Rostovzev was converted while playing the role of Jesus in a sacrilegious play entitled “Christ in a Tuxedo.” He was supposed to read two verses from the Sermon on the Mount, remove his gown, and cry out, “Give me my tuxedo and top hat!” But as he read the words, […]

An Unpaid Debt

An Unpaid Debt A Brooklyn man was once arrested for burglary and sentenced to several years in the state penitentiary. A few years into his sentence, the man escaped from prison and disappeared. Police detectives spent hours searching for him, following leads, and analyzing his escape, but to no avail. Although many detectives gave up […]

Author Thom Rainer tells of a man name George-George Mueller

Author Thom Rainer tells of a man name George-George Mueller Author Thom Rainer tells of a man name George who learned a few weeks after becoming a Christian that at least 4 people were praying for him daily. George said: “I wasn’t surprised (my wife) was praying for me….then George learned about others. ‘A friend […]

A. Ten thousand steps-that’s more or less-George Mueller

A. Ten thousand steps-that’s more or less-George Mueller a. Ten thousand steps-that’s more or less how many the average person takes in a day. It adds up to 115,000 miles…4 times around the earth. (info taken from Bill Hybels, “Just Walk Across the Room) How many of those steps are worthwhile? Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]

America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered discernible faith-George Mueller

America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered discernible faith-George Mueller America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered discernible faith transitions have occurred across various subgroups. Young Adults—When Baby Busters (born between ‘65 and ‘83) enter a new life stage, a 1st marriage or parenthood, religious faith stabilizes. Since ’96 7% more attend Sunday school; since […]

A Race for Life

A Race for Life Every year in Alaska a 1,000-mile dogsled race, run for prize money and prestige, commemorates an original “race” run to save lives. In January of 1925, a six-year-old boy showed symptoms of diphtheria, signaling the possibility of an outbreak in the small town of Nome. When the boy passed away a […]

Attempting to Escape the Resurrection

Attempting to Escape the Resurrection In the city of Hanover is a graveyard which has been closed for a number of years—the Garden Churchyard. Owing to its antiquated monuments and the fact of its being the resting place of a number of celebrated characters, it awakens the liveliest curiosity. A few paces east of the […]

An Inventor’s Greatest Discovery

An Inventor’s Greatest Discovery A young student once asked the discoverer of the anesthetic property of chloroform, Sir James Simpson, what he considered his greatest discovery. The man of science and the man of God answered, “The greatest discovery I ever made was when I discovered that I was a great sinner and that Jesus […]

A Judge’s Admonishment

A Judge’s Admonishment Judge Horace Gray of Boston who would later go on to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court once said to the man who escaped conviction on a technicality: “I know that you are guilty and you know it, and I wish you to remember that one day you will stand […]

A Pure Man of God

A Pure Man of God “In great measure, according to the purity and perfections of the instrument, will be the success. It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Proud President

A Proud President Tancredo Neves ran for the presidency of Brazil in the 1980s. He boldly declared that if he got 500,000 votes from his own party, not even God could keep him from being president. He won the election, but one day later he got sick and died. There is no way to know […]

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney-George Mueller

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney-George Mueller A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney, Australia, and asked people where they would spend eternity. 1. British pastor, Francis Dickson, found nine people from five countries who were led to Christ by Mr. Jenner. 2. When […]

ALWAYS ASSUME THE SAFEST POSITION – George Adam Smith tells us-George Mueller

ALWAYS ASSUME THE SAFEST POSITION – George Adam Smith tells us-George Mueller ALWAYS ASSUME THE SAFEST POSITION – George Adam Smith tells us that he was once climbing the Weisshorn above the Zermatt Valley with two guides on a stormy day. They had made the ascent on the sheltered side. Reaching the top, and exhilarated […]

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney-George Mueller

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney-George Mueller A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney, Australia, and asked people where they would spend eternity. 1. British pastor, Francis Dickson, found nine people from five countries who were led to Christ by Mr. Jenner. 2. When […]

A recent survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling-George Mueller

A recent survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling-George Mueller A recent survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling trend in our culture. According to Gallup the evidence seems to indicate that there are no clear behavioral patterns that distinguish Christians from non-Christians in our society. We all seem to be marching to […]

An Object Lesson of Imputation

An Object Lesson of Imputation If we look through a piece of red glass, everything is red; through blue glass, everything is blue; through yellow glass, everything is yellow, and so on. The glorious truth is that when we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, God looks at us through the Lord […]

All 50 States Acknowledge God in Their State Constitutions

All 50 States Acknowledge God in Their State Constitutions Here are excerpts from all fifty state constitutions: Alabama“We the people of the State of Alabama, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution.” Alaska“We, the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation […]

A Godly Government

A Godly Government After decades of service to his country in both war and peace, George Washington completed his second term as president. In his Farewell Address to the nation he wrote: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim […]

A Praying Mother

A Praying Mother D. L Moody used to tell the story of a man who came to him and said, “When the Mexican war began I wanted to enlist. My mother, seeing I was resolved, said if I became a Christian I might go. She pleaded and prayed that I might become a Christian, but […]

Are You Seeking God or Gold?

Are You Seeking God or Gold? Roger Babson, an American historian, was visiting the president of Argentina about one hundred years ago when the president said to him: “You are a student of history, Will you please tell me why it is that South America, with her unlimited resources, and having been settled earlier than […]

A Divorce Averted

A Divorce Averted Newspaper columnist George Crane told the story of a wife who came into his office wanting to divorce her husband. She said, “I do not only want to get rid of him, I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” […]

A Mother’s Love

A Mother’s Love In his book, Moments for Mothers, Robert Strand wrote about the conflicts of a family in Glasgow, Scotland. After years of rebellion, a daughter finally rejected her parents, their values, and their faith. She set out on her own to enjoy a life without restraints, but soon became enslaved to her liberated choices. […]

Activity Cannot Compensate for a Lack of Love

Activity Cannot Compensate for a Lack of Love “A wife or husband may remain faithful and may give evidence of careful attention in matters pertaining to each other, and yet there may be a decline in first love. Similarly, a church member may be very regular in his attendance at the services, but no amount […]

A Mother’s Sacrifice

A Mother’s Sacrifice On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit airport, killing 155 people. One survived: a four-year-old from Tempe, Arizona, named Cecelia. When rescuers found Cecelia they did not believe she had been on the plane. Investigators first assumed Cecelia had been a passenger in […]

A Mother’s Hands

A Mother’s Hands She said her hands were ugly, and she tried to hide them, too.But in God’s sight ‘twas different, for He knew what they could do. They were busy hands for Jesus—doing tasks for Him each day.They washed and ironed and sewed and scrubbed in the most willing, cheerful way. They kept a […]

Are You a Leader or a Boss?

Are You a Leader or a Boss? The boss drives his men; the leader coaches them.The boss depends upon authority; the leader on good will.The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.The boss says “I;” the leader, “We.”The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown.The boss knows how it is […]

ABC’s of Trials

ABC’s of Trials Although things are not perfectBecause of trial or pain,Continue in thanksgivingDo not begin to blame.Even when the times are hard,Fierce winds are bound to blow;God is forever able—Hold on to what you knowImagine life without His love;Joy would cease to be.Keep thanking Him for all the thingsLove imparts to thee.Move out of […]

A Preacher That Would Not Be Bought

A Preacher That Would Not Be Bought At one time Mr P.T. Barnum, head of the great Barnum & Bailey Circus, invited Charles Haddon Spurgeon of London to speak in the large tent at his traveling circus. He made every concession to make the offer attractive to Spurgeon. Barnum would provide the musical talent, unless […]

A Painful Voice

A Painful Voice During musical tryouts, a young man with a horrible voice auditioned for the lead part. He simply didn’t have the ability to sing and that became more obvious with each passing measure. His entire rendition was off pitch and painful to hear. The panel of judges sat in stunned silence, but when […]

Above His Education

Above His Education A young man who had been hired by the personnel department of a large supermarket chain reported to work at one of the stores. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, handed him a broom and said, “Your first job will be to sweep out the store.” “But,” […]

A Walking Economy

A Walking Economy One man was speaking about his finances. He said, “I am like a walking economy. My hairline is in recession, my waistline is going through inflation, and together they are pushing me to depression.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Robber’s Rules

A Robber’s Rules In Words We Live By, Brian Burrell tells of an armed robber named Dennis Lee Curtis who was arrested in 1992 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Curtis apparently had scruples about his thievery. In his wallet the police found a sheet of paper on which was written the following code, sort of a […]

A Leaky Drain

A Leaky Drain A friend of mine awoke one morning to find a puddle of water in the middle of his king-size water bed. In order to fix the puncture, he rolled the heavy mattress outdoors and filled it with more water so he could locate the leak more easily. The enormous bag of water […]

A Dead Man Elected Mayor

A Dead Man Elected Mayor Carl Geary died a month ago from a heart attack as he campaigned for the small country town. Despite his sudden death he still polled over three times as many votes as his rival in the election in Tracy City, Tennessee. His widow, Susan Geary, was not surprised by the […]

A Special Pig

A Special Pig A woman was visiting some people who lived on a farm, and she noticed a pig limping in the back yard with a wooden leg. She asked the farmer, “What happened to the pig?” The farmer said, “Oh, Betsy is a wonderful pig. One night the house caught fire and she oinked […]

A Changed Parrot

A Changed Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing […]

Avoiding Temptation

Avoiding Temptation Icelander, Eriker Olafsson accidentally collided with the yacht, Dragon Song, for the second time just one year and one day after his first collision with the same yacht. He was sailing down the Solent when he saw the Dragon Song and decided to pull alongside it so that he could apologize to its owner for his first […]

A Clever Salesman

A Clever Salesman The story is told about a clever salesman who closed hundreds of sales with this line: “Let me show you something several of your neighbors said you couldn’t afford.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Sermon from a Nut

A Sermon from a Nut A preacher gave an unusual sermon one day, and used a peanut to illustrate several things from the Bible. One of the members greeted him at the close of the service and said, “That was very interesting, Pastor. I never expected to learn so much from a nut.” Facebook Twitter […]

A Biased Reporter

A Biased Reporter A man was walking through the zoo when he saw a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabbed her by the cuff of her jacket and tried to pull her inside and devour her right in front of her screaming parents. The man ran to the cage and […]

A Free Horse

A Free Horse In the days of the circuit riders a minister was out riding one afternoon and came upon a man working in his field. “Fine day isn’t it?” the minister called out. “It’s fine for you”, the man replied. “All you have to do is ride around on that horse thinking about the […]

A Hymn for Every Person

A Hymn for Every Person The Weatherman’s Hymn—There Shall Be Showers of Blessings The Contractor’s Hymn—The Church’s One Foundation The Tailor’s Hymn—Holy, Holy, Holy The Politician’s Hymn—Standing on the Promises The Optometrist’s Hymn—Open My Eyes That I May See The IRS Agent’s Hymn—I Surrender All The Electrician’s Hymn—I Saw the Light The Shopper’s Hymn—Sweet Bye […]

A Decisive Wife

A Decisive Wife A married couple was celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. At the party everybody wanted to know how they managed to stay married so long in this day and age. The husband responded, “When we were first married, we came to an agreement. I would make all the major decisions, and my wife would […]

An Unpleasant Turkey

An Unpleasant Turkey One dear lady was not a cook, but the family decided that after many years, they should eat at home for Thanksgiving. She said, “I’ve cooked this turkey for the first time and I’m gonna bring it to the table. If it’s not good, don’t say a word. If it’s not good, […]

A Proud Turtle

A Proud Turtle A turtle once wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center. The flight went fine until someone […]

A Harping Wife

A Harping Wife A man compared his wife to an angel. He said, “My wife is an angel. She’s always up in the air harping about something.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Stressed Wife

A Stressed Wife One man, while browsing in a Christian bookstore, discovered a shelf of “reduced price” items. Among the items was a little figurine of a man and woman, their heads lovingly tilted toward one another. “Happy 10th Anniversary,” read the inscription. It appeared to be in perfect condition, yet its tag indicated “damaged.” […]

An Ambitious Attorney

An Ambitious Attorney A young attorney started his first practice. He was ambitious and excited about how great his firm would soon be. His phones had not yet been hooked up, but he quickly picked up the phone when he heard footsteps toward his office. Looking as dignified as possible, the new attorney said, “Yes, […]

A Poor Boyfriend

A Poor Boyfriend A prospective father-in-law said to his daughter’s boyfriend, “How much money do you have in the bank?” “I don’t know; I haven’t shaken it lately.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Proud Grandfather

A Proud Grandfather “Did I ever tell you about my grandchildren?” a proud grandfather asked.“No,” replied the friend, “and you don’t know how much I have appreciated it!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

An Exasperated Umpire

An Exasperated Umpire Sitting in the stands at a baseball game, a lady critic yelled, “Ump, if I was your wife, I’d feed you poison.” This was all the baseball umpire could stomach. Glaring back, he shouted, “And if I were your husband, I’d take it!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Avoiding Pride

Avoiding Pride The story is told of two women in Shanghai who were discussing the topic of pride and began to wonder if Hudson Taylor was ever tempted to be prideful because of his many accomplishments. One of the women decided to ask Taylor’s wife, Maria, about it. Maria promised the woman that she would […]

A Lowly Saviour

A Lowly Saviour D.L. Moody was the most famous evangelist in the world in the late 1800s. People came from around the world to attend his Bible Conferences in Northfield, Massachusetts. One year a large group of pastors from Europe were among the attendees. They were given rooms in the dormitory of the Bible school. […]

Abigail Adams on Racism

Abigail Adams on Racism When John Adams, our second president, was living in Philadelphia he and Abigail befriended a boy of African descent named James Prince. The local school refused to allow him to attend. Mrs. Adams demanded that the boy be allowed to attend. She said, “Is this the Christian principle of doing unto […]

A Suitcase of Pavement

A Suitcase of Pavement A story is told about a man who found out it was his time to go to Heaven. He asked the Lord if he could bring just one thing. The Lord said, “No”. Finally after many requests the Lord said, “You can bring one thing.” Happily, the man packed his suitcase […]

A Gesture of Gratitude

A Gesture of Gratitude On Thursday, November 27, 2003 President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq so that he could thank U.S. troops for defending the American people from danger. The President served Thanksgiving dinner to 600 soldiers. Speaking of the soldiers far from their home, he said, “It’s got to be […]

A. W. Tozer on Grace

A. W. Tozer on Grace “Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines Him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. Its use to us sinful men is to save us and make us sit together in heavenly places to demonstrate to the ages the exceeding riches of God’s kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” […]

A Merchant’s Motto

A Merchant’s Motto George Moore, a nineteenth century merchant, wrote these words in his pocketbook: “What I spent I had:What I saved I lost:What I gave I have.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Grateful Heart Is a Giving Heart

A Grateful Heart Is a Giving Heart The Baptist preacher Dr. George W. Truett accepted an invitation from a church to preach the dedication sermon for their new building. He arrived at the church about ten minutes before the service started, and was told that the church needed to raise $6,500 by the next day […]

A Bad Dream

A Bad Dream The story is told of a man who had a horrible dream. He said, “I dreamed that the Lord took my Sunday offering and multiplied it by ten, and this became my weekly income. In no time I lost my color TV, had to give up my new car and couldn’t make […]

A Good Plan

A Good Plan Judd Lewis (1867-1945) worked for forty-five years at the Houston Post newspaper. He wrote a column of humor and poetry under the name, “Uncle Judd.” He was a man of great compassion who helped find a proper home for two hundred twenty-one homeless children. No doubt, each of them had issues of forgiveness to […]

A Source of Rejoicing

A Source of Rejoicing Professional baseball has been played in America since 1875, but on September 14, 1990, something happened that has never happened before or since. Late in his career, Ken Griffey, Sr., who had been a key member of the World Series champion Cincinnati Reds years before, was signed by the Seattle Mariners. […]

A Mother’s Salary

A Mother’s Salary Salary.com conducted a survey in 2010 that attempted to place a monetary value on the work of a stay-at-home mom. They determined that if mothers were to be paid for their ten most common tasks in the home (laundry machine operator, janitor, van driver, computer operator, housekeeper, day care center teacher, cook, […]

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney -George Mueller

A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney -George Mueller A man named Mr. Jenner stood on a George Street in Sydney, Australia, and asked people where they would spend eternity. 1. British pastor, Francis Dickson, found nine people from five countries who were led to Christ by Mr. Jenner. 2. […]

A Recent Survey By George Gallup Jr. Revealed A ..-George Mueller

A Recent Survey By George Gallup Jr. Revealed A ..-George Mueller A recent survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling trend in our culture. According to Gallup the evidence seems to indicate that there are no clear behavioral patterns that distinguish Christians from non-Christians in our society. We all seem to be marching to […]

America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered-George Mueller

America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered-George Mueller America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered discernible faith transitions have occurred across various subgroups. Young Adults—When Baby Busters (born between ‘65 and ‘83) enter a new life stage, a 1st marriage or parenthood, religious faith stabilizes. Since ’96 7% more attend Sunday school; since ’98 6% […]

A Forgiving Wife

A Forgiving Wife The English artist George Romney fell in love and married a young lady, but then left her so that he could pursue his career wholeheartedly (although he did support her financially). His paintings brought him much income, but he eventually became too old to work and went back to his wife who […]

Afraid of the Master’s Touch

Afraid of the Master’s Touch Mendelssohn once visited the cathedral at Fribourg, and having heard the great organ, went into the organ loft and asked to be allowed to play it. The old organist, in jealousy for his instrument, at first refused, but was afterward prevailed on to allow the great German composer to try […]

Asking in Faith

Asking in Faith When Hutson Taylor was sailing to China to begin his missionary work, his ship was in great danger. The wind had died, and the current was carrying them toward sunken reefs which were close to islands inhabited by cannibals—so close they could see them building fires on the shore. Everything they tried […]

A Gold Doorstop

A Gold Doorstop In 1799, Conrad Reed discovered a seventeen-pound rock while fishing in Little Meadow Creek. Not knowing what it was made of, his family used it as a doorstop for three years. In 1802, his father, John Reed, took it to a jeweler who identified it as a lump of gold worth about […]

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a prisoner in a Soviet prison in Siberia. He became so weak and discouraged that he wished he would die. The guards would beat and usually kill anyone that stopped working. He decided to stop working so that the guards would kill him. As soon as he did so, another […]

All They Do Is Study

All They Do Is Study A college freshman was giving her friend a tour of the college she attended. She pointed out the various recreational sights in the area and the numerous places for eating out. When they returned to the dorm, the freshman reminded her visiting friend that they needed to be quiet because her […]

A Welcome Phone Call

A Welcome Phone Call On February 27, 1991, during the Desert Storm War, a woman by the name of Ruth Dillow received the worst call of her life. Her son, Clayton Carpenter, Private First Class, had stepped on a land mine and was dead. For the next three days she grieved. No one could comfort […]

According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians-George Mueller

According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians-George Mueller According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians believe the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves. It doesn’t. More than ½ of the people describing themselves as Christians believe that Satan is not a living entity, but just symbolic: […]

Awakened Souls, Opportunity for Preaching to – Charles Spurgeon

Awakened Souls, Opportunity for Preaching to – Charles Spurgeon PEOPLE go to sleep for a long time, but all on a sudden they begin to rub their eyes, and to inquire about this, and about that, and about something else. Well, now is the time, when the spirit is thus aroused, to preach the gospel […]

Avarice, Destroying Nature of – Charles Spurgeon

Avarice, Destroying Nature of – Charles Spurgeon OH, what tears have strong men shed in this city, tears which fell not outside the cheek, these had been harmless; but they dropped within the soul, to scald and sear it with ever-abiding melancholy! That which cheered and comforted them, the gain of wealth, has gone, and […]

Atonement, Worthy of our Trust – Charles Spurgeon

Atonement, Worthy of our Trust – Charles Spurgeon IS there a grander verse in the whole Bible, is there anything in the compass of Scripture, that ever glorified God more than that notable expression of David when he had been sinning with Bathsheba, and made himself as foul and as filthy as the very swine […]

 Atonement, Value of—To the Sin-convinced – Charles Spurgeon 

Atonement, Value of—To the Sin-convinced – Charles Spurgeon I DO not think anyone ever knows the preciousness of the blood of Christ until he has had a full sight and sense of his sin, his uncleanliness, and his ill-desert. Is there any such thing as really and truly coming to the cross of Christ until […]

 Atonement, Unlimited Character of the – Charles Spurgeon 

Atonement, Unlimited Character of the – Charles Spurgeon I KNOW there are some who think it necessary to their system of theology to limit the merit of the blood of Jesus: if my system of theology needed such a limitation, I would cast it to the winds. I cannot, dare not, allow the thought to […]

 Atonement Typified – Charles Spurgeon 

Atonement Typified – Charles Spurgeon THE Lord did not study attractive aesthetics, he did not prepare a tabernacle that should delight men’s tastes; it was rich indeed, but so blood-stained as to be by no means beautiful. No staining of glass to charm the eye, but instead thereof the inwards of slaughtered bullocks. Such sights […]

A Tuned Ear

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Are You Contributing or Committing?

Are You Contributing or Committing? A hog and a hen sharing the same barnyard heard about a church’s program to feed the hungry. The hog and the hen discussed how they could help. The hen said, “I’ve got it! We’ll provide bacon and eggs for the church to feed the hungry.” The hog thought about […]

A Torch Still Lit

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Aim for the Right Goal

Aim for the Right Goal Matt Emmons had the gold medal in sight. He was one shot away from claiming victory in the 2004 Olympic 50-meter three-position rifle event. He didn’t even need a bull’s-eye to win. His final shot merely needed to be close to the center of the target. Normally, the shot he […]

Atonement, Greatness of the – Charles Spurgeon

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 Aspirations, Heavenly—Wrought by God – Charles Spurgeon 

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Ark, The—A Type of Christ’s Salvation – Charles Spurgeon

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Architecture, no help to Devotion – Charles Spurgeon

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Appearances, False Judgment by – Charles Spurgeon

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Annihilation, Doctrine of—Warning against – Charles Spurgeon

Annihilation, Doctrine of—Warning against – Charles Spurgeon I DO not wonder that ingenious persons have invented theories which aim at mitigating the terrors of the world to come to the impenitent. It is natural they should do so, for the facts are so alarming as they are truthfully given us in God’s word, that if […]

Angels Watching the Professor – Charles Spurgeon

Angels Watching the Professor – Charles Spurgeon I SHOULD like to ask the man who professes to be a Christian, what the angels see him do? There is a little room upstairs there, your closet, or perhaps you use your bedside for prayer. I should like to know how you behave there. It is not […]

Angels, Sympathy of – Charles Spurgeon

Angels, Sympathy of – Charles Spurgeon ANGELS, we know, have often been messengers of God’s will to the sons of men. They have never shown any reluctance, on the contrary, great has been their joy to bear God’s tidings down from Heaven to earth, and their sympathy even with fallen men, with men who have […]

Angels, Guardians of the Church – Charles Spurgeon

Angels, Guardians of the Church – Charles Spurgeon INVISIBLE spirits of superior race are servitors to the beloved sons of God. All Heaven’s hosts are ready for our defense. If it were needful, the new Jerusalem would empty out itself of its thousands, as Thebes did of its myriads from all its hundred gates, and […]

Angelic Service, a Pattern for us – Charles Spurgeon

Angelic Service, a Pattern for us – Charles Spurgeon WHAT would you think of an angel who was sent from the throne of God to bear a message, and who lingered on the way or refused to go? It was midnight, and the message came to Gabriel and his fellow songsters, “Go and sing o’er […]

Angelic Observation – Charles Spurgeon

Angelic Observation – Charles Spurgeon WHAT a scale of survey must a seraph have! How readily can we imagine an eye that takes in at once the landscape of the world! He need not confine himself to one single spot in God’s universe, but with rapid wings he can steer far and wide over the […]

Amen – Charles Spurgeon

Amen – Charles Spurgeon WE have it put on record by Jerome, that at Rome the people were accustomed to say “Amen” in the gatherings of the early Christians so heartily, I might add so lustily, that it was like the dash of a cataract, or a clap of thunder. I could wish that we […]

Aim, Singleness of – Charles Spurgeon

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Age, Golden—To come – Charles Spurgeon

Age, Golden—To come – Charles Spurgeon IT has been the custom with men to speak of ages as “the age of brass or iron,” and “the age of gold.” This age of gold we are always looking for; the world’s face is constantly turned to it; so much so that quacks play upon the simplicity […]

Affliction, Revealing Christ’s Heart – Charles Spurgeon

Affliction, Revealing Christ’s Heart – Charles Spurgeon “IT is good for me that I have been afflicted,” many can say, not only because of the restoring effect of sorrow, but because their afflictions have acted like windows, to let them gaze into the very heart of Christ, and read his pity and understand his nature, […]

Affliction, Preparation for Service – Charles Spurgeon

Affliction, Preparation for Service – Charles Spurgeon IT is in the gymnasium of affliction that men are modeled and fashioned in the beauty of holiness, and all their spiritual powers are trained for harmonious action. It was meet also that they should suffer, in order to complete their service. Like their Lord, they had to […]

Affliction, Jewels of – Charles Spurgeon

Affliction, Jewels of – Charles Spurgeon WEEP not because the vessel of your present comfort has gone out to sea, and you have lost sight of the white sails; it shall come back again to you laden with nobler treasure. Weep not because the sun has gone down, for it descends that the dews may […]

Affliction, a School of Experience – Charles Spurgeon

Affliction, a School of Experience – Charles Spurgeon WHY should I dread to descend the shaft of affliction, if it leads me to the gold mine of spiritual experience? Why should I cry out if the sun of my prosperity goes down, if in the darkness of my adversity I shall be the better able […]

Affliction, a help to Piety – Charles Spurgeon

Affliction, a help to Piety – Charles Spurgeon I HAVE seen a little plant beneath an oak tree sheltered from the storm, and wind, and rain, and it felt pleased and happy to be so screened; but I have seen the woodman come with his axe and fell the oak; and the little plant has […]

Activity, Christian – Charles Spurgeon

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Acquaintanceship with Christ – Charles Spurgeon

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Accessibility of God – Charles Spurgeon

Accessibility of God – Charles Spurgeon TWO friends agree never to go farther apart than they can communicate with one another by telegraph. One of them has crossed the Atlantic, and resides in the United States, or in the far west, but still he has only to go to the office, where a wire can […]

Abiding with Jesus – Charles Spurgeon

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As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S-George Mueller

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Angry at First, Saved at Last. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Child’s Prayer Answered. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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Always Happy. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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Always when needs were pressing, Mr. Mueller would call-george mueller

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A Defaulter’s Confession. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Blind, Illiterate Soulwinner

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A Revival Funeral

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A Dead Man Cannot Respond

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A Purpose for Living

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A Worn-out Body

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A Remarkable Case. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Distiller Interrogates Moody. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Dying Infidel’s Confession. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Christian steamship captain, a contemporary of George Mueller-George Mueller

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Abraham Lincoln on Answering Critics

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Anti—Creationism Class

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A Sad and Singular Story. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Man Of Powerful Prayer-George Mueller

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Avoiding Decisions

Avoiding Decisions “Some people are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Frosted Flakes Puzzle

A Frosted Flakes Puzzle A blonde called out and asked her husband to help her with a very difficult jigsaw puzzle that she could not figure out how to get started. Her husband asked, “What is it supposed to be when it’s finished?” She replied, “According to the picture on the box, it’s a tiger.” […]

Ads That Should Have Been Proofread

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A Delightful Voice

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A Christian Without a Church

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A Long Ladder Tumbles to the Ground. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Good Excuse. – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Good Excuse. – Dwight Lyman Moody If you have got a good excuse don’t give it up for anything I have said; don’t give it up for anything your mother may have said; don’t give it up for anything your friend may have said. Take it up to the bar of God and state […]

“A Day of Decision.” – Dwight Lyman Moody

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An Irishman Leaps Into the Life-Boat. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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Atheists’ Day

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Advertisement in a Department Sore Make this Christmas one you will not soon forget—charge everything! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Zealous Young Lady. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Story Moody “Never will Forget.” – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Story Moody “Never will Forget.” – Dwight Lyman Moody A few years ago, in a town somewhere in this state, a merchant died, and while he was lying a corpse I was told a story I will never forget. When the physician that attended him saw there was no chance for him here, he […]

A Dream. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

A Dream. – Dwight Lyman Moody I heard of a Christian who did not succeed in his work so well as he used to, and he got homesick and wished himself dead. One night he dreamed that he had died, and was carried by the angels to the Eternal City. As he went along the crystal pavement […]

A Commercial Traveler. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

A Commercial Traveler. – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember when preaching in New York City, at the Hippodrome, a man coming up to me and telling me a story that thrilled my soul. One night, he said he had been gambling; had gambled all the money away he had. When he went home to the […]

A Saviour Who Made Us Rich

A Saviour Who Made Us Rich In January of 1956, Jim Elliot and four other missionaries gave their lives in Ecuador in their effort to reach the Waodani (Auca) Indians. This fierce group was known to attack any outsiders, but the vision for reaching them with the gospel compelled these young men to take the […]

After Easter Diet

After Easter Diet A Sunday school teacher asked each member of her class to write one sentence on “What Easter Means to Me.” One pupil wrote: “Egg salad sandwiches for the next two weeks!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Cold Bath

A Cold Bath A man took his little boy to a mountain spring for the first time. When they jumped in the little boy began to shiver with cold and cried, “Oy, Papa, Oy!” His father led him out, rubbed him down with a towel and dressed him. “Ahh, Papa, ahh!” purred the little fellow, […]

A Child Looking for its Lost Mother. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

A Child Looking for its Lost Mother. – Dwight Lyman Moody A little child, whose mother was dying, was taken away to live with some friends because it was thought she did not understand what death is. All the while the child wanted to go home and see her mother. At last, when the funeral […]

A Christian Home?

A Christian Home? After the dedication of his baby brother in church, little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally the boy replied, “That pastor said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I want to […]

A Little Child Converts an Infidel. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

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Advice from Children

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A Boy’s Mistake—A Sad Reconciliation. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

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A Father’s Mistake. – Dwight Lyman Moody 

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Americans Are Free

Americans Are Free The Fourth of July weekend was approaching, and Miss Pelham, the nursery school teacher, took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism. “We live in a great country,” she announced. “One of the things we should be happy about is that, in this country, we are all free.” Trevor, who was […]

A Child’s Prayer Request Answered Before it Is Prayed

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Always Be Ready to Meet the Lord

Always Be Ready to Meet the Lord A mother was explaining, to her little girl, the death of her father. The mother said: “God has sent for your father and will send for us, but I do not know just when.” Finally, the little girl said: “If we do not know just when God is […]

A Mother in Law’s Visit

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A Funeral for a Turtle

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Asking for a Watch

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A Toddler’s Rules of Ownership

A Toddler’s Rules of Ownership 1. If I like it, it’s mine. 2. If it’s in my hand, it’s mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it’s mine. 4. If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine. 5. If it’s mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. […]

An Ungrateful Son

An Ungrateful Son In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” Mom and Dad had botched his upbringing so badly, he charged in his suit, that he would need years of costly psychiatric treatment. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Child’s Description of a Christian

A Child’s Description of a Christian During Sunday school, the teacher asked her class of first-graders if anyone could describe a Christian. A little boy quickly raised his hand and stated, “Christians are nice people who never complain, argue, or talk back.” He then added, “My Daddy is a good Christian, but my Mommy isn’t.” […]

A Little Boy’s Experience. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Man Drinks up a Farm. – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Man Drinks up a Farm. – Dwight Lyman Moody A few years ago, I was going away to preach one Sunday morning, when a young man drove up in front of us. He had an aged woman with him. “Who is that young man?” I asked. Do you see that beautiful meadow?” said my […]

A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A Mother’s Mistake. – Dwight Lyman Moody

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ASKING QUESTIONS IS THE KEY TO LEARNING

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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Korean Air Lines flight KE007 was shot down by Soviet fighter-jets on September 1, 1983. On that fateful night, 240 unsuspecting passengers and crew members were shot down like an innocent sparrow in flight. The trigger-man for the Soviet Union was Major Osipovich, a pilot who wasn’t originally scheduled to […]

A STABLE FOUNDATION

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AN ALARMING ANSWERING MACHINE GREETING

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Activity, Christian—Emblem of-Charles Spurgeon

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Activity, Christian—Dying view of-Charles Spurgeon

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ABOUT THE BIBLE

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Acquaintanceship with Christ-Charles Spurgeon

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AFFECTION – Dwight Lyman Moody

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A METHODIST COFFEEPOT

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ATHEIST BILLBOARD

ATHEIST BILLBOARD The American Atheists organization paid $20,000 for a billboard near the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen, New Jersey. The sign had a silhouette of Three Wise Men approaching a nativity. The words, “You KNOW it’s a Myth. This Season, Celebrate REASON!” were printed in bold. The billboard was meant to encourage atheists to […]

ANGER KILLS

ANGER KILLS John Hunter was a man arrogant in demeanor and possessed a violent and ungovernable temper. He was accustomed to say, “My life is at the mercy of any scoundrel who chooses to put me in a passion.” These words proved prophetic, for at a meeting of the board of St. George’s Hospital in […]

ANGRY DRIVERS

ANGRY DRIVERS Two men, driving in Southern California, got into a battle of road rage after one cut the other off in a parking lot. The hot-headed men sped out of the parking lot in a fit of anger, chasing, driving recklessly, dodging and weaving in and out of traffic. They endangered a lot of […]

ALCOHOL ACCIDENT

ALCOHOL ACCIDENT Silas Caldwell accidentally killed his best friend, Larry Slusher, on June 21, 1998. Both men had been drinking when Larry, put a beer can on top of his head and told Silas to shoot the can. Silas missed the can and hit his friend. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCOUNTABILITY In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon MacDonald suggests twenty-six questions to help develop accountability and invite feedback. If we desire to grow, we should submit our selves to a spiritual mentor and answer these questions honestly. 1. How is your relationship with God right now? 2. What have you read in the Bible in the […]

Accessibility of God

Accessibility of God – Charles Spurgeon TWO friends agree never to go farther apart than they can communicate with one another by telegraph. One of them has crossed the Atlantic, and resides in the United States, or in the far west, but still he has only to go to the office, where a wire can […]

Abiding with Jesus-Charles Spurgeon

Abiding with Jesus – Charles Spurgeon We are too much like the bird we read of in the old Saxon story. When the first missionary was preaching in the royal hall, he told of the peace which the gospel brings to sinners, and the rest which souls find in Jesus. After his sermon an ancient […]

A SELFISH WIFE

A SELFISH WIFE Friend to Wife: “Do you think your husband is hard to please?” Wife: “I really don’t know—I’ve never tried.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A LIVING THIEF

A LIVING THIEF The story is told of a man who was asked, “Are you a believer in the Christian religion?” “Oh, certainly!” “You are a member of some church, then, I suppose?” “Member of a church? No, indeed. Why should I be a member of a church? It is quite unnecessary; the dying thief […]

Abortion Statistics

Abortion Statistics One out of every three babies conceived in America is aborted. There are 1.6 million abortions reported in this country every year, meaning that over 40 million abortions have taken place since abortion was legalized in 1973. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

ABORTION OR MURDER?

ABORTION OR MURDER? A worried woman sought the help of her gynecologist in securing an abortion. She explained that she was desperate because she already had a child that was not yet one. The doctor thought for a moment and then suggested what he believed to be a better alternative. He noted his plan would […]

A London Doctor Saved after Fifty Years of Prayer. – Dwight Lyman Moody

A London Doctor Saved after Fifty Years of Prayer. – Dwight Lyman Moody A London Doctor Saved after Fifty Years of Prayer. When I was in London there was a leading doctor in that city, upwards of seventy years of age, wrote me a note to come and see him privately about his soul. He […]

A Voice from the Tomb. – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Voice from the Tomb. – Dwight Lyman Moody A Voice from the Tomb. The other day I read of a mother who died, leaving her child alone and very poor. She used to pray earnestly for her boy, and left an impression upon his mind that she cared more for his soul than she […]

A Father’s Love Trampled Under Foot. – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Father’s Love Trampled Under Foot.– Dwight Lyman Moody A Father’s Love Trampled Under Foot. I once heard of a father who had a prodigal boy, and the boy had sent his mother down to the grave with a broken heart, and one evening the boy started out as usual to spend the night in […]

Arthur P. Oxley! Your Mother Wishes to See You – Dwight Lyman Moody

Arthur P. Oxley! Your Mother Wishes to See You – Dwight Lyman Moody There was a lady that came down to Liverpool to see us privately; it was just before we were about to leave that city to go to London to preach. With tears and sobs she told a very pitiful story. It was […]

Angry At First, Saved At Last – Dwight Lyman Moody

Angry At First, Saved At Last – Dwight Lyman Moody In Dublin I was speaking to a lady in the inquiry-room, when I noticed a gentlemen walking up and down before the door. I went forward, and said: “Are you a Christian?” He was very angry, and turned on his heel and left me. The […]

An Emperor Sets Forty Million Slaves Free – Dwight Lyman Moody

An Emperor Sets Forty Million Slaves Free – Dwight Lyman Moody Once the Emperor of Russia had a plan by which he was to liberate the serfs of that country. There were forty millions of them. Of some of them, their whole time was sold, of others, only a part. The Emperor called around him […]

All Right or All Wrong – Dwight Lyman Moody

All Right or All Wrong – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember when in the old country a young man came to me — a minister — and said he wanted to talk with me. He said to me: “Mr. Moody, you are either all right and I am all wrong, or else I am right, […]

Affliction – Dwight Lyman Moody

Affliction – Dwight Lyman Moody A Child Visits Abraham Lincoln, and Saves the Life of a Condemned Soldier. During the war I remember a young man, not twenty, who was court-martialed down in the front and sentenced to be shot; The story was this: The young fellow had enlisted. He was not obliged to, but […]

A Zealous Young Lady – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Zealous Young Lady – Dwight Lyman Moody I was very much interested some time ago in a young lady that lived in the city. I don’t know her name, or I have forgotten it. She was about to go to China as the wife of a missionary on his way to some heathen field. […]

A Rum-Seller’s Son Blows His Brains Out – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Rum-Seller’s Son Blows His Brains Out – Dwight Lyman Moody Look at that rum-seller. When we talk to him he laughs at us. He tells you there is no hell, no future — there is no retribution. I’ve got one man in my mind now who ruined nearly all the sons in his neighborhood. […]

A Remarkable Case – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Remarkable Case – Dwight Lyman Moody I may relate a little experience. In Philadelphia, at one of our meetings, a drunken man rose up. Till that time I had no faith that a drunken man could be converted. When any one approached he was generally taken out. This man got up and shouted, “I […]

A Man Who Would not Speak to His Wife – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Man Who Would not Speak to His Wife – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember while in Philadelphia, a man with his wife came to our meetings. When he went out he wouldn’t speak to his wife. She thought it was very queer, but said nothing, and went to bed thinking that in the morning […]

A Man Drinks Up a Farm – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Man Drinks Up a Farm – Dwight Lyman Moody A few years ago, I was going away to preach one Sunday morning, when a young man drove up in front of us. He had an aged woman with him. “Who is that young man?” I asked. Do you see that beautiful meadow?” said my […]

A Long Ladder Tumbles to the Ground – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Long Ladder Tumbles to the Ground – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember hearing of a man who dreamt that he built a ladder from earth to heaven, and when he did a good deed up went his ladder a few feet. When he did a very good deed his ladder went higher, and when […]

A Little Boy’s Experience – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Little Boy’s Experience – Dwight Lyman Moody One day as a young lady was walking up the street, she saw a little boy running out of a shoemaker’s shop, and behind him was the old shoemaker chasing him with a wooden last in his hand. He had not run far until the last was […]

A Heavy Draw on Alexander the Great – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Heavy Draw on Alexander the Great – Dwight Lyman Moody There is a story told of Alexander the Great. A general in his army was a great favorite with him, and he told him to draw anything from his treasury that he wanted. Well, he presented a bill to the treasurer, and the treasurer […]

A Father’s Mistake – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Father’s Mistake – Dwight Lyman Moody There is a little story that has gone the round of the American press that made a great impression upon me as a father. A father took his little child out into the field one Sabbath, and, it being a hot day, he lay down under a beautiful […]

A Father’s Love for His Boy – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Father’s Love for His Boy – Dwight Lyman Moody A number of years ago, before any railway came into Chicago, they used to bring in the grain from the Western prairies in wagons for hundreds of miles, so as to have it shipped off by the lakes. There was a father who had a […]

A Dream – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Dream – Dwight Lyman Moody I heard of a Christian who did not succeed in his work so well as he used to, and he got homesick and wished himself dead. One night he dreamed that he had died, and was carried by the angels to the Eternal City. As he went along the […]

A Distiller Interrogates Moody – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Distiller Interrogates Moody – Dwight Lyman Moody In Europe in a place where there was a good deal of whisky distilled, one of the men in the business was a church member, and got a little anxious in his conscience about his business. He came and asked me if I thought that a man […]

A Defaulter’s Confession – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Defaulter’s Confession – Dwight Lyman Moody One week ago I preached on the text, “Christ came to heal the broken-hearted.” I told you just before I came down that I had received a letter from a broken-hearted wife. Her husband one night came in, to her surprise, and said he was a defaulter and […]

A Child’s Prayer Answered – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Child’s Prayer Answered – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember a child that lived with her parents in a small village. One day the news came that her father had joined the army (it was at the beginning of our war), and a few days after the landlord came to demand the rent. The mother […]

A Child At its Mother’s Grave – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Child At its Mother’s Grave – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember seeing a story some time ago in print. It has been in the papers, but it will not hurt us to hear it again. A family in a Southern city were stricken down with yellow fever. It was raging there, and there were […]

A Business Man Confessing Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Business Man Confessing Christ – Dwight Lyman Moody When I was in Ireland I heard of a man who got great blessings from God. He was a business man — a landed proprietor. He had a large family, and a great many men to work for him taking care of his home. He came […]

A Boy’s Mistake — a Sad Reconciliation – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Boy’s Mistake — a Sad Reconciliation – Dwight Lyman Moody There was an Englishman who had an only son; and only sons are often petted, and humored, and ruined. This boy became very headstrong, and very often he and his father had trouble. One day they had a quarrel and the father was very […]

A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People – Dwight Lyman Moody I was at a meeting in London, when I was there, and I heard a man speaking with wonderful power and earnestness. “Who is that man?” I asked, my curiosity being excited. “Why, that is Dr. — — . He is blind.” I felt […]

Attaining Higher Life – Dwight Lyman Moody

Attaining Higher Life – Dwight Lyman Moody Colossians 3:1-4If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.… I have known men who have been up in balloons, and they have told me that when they want to rise higher they just throw […]

A Noble Example – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Noble Example – Dwight Lyman Moody Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles… I made it a rule that I would not let a day pass without speaking to some one about their soul’s salvation; and if they do not hear the […]

A Father Reconciled to His Son – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Father Reconciled to His Son – Dwight Lyman Moody Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children… A mother in New York whose son had got into dissipated and abandoned habits, after repeated remonstrances and threats, was turned […]

Advance in Solid Column to Christian Work – Dwight Lyman Moody

Advance in Solid Column to Christian Work – Dwight Lyman Moody Nehemiah 4:6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. When General Grant was in front of Richmond, and his army had been repulsed in the Wilderness, he called […]

A Little Boy Converts his Mother – Dwight Lyman Moody

A Little Boy Converts his Mother – Dwight Lyman Moody I remember, when on the North Side, I tried to reach a family time and again and failed. One night in the meeting, I noticed one of the little boys of that family. He hadn’t come for any good, however; he was sticking pins in […]

A man well known to Silas

A man well known to Silas A man well known to Silas 5) A man well known to Silas went up to him at the close of a meeting and requested prayer. He was surprised to be met with a refusal. “What, Doraigaru? You, a missionary, and you refuse a request for prayer?” “It’s not […]

Another story from J. J. Rouse “Pioneer work in Canada

Another story from J. J. Rouse “Pioneer work in Canada 2) Another story from J. J. Rouse “Pioneer work in Canada.” “However, the truth of the Word ofGod as to man’s ruin and God’s remedy is never popular, and we met a number who were quite hostile. One woman, the jeweller’s wife, came one night, […]

An absent minded man and a cow

An absent minded man and a cow An Absent Minded Man and A Cow The clergyman, absorbed in thinking out a sermon, rounded a turn in the path and bumped into a cow. He swept off his hat with a flourish, exclaiming: “I beg your pardon, madam.” Then he observed his error, and was greatly […]

A Room nobody wants

A Room nobody wants A Room Nobody Wants When Sammy Morris, a Kru boy from Africa, came to America to be trained for Christian service, he presented himself for matriculation at Taylor University. He revealed a spirit all too rare among Christians. When the President of the University asked him what room he wanted, Sammy […]

A Question for the preacher

A Question for the preacher A Question for the Preacher When the Rev. George Pentecost had finished a discourse in the city of Edinburgh, Horatius Bonar put his hand upon his shoulder and said, “You love to preach to men, don’t you?” and Dr. Pentecost answered, “Yes.” Then Mr. Bonar said, “Do you love the […]

A Precious stone

A Precious stone A Precious Stone In a box in a jewelry store there were precious stones, sapphires, and diamonds; the beryl and the amethyst; and many others. Right in the center, according to the story, was a common looking pebble, and a man said to the clerk, “Why do you have that pebble there? […]

A Parable

A Parable A Parable A candidate for church membership was asked, “What part of the Bible do you like best?” He said: “I like the New Testament best. Then he was asked, “What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?” He answered, the Book of the Parables, Sir.” They then asked him to relate […]

A Man with a servant’s heart

A Man with a servant’s heart A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course this […]

A Good relationship made the difference

A Good relationship made the difference A Good Relationship Made the Difference A girl who received a book from a young man, read it and said, “What a tiresome book!” The young man said, “Did you notice who wrote it?” She looked at the front page and saw that her lover was the author. She […]

Asleep on His Knees

Asleep on His Knees Mr. and Mrs. Moody often had guests in their Chicago home. One evening, after a very demanding day, Moody asked a visiting Christian to lead in family devotions. The man waxed eloquent as he expounded the symbolism in a difficult chapter of the Bible. Then he prayed at great length. When […]

Asked To Describe Life With His Wife

Asked To Describe Life With His Wife John Cheever was asked if he would describe life with his wife, Mary. “She has displayed an extraordinary amount of patience,” he answered. He paused, then continued,” Women are an inspiration. It’s because of them we put on clean shirts and wash our necks. Because of women, we […]

Ask for Rain, Carry Umbrella

Ask for Rain, Carry Umbrella Dr. Guthrie, that great Scotch preacher, prayed in the morning service for rain. As he went to church in the afternoon, little Mary, his daughter, said, “Here is the umbrella, Papa.” “What do we need it for?” he asked. You prayed for rain this morning, and don’t you expect God […]

Asbestos

Asbestos In its natural state, asbestos is a soft rock consisting of compressed fibers. Because of its fire-resistant qualities, it has had thousands of uses in home and industry over the years. Almost 30 million tons of the material have been used in the United states for insulation since 1900. I remember being impressed as […]

Arrest of Jose Rivera

Arrest of Jose Rivera Have you heard the folk story of the bandit Jose’ Rivera, who became notorious in several little towns in Texas for robbing their banks and businesses? Finally the townsfolk, weary of the constant plundering, hired a ranger to track down Jose’ Rivera in his hideout in Mexico and retrieve the money. […]

Armored Car Spill

Armored Car Spill In the late 1980s in Columbus, Ohio, an armored car spilled $2,000,000 on the freeway. Only $400,000 was ever recovered, the rest disappeared with the throngs of people who stopped and scooped up the cash. Some folks were honest enough to return what wasn’t theirs: Melvin Kaiser gave back $57,000. Those who […]

Armed Robbery

Armed Robbery The scene was San Diego Superior Court. Two men were on trial for armed robbery. An eyewitness took the stand, and the prosecutor moved carefully: “So, you say you were at the scene when the robbery took place?” “Yes.” “And you saw a vehicle leave at a high rate of speed?” “Yes.” “And […]

Are You Refusing Your Inheritance?

Are You Refusing Your Inheritance? While a student at Yale University, Eugene F. Suter, Jr.’s father died, leaving him an estate of ,000. When Eugene refused the inheritance, the trustees of the estate insisted he take it, and even took him to court to force him to accept the money. In an unprecedented case held […]

Are You Prepared to Meet Your God?

Are You Prepared to Meet Your God? When he pastored the Methodist church in Scarborough, William Sangster had an eccentric member who tried to be a zealous Christian. Unfortunately, the man was mentally deficient and usually did the wrong thing. While working as a barber the man lathered up a customer for a shave, came […]

Bits & Pieces, March 31, 1994, p. 5 Are You In Love?

Bits & Pieces, March 31, 1994, p. 5 Are You In Love? A young man said to his father at breakfast one morning, “Dad, I’m going to get married.” “How do you know you’re ready to get married?” asked the father. “Are you in love?” “I sure am,” said the son. “How do you know […]

Are You a Doctor?

A MAN ASKED – Hannes Zegement Grove A man on vacation was strolling along outside his hotel in Acapulco, enjoying the sunny Mexican weather. Suddenly, he was attracted by the screams of a woman kneeling in front of a child. The man knew enough Spanish to determine that the child had swallowed a coin. Seizing […]

Are We Ready For Heaven?

Are We Ready For Heaven? In 1991 a Gallup poll showed that 78 percent of Americans expect to go to heaven when they die. However, many of them hardly ever pray, read the Bible, or attend church. They admit that they live to please themselves instead of God. I wonder why these people would want […]

Apollo 13 Astronaut

Apollo 13 Astronaut John L. Swigert, Jr., the Apollo 13 astronaut who went to the moon in 1970, recalls how his job almost interfered with filing his federal income-tax forms: “On the second day of Apollo 13, April 12, I asked Mission Control to begin work to get me an extension of the filing date […]

Anniversary

Anniversary The godly Scottish preacher Andrew Bonar penned a diary entry. He wrote, “This day 20 years ago I preached for the first time as an ordained minister. It is amazing that the Lord has spared me and used me at all. I have no reason to wonder that He used others far more than […]

Anger – Shotgun

Anger – Shotgun A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. “There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper,” She said. “I blow up, and then it’s all over.” “So does a shotgun,” Sunday replied, “and look at the damage it leaves behind!” Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping […]

Angel Warriors

Angel Warriors John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed to see their attackers leave. A […]

An Irresistible Argument

An Irresistible Argument A famous atheist once said, “I can stand all the arguing of Christian apologists, but I have a little servant who is a disciple of Jesus Christ, and her good, pure, honest, truthful life staggers me sometimes.” The one irresistible argument for the gospel’s power is a regenerated, consecrated life which is […]

An Attribute of God Alone

An Attribute of God Alone An attribute of God alone. It is the quality of having all power (Ps. 115:3). He can do all things that do not conflict with His holy nature. God has the power to do anything He wants to. Does omnipotence mean that God can do literally anything? No, that is […]

Amy Carmichael Said…

Amy Carmichael Said… Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step by little bits of wills little denials of self little inward victories by faithfulness in very little things. […]

Always Late

Always Late At the busy dental office where I work, one patient was always late. Once when I called to confirm an appointment, he said, “I’ll be about 15 minutes late. That won’t be a problem, will it?” “No,” I told him. “We just won’t have time to give you an anesthetic.” He arrived early.

Aloneness

Aloneness With one in four young people now indicating that they have never had a meaningful conversation with their father, is it any wonder that 76 percent of the 1,200 teens surveyed in USA Today actually want their parents to spend more time with them? Andree Alieon Brooks, a New York Times journalist, in her […]

All Our Mistakes are Burned Up

All Our Mistakes are Burned Up Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion had broken out in the […]

All God’s Giants Have Been Weak Men

All God’s Giants Have Been Weak Men Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, knew the secret of strength through weakness. Complimented once by a friend on the impact of the mission, Hudson answered, “It seemed to me that God looked over the whole world to find a man who was weak enough to […]

Alive Forever

Alive Forever The famed evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, once remarked in a sermon: “Some day you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody of East Northfield is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than now. I shall have gone up higher, that is […]

Ali Hafed

Ali Hafed Years ago, Russell Conwell told of an ancient Persian, Ali Hafed, who “owned a very large farm that had orchards, grain fields, and gardens… and was a wealthy contented man.” One day a wise man from the East told the farmer all about diamonds and how wealthy he would be if he owned […]

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Einstein gave grudging acceptance to “the necessity for a beginning” and eventually, to “the presence of a superior reasoning power,” but never did he accept the doctrine of a personal God. Two specific obstacles blocked his way. According to his journal writings, Einstein wrestled with a deeply felt bitterness toward the clergy, toward […]

Agnostic Farmer

Agnostic Farmer The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for “religious” things. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, he would shake his fist at the church people who passed by on their way to worship. October came and the farmer had his finest crop […]

Advice from a Third Grader

Advice from a Third Grader My advice is to say you love each other for the rest of your lives. Don’t get a divorce. – Third-grader Britney (An 8-year-old who helped her class write a book, Advice for a Happy Marriage, for their teacher, Debi Crawford of Telluride, Colo. Associated Press, April 9, 1995.) Facebook […]

Adjustment

Adjustment During World War II General Creighton Abrams and his command were surrounded by the enemy to the east, west, north and south. General Abrams said, “Gentlemen, for the first time in the history of this campaign, we are now in a position to attack the enemy in any direction.” What has you surrounded, tied […]

Adam’s Apple

Adam’s Apple Adam was human; he didn’t want the apple for the apple’s sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden. – M. Twain Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Action Needed

Action Needed We are reminded of the little girl who told a friend who was visiting her father that her brothers set traps to catch birds. He asked her what she did. She replied, “I prayed that the traps might not catch the birds.” “Anything else?” “Yes,” she said, “I prayed that God would keep […]

Accident Reports

Accident Reports The following are actual quotes from accident reports submitted to various insurance companies by hapless policyholders:           Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have.    The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.   I thought my […]

Ability to Carry

Ability to Carry        There was a man who was saved by grace from strong drink. He was seen one day by the tavern keeper, whom he knew only too well, carrying a sewing machine to his wife. “Come and have a drink,” cried the tavern keeper. “It will strengthen you.” “No, no,” […]

A Witness Who Came Too Late

A Witness Who Came Too Late        Far up the Amazon River, a Baptist missionary was using a flannelgraph to aid her in telling a group of school children about Jesus. As she talked, an elderly man with stooped shoulders and gray hair joined the children. He listened with rapt attention as the […]

A Test of Belief

A Test of Belief          Two boys stood at the edge of a frozen pond. One of them said to the other, “Billy, I believe it will bear our weight.” “Do you?” asked the other. “Yes.” “Then get on it.” “No,” said he, “I don’t want to.” “Then,” said the other, “you […]

A Stumbling Block

A Stumbling Block           A missionary society was deeply impressed by the courageous devotion of David Livingstone who worked single-handedly for God in Africa. The society wrote to Livingstone: “Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to send other men to join you.” Livingstone […]

A Spiritual Photograph

A Spiritual Photograph        Spurgeon says: “We have the likenesses of our boys taken on every birthday … so that we see them at a glance from their babyhood to their youth. Suppose such photographic memorials of our own spiritual life had been taken and preserved; would there be a regular advance, as […]

A Song in the Night

A Song in the Night        During the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night as they stayed in a small village inn, homeless and afraid, his wife broke down and cried openly in despair. To comfort […]

A Slothful Man

A Slothful Man    Sloth is not to be confused with laziness. A lazy man, a man who sits around and watches the grass grow, may be a man at peace. His sun-drenched, bumblebee dreaming may be the prelude to action or itself an act well worth the acting. A slothful man, on the other […]

A Road 5 Miles Into the Wilderness

A Road 5 Miles Into the Wilderness About 350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third year the town government planned to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness. […]

A Rich Conversion

A Rich Conversion A certain titled gentleman was converted. He loved the Lord a great deal, but he was not well taught in the Scriptures. He thought that he could continue in some of his worldly engagements and still bear a good testimony. On one occasion some weeks after he gave his heart to the […]

A Little From God

A Little From God Although you may have no commentaries at hand, continue to read the Word and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal received from man. Too many are content to listen to what comes from men’s mouths, without searching and kneeling before God to know the real […]

A Lesson from the Gulls

A Lesson from the Gulls Some time ago in Reader's Digest there was a short article about a group of sea gulls that was starving to death in St. Augustine. They were not starving because of a food shortage but because they had forgotten how to fish. For years they had depended on the shrimp […]

A Lesson From Nature

A Lesson From Nature A man standing on the bank of the Niagara River saw a dead sheep being swept down by the current. An eagle lighted upon that sheep. The body sank for a moment under the weight and then came to the surface again. The day was bitter cold and the wool wrapped […]

A Holy Minister

A Holy Minister We must heed the memorable words written by Robert Murray McCheyne to the Rev. Dan Edwards on 2 October 1840 after his ordination as a missionary to the Jews: ‘I trust you will have a pleasant and profitable time in Germany. I know you will apply hard to German; but do not […]

A Joyful Meeting

A Joyful Meeting A young woman who lay dying sought to console her father who was overcome with grief. "Dad," she said, "don't be so broken up. If I had received an offer of marriage from someone who was all you could desire for me, and whose station in life was far superior to mine, […]

A Great Anything

A Great Anything One day a man met Spurgeon on the street, took off his hat and bowed, and said, “The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon—a great humbug!” Spurgeon took off his hat and replied, “Thank you for the compliment. I am glad to hear that I am a great anything!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Good Reason for Politeness

A Good Reason for Politeness "My boy," said a father to his son, "treat everybody with politeness, even those who are rude to you; remember, you show courtesy to others, not because they are gentlemen, but because you are one." Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

A Poor Example

A Poor Example A father, who attended church with his little boy, found fault with everything in the service. As he walked home, he criticized the minister, the sermon, the choir, and everything in general. The boy, who had noticed what his father put in the offering plate, said, “Well, Dad, what can you expect […]

A Picture of God

A Picture of God There’s a story about a kindergarten teacher who asked a boy what he was drawing. Without pausing to look up, he said, “A picture of God.” The teacher smiled and responded, “But nobody knows what God looks like.” The boy carefully put down his crayon, looked her squarely in the eye, […]

A Man With a Servant’s Heart

A Man With a Servant’s Heart A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Following the European custom of the time, each guest put his shoes outside his room to be cleaned by the hall servants overnight. But of course this […]

A father’s love

A father’s love A Father’s Love There’s a Spanish story of a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off to find him. He searched for months to no avail. Finally, in a last desperate effort to find him, the father put an ad in Madrid newspaper. […]

A drop in the bucket

A drop in the bucket A Drop in the Bucket Let’s not refuse to give the little we have; God will multiply it. I remember an elderly man who was giving very little, but it was truly sacrificial. He had a younger friend who was always making fun of him. Such need in the world, […]

Á Christian’s new nature

Á Christian’s new nature A Christian’s New Nature A Hindu said to a native missionary, “I am sure if I lead a good life and do what is right, giving up my bad habits, God will be pleased with me and receive me into heaven.” “That is the way most people reason today,” replied the […]

A changed attitude

A changed attitude A Changed Attitude It was Napoleon Bonaparte who, early in his life, said, “God is on the side of the biggest artillery.” Years later, when he was exiled on an island, he reversed his opinion, and conceded, “Man proposes, but God disposes.” Napoleon learned the attitude of “If it is the Lord’s […]

Are you flying with a parachute

Are you flying with a parachute Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE  tjcloete@absamail.co.za   ARE YOU FLYING WITH A PARACHUTE? Two men are seated in a plane. The first is given a parachute and told to put is on as it would improve his flight. He’s a little skeptical at first because he can’t see how wearing a […]

a Message by George Carlin

a Message by George Carlin Written by THEUNIS, JOHANNES CLOETE  tjcloete@absamail.co.za GEORGE CARLIN ( His wife  died…and George followed her, dying July 2008)  Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s – could write something so very eloquent…and so very appropriate.                                                                        A Message by George Carlin:  The paradox of […]

A Christmas home

A Christmas home O give us homes built firm upon the savior, Where christ is head and counsellor and guide; Where every child is taught his love and favor And gives his heart to christ, the crucified: How sweet to know that though his footsteps waver His faithful lord is walking by his side!   […]

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