Forgiveness
Forgiveness An attorney, after meditating on several Scriptures, decided to cancel the debts of all his clients that had owed him money for more than 6 months. He drafted a letter explaining his decision and its Biblical basis and sent 17 debt canceling letters via certified mail. One by one, the letters were returned by […]
Don’t Refuse Your Pardon
Don’t Refuse Your Pardon In 1830 George Wilson was convicted of robbing the U.S. Mail and was sentenced to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon for Wilson, but he refused to accept it. The matter went to Chief Justice John Marshall, who concluded that Wilson would have to be executed. “A pardon is […]
Head Knowledge or Heart Knowledge
Head Knowledge or Heart Knowledge Just as knowing that soap will clean the dirt off our hands does nothing for us until we use it, knowing the facts of the Gospel does nothing for a man until he personally applies them. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
The Thief’s Salvation
The Thief’s Salvation The thief had nails through both hands, so that he could not work; and a nail through each foot, so that he could not run errands for the Lord; he could not lift a hand or a foot toward his salvation; and yet Christ offered him the gift of God, and he […]
i. (From “The Hurting Parent”, pg. 78ff.) A couple with two daughters-George Mueller
i. (From “The Hurting Parent”, pg. 78ff.) A couple with two daughters-George Mueller i. (From “The Hurting Parent”, pg. 78ff.) A couple with two daughters still at home received a call from their wayward son late one night. He had called from a hotel and told his mom, “I’m hurting and really hungry…tell me what […]
George Eliot wrote a book about Adam Bede. Adam was a stalwart carpenter- George Mueller
George Eliot wrote a book about Adam Bede. Adam was a stalwart carpenter- George Mueller George Eliot wrote a book about Adam Bede. Adam was a stalwart carpenter, a solid man, and he was in love with a woman who was pretty, vain, and superficial. There comes into their lives an author who is a […]
Pallbearers
Pallbearers The story is told of an elderly lady who never married. She requested that at her funeral there be no male pallbearers. In her handwritten request she said, “They wouldn’t take me out while I was living, I don’t want them to take me out when I’m dead.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Forgiving and Forgetting
Forgiving and Forgetting Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked. No,” came Barton’s reply, “I distinctly remember forgetting […]
Releasing Hurt
Releasing Hurt A little boy was sitting on a park bench in obvious pain. A man walking by asked him what was wrong. The young boy said, “I’m sitting on a bumble bee.” The man urgently asked, “Then why don’t you get up?” The boy replied, “Because I figure I’m hurting him more than he […]
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 […]