By JE Greenlee If the following story were not true, it would surely be unbelievable. It is true, however, as you yourself will agree when you have read it. There was once a great king. His love for his people knew no limits. Although the kingdom was very large, the king knew every person by name. Everything the people of …
When British minister W.E. Sangster first noticed an uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg, he went to his physician. It was found that he had an incurable muscle disease that would result in gradual muscular atrophy until he died. Rather than retreat in dismay, Sangster threw himself into his work in British home missions. He figured …
Joy Ridderhof, born in 1903, started an organization called Gospel Recordings, Inc. to record the gospel for every language group on earth. It is now approaching five thousand languages, and millions around the world have heard of Christ through GR recordings. But it wasn’t easy. Joy, a single career woman, faced with loneliness, sickness, dangerous travels, foreign intrigue, and financial …
An English minister, Leslie Stokes, once told the following parable: Once upon a time there was a tree – a lovely tree, shapely, strong, and stately. However, appearances cannot always be trusted. Inwardly, the tree knew that its massive strength was beginning to wane. When the wind was strong it felt itself shaking ominously. It heard suspicious creaks and groans …
Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” ~ Numbers 13:30 Several years ago a group of fledging students sat around the old oak table in Ruth Bell Graham’s kitchen, listening to her stories. They were lonely and homesick. College life had …
For over 200 years Sunday schools have gathered the people together, millions of men, women, and children, hearing and learning and observing the words of God’s law. Much of the credit goes to Robert Raikes, an eighteenth-century newspaper publisher in Gloucester, England. Raikes was a prosperous man with a soft spot for ragamuffins. He determined to begin a school for …
When William was only sixteen years old, he left home to seek his fortune. He tied all his possessions into a bundle that he could carry in his hand. He told an old canal-boat captain that his father was too poor to keep him and the only trade he knew was soap and candle making. The old captain knelt and …
“You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.” (Romans 2:1 NIV) Why do you think these words are relevant to us? Why is it important to refrain from judging others and allow God to be the …
Civil Adjective 1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizen 2. Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite Discourse Noun 1. Verbal expression in speech or writing 2. Verbal exchange or conversation Civil Discourse Noun 1. An engagement in conversation intended to enhance understanding. 2. A polite verbal exchange or conversation Perhaps you have not …
John Houston has written his friend Myrtle’s name next to Psalm 30 in his Bible. This psalm declared, in part, “O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. O Lord, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going down into the pit.” After a hard-fought battle against cancer, Myrtle died …