Naming the Devil in Your Will
A man was cleaning out his desk and found a shoe repair ticket that was ten years old. He figured he had nothing to lose to try to collect his shoes.
He presented it to...
Blessings in Disguise
There was a single survivor of a shipwreck who was thrown upon an uninhabited island. After a while he managed to build a crude hut in which he placed the things he had salvaged...
Failure Need Not Be Fatal
History books are filled with biographies of failures who made good. From them we can learn the valuable lesson that failure need not be fatal.
The first President of the United States—the father of our...
The Anchor of the Soul
No one who knows what can happen at sea would go to sea in a vessel that carried no anchor, even if it were the greatest and most modern ocean liner afloat. Circumstances might...
Why Do You Talk So Much About Jesus?
An old Indian chief constantly spoke of the Lord Jesus and what He meant to him.
“Why do you talk so much about Jesus?” asked a friend.
The old chief did not reply, but slowly, deliberately...
Seizing Opportunities to Shine the Light to Strangers
What object will we pursue this day—a paycheck, a win, a pleasure, an accolade, or a pat on the back? Perhaps all of these and others. But isn’t there something more exciting, more important, more significant, and more permanent?
Yes, we can pursue a soul today!
Three Arguments for the Existence of God
Evolution has fashioned gods of its own design and named them Mother Nature and Father Time.
James Hewitt tells of a family of mice who lived in a large piano.
In their piano-world came the music...
What Do They Have in Common?
The following people all have something in common. Do you know what it is?
Princess Margaret, JimWakefield, Stephen J. Gould, Wilbur Bailey, Ann Landers, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Unitas, and Lorayne Harper.
All of these people had...
Lead Us Not Into Marshmallow Temptation
The ability to resist temptation—to delay gratification and to control one’s urges—is one of life’s great success skills.