Glad Tidings of Good Things (February 23, 2017)
The Face We Show the World
The story is told that an advisor to President Lincoln once suggested a certain candidate as a nominee for the president’s cabinet.
Lincoln refused saying, “I don’t like the man’s...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (September 20, 2017)
Rate Yourself
“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
Rate yourself 1–10 (ten...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (October 4, 2018)
He Didn’t Know Who He Was
Willie Loman is the name of the principal character in Arthur Miller’s famous play, Death of a Salesman.
Willie Loman’s ambition in life was to be a super-salesman and, at...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (July 28, 2016)
“He Is Sleeping, Mr. President”
John Kenneth Galbraith, in his autobiography, A Life in Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family’s housekeeper:
It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 14, 2019)
Just One Match
I was crossing the Atlantic a short time ago, and one night I and some of the passengers were talking to the captain. He told us of an incident that had occurred...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 19, 2018)
A Handbreath
Stretch out your palm. Separate your fingers to their widest; hold them as far apart as you can.
Then consider: “Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (February 1, 2018)
Religion Begins at Home
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, “Oh, excuse me, please,” was my reply.
He said, “Please excuse me, too; I wasn’t watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (November 9, 2017)
Overcoming Obstacles
The nine-foot, 400-pound Goliath challenged the children of Israel and blasphemed Almighty God. David, a seventeen-year-old fuzzy-cheeked lad who came to visit his brothers demanded to know why they were not accepting the...
Glad Tiding of Good Things (July 21, 2016)
Ten Commandments for Teens
Don’t let your parents down; they brought you up (Ephesians 6:1–3).
Stop and think before you drink (Proverbs 20:1).
Be smart; obey. You yourself will give orders someday (Romans 13:1–5).
...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (August 18, 2016)
Dad’s Key
In a moment of teenage carelessness, a 16-year-old girl wrecked her mother’s car.
She was uninjured, so she called home to tell her parents, fully expecting an angry reaction. Instead, her father asked only...