Glad Tidings of Good Things (September 19, 2017)
Five Things Elders Need to Hear Regularly
When things are going well, we just assume the elders know we appreciate it. Here are five things that elders need to hear from each member on a...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 29, 2017)
Racism Is Learned
Last night, a friend of mine told me of an incident that occurred many years earlier with his young daughter.
They lived in Minnesota at the time and, consequently, were fans of the...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 5, 2018)
All but a Nail
A Haitian wanted to sell his house for $2,000.
Another man wanted to buy it, but he was poor, and couldn’t afford the full price.
After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (April 25, 2019)
The Story of Two Pots
A water bearer in India had two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole that he carried across his neck. One pot was cracked; the other delivered...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (October 6, 2017)
Satan the House Robber
Gus Nichols preached this sermon on February 19, 1965.
Satan steals. He robbed the first home of God’s word (Genesis 2:17–18; 3:1–19; 2 Corinthians 11:1–3; 1 Timothy 2:11). He is in the...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (October 5, 2017)
The Critic
A little seed lay on the ground,
And soon began to sprout.
“Now, which of all the flow’rs around,”
It mused, “shall I come out?
The lily’s face is fair and proud, but a trifle cold.
The rose,...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (September 1, 2016)
We Drank . . .
We drank for happiness and became unhappy.
We drank for sociability and became argumentative.
We drank for friendship and made enemies.
We drank for sleep and awakened tired.
We...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (May 3, 2018)
Ways to Improve Your Relationship with God
Spend five minutes of prayer in which you do nothing but praise Him (Psalm 22:3).
Do something for Him that requires you to step out of your...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (June 21, 2017)
Alligators and Children
Years ago in South Florida, a little boy decided to go to the swimming hole behind his house. He ran out the back door and flew into the water. As he swam...
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...