Strife In Church

Scorpions live on insects, but they kill and devour their own species as well. One experimenter placed a hundred of these arachnids in a large glass vessel, and after a few days only fourteen remained. The rest had been killed and eaten by the others. He put a pregnant female in a glass vessel and

Hearing

Seems an elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back to the doctor for a test a month later. Then doctor said

Discipleship

As the preacher was greeting people at the door after service, he saw an infrequent attender approach. Taking the man's hand, the preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Preacher." The preacher questioned, "Then why

Apologies

British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Washington and spoke to a joint session of Congress on July 17, 2003. Early in his speech he commented, "On our way down here, Senator Frist was kind enough to show me the fireplace where in 1814 the British had burned the Congress Library. I know this is ki

Faint-Heartedness

Someone asked an ex-paratrooper how many jumps he had made. He responded by saying, "None! I was pushed out 18 times!" For some Christians, that story describes their initiative -- or lack thereof.

Apologies & Forgiveness

In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young member of Parliament, about whom Beverbrook had printed an insulting editorial a few days earlier. "My dear chap," said the publisher, embarrassed by the enco

Health And Wealth

Jack has died, so his lawyer is standing before the family and reads out Jack's Last Will and Testament. "To my dear wife Esther, I leave the house, 50 acres of land, and 1 million dollars." "To my son Barry, I leave my Big Lexus and the Jaguar." "To my daughter Suzy, I leave my yacht and $250

Stewardship Of Life

Dedicated Little Things A little girl who loved the Lord longed to share the message of salvation with those who had never heard it. So she contributed a penny to a missionary to help with the work of evangelizing the people of Burma. That small coin was all she had, but it was given from her heart

Example Of Wisdom

John and Dave were hiking when they spotted a mountain lion staring at them. John froze in his tracks, but Dave sat down on a log, tore off his hiking boots, pulled a pair of running shoes from his backpack and hurriedly began to put them on. "For crying out loud, you can't outrun a mountain lion!"

Anger & Character

The coach of a Buffalo little league team called one of his players over to him and said that he would like to explain some of the principles of sportsmanship. He said, "We don't believe in temper tantrums, screaming at the umpires, or using bad language. Do you understand?" The boy nodded. "All rig