If I straighten the pictures on the walls of your home, I am committing no sin, am I? But suppose that your house were afire, and I still went calmly about straightening pictures, what would you say? Would you think me merely stupid or very wicked?...The world today is on fire. What are you doin

Troubled Youth When Dr. R.A. Torrey was a young man, he had no faith in God or the Bible. His mother however, was a devout Christian who constantly prayed for his conversion and often witnessed to him. One day he said to her, "I don't want to hear about my sins and your prayers; I'm going to leave

In a tenement district in New York City, a boy in ragged clothes was seen with a small piece of broken mirror in his hand. Holding it high in the air he moved it slowly back and forth, watching the narrow slit of a window above him as he did so. "What are you doing?" a man suddenly demanded as he sh

In a "Peanuts" comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can see where they are at presently. Ch

As he was drilling a batch of recruits, the sergeant saw that one of them was marching out of step. Walking up next to the man as they marched, he said sarcastically: "Do you know they are all out of step except you?" "What?" asked the recruit innocently. "I said - they are all out of step excep

The story is told about a pastor who died and went to heaven. As he stood in line at the Pearly Gates waiting for his reward, he noticed that the man in from of him was a rough-looking character in a black leather jacket. Saint Peter commended him for his work on God's behalf and gave him a beau

Does it really matter that much: good Christian parents, good Christian homes? I turn to the most revealing proof of which I know - Jonathon Edwards and Max Jukes. Jonathon Edwards was an outstanding Christian. A researcher followed up his descendants. He learned that out of his 1,394 descendants ca

The Pit A man fell into a pit and couldn't get himself out. A Christian Scientist came along and said: "You only think that you are in a pit." A Pharisee said: "Only bad people fall into a pit." A Fundamentalist said: "You deserve your pit." An IRS man asked if he was paying taxes on the pit. A Cha

Keeping Promises Ted Engstrom gives a succinct definition of integrity: Simply put, Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises. When you promised to be faithful to your mate, integrity says you'll stay with that person no matter what - for better or for wors

We know that Jesus lived. He was a Man in history, as well as a Man for all times. Tacitus, perhaps the greatest Roman historian born in the first century, speaks of Jesus. Josephus, a Jewish historian born A.D. 37, tells of the crucifixion of Jesus. A contemporary Bible scholar said that "the lates