After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented, "The choir was awful thismorning." The father commented, "The sermon was too long." Their 7-year-old daughter added, "You've got to admit, Dad, it was a pretty good show for a dollar." (from www.mikeysfunnies.com)

Stan Toler observes, "It is never enough to be efficient, capable, or talented. A leader must have character, first and foremost. We must maintain our integrity if we are to lead successfully."

On February 7, 1904, the story goes; a man in the basement of a downtown Baltimore building discarded a lit cigarette. It was a small act of carelessness, but one with enormous consequences. The cigarette started a fire that the wind whipped into a larger fire. By evening, it raged out of cont

A man was on the golf practice course, when the club pro, Maury, brought an important looking man out for a lesson. Maury watched the guy swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own versions of what was wrong and how to correct

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. (Erma Bombeck) Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his presents remembered. (Phyllis Diller)

C.S. Lewis likened God's use of adversity to walking a dog. If the dog gets its leash wrapped around a pole and tries to continue running forward, he will only tighten the leash more. Both the dog and the owner are after the same end, forward motion, but the owner must resist the dog by pulling him

One of the real problems of our time is the near celebrity status of many preachers. Many men are almost worshiped by their followers. I am reminded of an incident Lyman Beecher Stowe wrote about in his book Saints, Sinners, and Beechers. Stowe told that on one occasion Thomas K. Beecher substit

One of the most inspirational figures of the early church is Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. Scholars believe that this faithful believer was born around A.D. 69, and may have been converted by the apostle John. At this time, Christians in western Asia (modern Turkey) experienced increased persecuti

The passenger tapped the cab driver on the shoulder to ask him something. The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the sidewalk, and stopped inches from a department store window. For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said, "Look mister, do

Adrian Rogers wrote: "When Jesus came the first time, He came in a manger. When He comes again, He is coming in majesty. The first time, He shed His royal blood for our redemption. When He comes again, He is going to be dressed in royal robes to reign in righteousness. The first time, He came to a c