"A missionary is one who never gets used to the sound of heathen footbeats on their way to a Christless eternity." -Author Unknown

You'll Get Used to It Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city's tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don't worry. After you've been here a while, you'll get used to it." Responded the minister, "Yes, I kno

In some circles it is common to refer to practices like the use of marijuana and prostitution as "victimless" crimes. This indicates a belief that these practices are a matter of individual choice. Since those who engage in such actions are the only ones who suffer the consequences, they should

Edison's best-known adage appears in various forms, the shortest being his comments to an interviewer that "genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration," his reply to a question about genius from Samuel Insull. For some years his secretary, more accurately reflects what he real

In a recent sermon, John Huffman noted, "There are all kinds of fears that we confront in our everyday living. I remember an article featured in Time magazine titled "Flying Scared." It was an exposé of the phobias that many prominent people have when it comes to flying in airplanes. Conducto

Encouragement A Double Yoke Mark Guy Pearse preached a sermon on Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden. I had finished my sermon when a good man came to me and said: "I wish I had known what you were going to preach about. I could have told you something." "Well, my friend," I sa

Who Can Fix Us? In the early days of the automobile a man's Model-T Ford stalled in the middle of the road. He couldn't get it started no matter how hard he cranked nor how much he tried to advance the spark or adjust things under the hood. Just then a chauffeured limousine pulled up behind him, a

Future Home A man died and went to Heaven. When he got there he just couldn't believe how great it was. He said to the Lord, "this place is tremendous, the music, the beauty… It's 10 times better than I expected it to be. In fact if I'd known it was this good I'd have come here sooner!" The

Separation from God I live in a small, rural community. There are lots of cattle ranches around here and every once in awhile a cow wonders off and gets lost. It's a big deal because if you happen to hit (as in "drive into") a lost cow, it's your fault and you have to pay the rancher for his co

Perhaps this article found in a church bulletin will interest you. It's entitles, "How to Get Rid of a Pastor." Not long ago a well-meaning group of laymen came from a neighboring church to see me. They wanted me to advise them on some convenient and painless method of getting rid of their pas