Value Of Wisdom

Automaker Henry Ford asked electrical genius Charlie Steinmetz to build the generators for his factory. One day the generators ground to a halt, and the repairmen couldn't find the problem. So Ford called Steinmetz, who tinkered with the machines for a few hours and then threw the switch. The...

Preparation

A few years ago as the world watched the beginning game of the World Series in San Francisco their was suddenly an interruption of the opening interview. The screen blinked and went blank. When the program resumed: A Special News Bulletin. The San Francisco metropolitan area...

Contentment

Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One teardrop asked the other, "Who are you?" The second teardrop replied, "I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. But who are you?" The first teardrop replied, "I am a teardrop from the girl who got him." That's the way life...

Preaching

The minister gave his Sunday morning service, as usual, but this particular Sunday, it was considerably longer than normal. Later, at the door, shaking hands with parishioners as they moved out, one man said, "Your sermon, Pastor, was simply wonderful -- so invigorating and...

God’s Will

W.A. Criswell noted something interesting about the Mississippi River. Even though everyone knows it flows from north to south, if you fly the length of the river, you will find it at times flows north, at other times west. But ultimately, the river flows south. It starts near Canada and empties into the...

July-August 2003 ~ Vol. 19, No. 1

The Supremecy of Christ in a Pluralistic World Contents Include: "The Supremacy of Christ in a Pluralistic World" by Victor Pentz, "Preaching the Public Square: An Interview with Jerry Falwell," "The Case of the Unexpected Sermon: Discovering the Values and Dangers of Abductive Preaching" by Robert

The Priority Of Persuasive Preaching

The importance persuasion plays in various aspects of life was recognized by the ancient Greeks as far back as the time of Homer, and was a recurring subject through the following centuries.1 Numerous Greek writers refer to persuasion, both in formal and informal manners. Indeed, one of the Gre

It’s Too Early To Say

Proper 21 (B), Sept. 28, 2003 It's Too Early to Say Esther 7:1-10 Was it Yogi Berra, the New York Yankee catcher who used to manage the New York Mets, who once suggested the profound piece of information, "It ain't over till it's over"? It looks like something good is coming and we are s