Reaching Out For Others An artist seeking to depict on canvas the meaning of evangelism painted a storm at sea. Black clouds filled the sky. Illuminated by a flash of lightning, a little boat could be seen disintegrating under the pounding of the ocean. Men were struggling in the swirling waters, t

Plenty of people are willing to give God credit, yet few are willing to give Him cash. -Quotable Quotations

Cecil Northcott in A Modern Epiphany tells of a discussion in a camp of young people where representatives of many nations were living together. "One wet night the campers were discussing various ways of telling people about Christ. They turned to the girl from Africa. 'Maria,' we don't have mission

The Cycle The average age of the world's great civilization has been 200 years, we read, and those nations progressed through this sequence: From Bondage to Spiritual Faith - From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage From Courage to Liberty - From Liberty to Abundance From Abundance to Selfishness -

Every day in the USA 2,795 teens (women under 20) get pregnant. 1,106 teens have abortions. 1.295 teens give birth. 67 babies die before one month of life. 105 babies die before their first birthday. 10 children are killed by guns.

On here 80th birthday, a woman from Brooklyn decided to prepare her last will and testament. She went to her rabbi to make two final requests. First, she insisted on cremation. "What is your second request?" the rabbi asked. "I want my ashes scattered over Bloomingdale's." "Why Bloomingdale's?" "Th

Sometimes even when people mean well they can create more problems than they solve. One young pastor was making hospital rounds for the first time with a visit to an elderly parishioner. He came in and plopped down on the side of her bed. He inquired aggressively into the nature of her surgery. It w

When the unsinkable Titanic sank… warning after warning had been sent to tell them they were speeding into an ice-field. But the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent warning, the Titanic was talking to Cape Race about the time chauffeurs were to meet arriving passe

Sin Costs! While being entertained in the home of a fine Christian architect, I was surprised when he told me that his next project was a jail! He remarked that the cost of construction for such a building was high, amounting to approximately $10,000 per occupant. Imagine! In order to house crimina

Three Tenses We could hardly believe the advertisement. It comes from Holt Renfrew and it focuses on a "Future Perfect Micro-Targeted Skin Gel" that promises to give your skin what it needs - luminosity. The ad reads: "The past forgiven. The present improved, The Future Perfect." It used to be Gosp