Mankind

One of the slogans of environmentalists is: "The Earth Does Not Belong To Us. We Belong to the Earth." Of course, in one sense the slogan is true. Our bodies came from the dust of the earth. But in another sense, the slogan is not true. While our bodies came from the earth, we do...

Life

The name of Curtis G. Lloyd is famous in botanical and pharmaceutical circles. The Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, Ohio, is named for him and his brother. He is buried in his hometown of Crittenden, Kentucky. The marker is most interesting. On one side it says...

Christian Living

When Harland Sanders began his Kentucky Fried Chicken business, he had little capital and no money for advertising. So he grew a little beard, got a white suit, and as a Kentucky Colonel he became a walking advertisement for Kentucky Fried Chicken. As Christians each one...

Appreciation

A few years ago newspapers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, carried the story of a man who not only planned his own funeral, but attended it -- alive and well. He arrived at the church sitting in the back of a hearse. He sat up front among the flowers while people said nice things about him. He said it served no purpose for people to...

Procrastination

There really is a Procrastinators' Club of America, with headquarters in Philadelphia. Their objective is "to make known the benefits of putting things off until later." They publish Last Month's Newsletter, and have protested against the War of 1812, tried to get someone to fix the crack in the Liberty Bell, and traveled to...

The Golden Rule

Christianity is not alone in having a Golden Rule, but there is a striking difference. Christ's Golden rule is positive; others are negative. The Talmud of Judaism said, "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men." Brahmanism said, "Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you." Buddhism said, "Hurt not...

The Extravagance of God

We serve an extravagant God. On a clear night with the unaided eye you can see 2,000 stars. Astronomers think that in the universe as a whole there are billions of stars. God made 200,000 kinds of flowers. He made 9,000 kinds of birds. God is so extravagant. Yet you never really...

The Need For Evangelism

Many fail to realize the pain of infertility. One man was so upset over his inability to reproduce that he actually committed suicide. Most infertile couples chose the wiser course of adoption. But the desire to physically reproduce oneself is very strong. Some creatures in the insect world live only to reproduce the next...

Enemies

Sometimes you will hear it said of a man who has died, "He never had an enemy." If so, he was a rare man. Few of us can say with Will Rogers, "I never met a man I didn't like." Will Rogers never met some of the people we've had to deal with. If he had he would never have said that. And usually the people we don't like are...

Death

We can certainly appreciate the dying words of Ethan Allen. The doctor said to that hero of the American Revolution: "I fear the angels are waiting for you." Ethan Allen replied "Waiting are they? Well, let 'em wait!" Most of us are reluctant to...