A preacher I know has a daughter who keeps a daily notebook. On one page she had drawn a picture of her father and written carefully his name and address. When asked why, she explained. She had been watching a movie, Amnesia. She said, "If I ever forget who I am, I want everybody to know who I belong to." We might like...

Christ began His ministry turning water into wine and ended it turning wine into blood. The first was literal, the second was symbolic. We often use the word blood in a symbolic way. When we speak of family we say that blood is thicker than water. When we speak of inherited gifts we say, "It's in his blood." We say that the blood of...

The famous general Stonewall Jackson avoided alcohol. Once when he was very ill and the weather was bad, his doctor persuaded him to take some brandy. Jackson was reluctant. "Don't you like it?" asked the doctor. "I like it very much, "said Jackson." That is why...