Sacred Marriage

Leadership magazine carried a short item sent in by Catherine Paxton that illustrates the importance of letting God be uppermost in the marital relationship.

Sabbath

Mike Duffy, writing in the Detroit Free Press, makes this observation: "For many people, blue Monday is merely the follow-up to blah Sunday." Although it might be difficult to pin down one specific reason for this strange phenomenon, Mr. Duffy does single out a possible cause...

Quarrels

After Dunkirk, in the Second World War, there was a tendency on all hands to look for someone to blame for the disaster which had befallen the British forces, and there were many who wished to enter into bitter recriminations with those who had guided things in the past.

Promises Concerning Afflictions

An evangelist told the following story in one of his campaigns. He said, "I have a friend who during the depression lost a job, a fortune, a wife, and a home, but tenaciously held to his faith - the only thing he had left. One day he stopped to watch some men building a stone church. One

Progress of Church

Playing Church Anne Ortlund writes: When I was little we used to play church. We'd get the chairs into rows, fight over who'd be preacher, vigorously lead the hymn singing, and generally have a great carnal time. The aggressive kids naturally wanted to be up front, directing or preaching

Prodigal Son

A Chinese artist was commissioned to portray the parable of the prodigal son. So he chose that part of the story where the wayward boy returns home after having wasted his resources in reckless living. He depicted the father standing by the gate waiting for his son, who could be seen appr

Procrastination

I spent a fortune On a trampoline, A stationary bike And a rowing machine Complete with gadgets To read my pulse, And gadgets to prove My progress results, And others to show The miles I've charted - But they left off the gadget To get me started! The gadget that can get you starte