Father’s Day

Chuck Swindoll has said, "Dad is not perfect; he would be the first to admit it. Nor is he infallible, much to his own disappointment. Nor altogether fair … nor always right. But there's one thing he is-always-he is your dad … the only one you'll ever have. Take it from me, there's only

God – Creator

No Strings Eugene Cernan, one of the astronauts who enjoyed the exciting adventure of walking on the moon said with wonder, "Our world appears big and beautiful, all blue and white! You can see from the Antarctic to the North Pole. The earth looks so perfect. There are no strings to hold it up; th

Marriage Commended

Another reason for where our young people are today is the lack of intimacy. A little over a year ago I debated the co-founder of Playboy on television for three hours. He agreed with me on this point. My statement was this - we have not been through a sexual revolution. We have not. What we have b

Opportunity Lost

A General Electric ad raises the question: "What was Thomas Edison's biggest blunder?" The ad reveals that Edison opposed the theory of alternating current developed by Charles Steinmetz. The ad concludes by stating that Steinmetz was almost refused admission at Ellis Island as an unfit immigrant.

Good Influence

If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers;If you wish to enrich years, plant trees;If you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others. -S. Truett Cathay

Preaching

You don't get a well fed church from serving fast food. -Bill Hybels

Thanksgiving Service

A church had gathered to pray for a needy family around Thanksgiving. The family needed food and concerned folks from the church got together to pray for them. While the prayer meeting was going on, a young boy came and knocked on the door of the home where members had gathered, entered into the ho

Sexuality

A number of years ago a cartoon showed a young man talking to his father as he sat in his armchair reading the paper. "Dad, what did your generation use for safe sex?" the boy asked. "A wedding ring," the father replied. Scripture would agree with his answer. Not only is marital fidelity one of

Persecution

Lenin thought that those who believed in God were worse than fools. "Every man who occupies himself with the construction of a god, or merely even agrees to it, prostitutes himself in the worst way," he wrote. "For he occupies himself not with activity, but with self-contemplation and self-refle

Personal Dedication

When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the captain of the ship sought to turn him back. "You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages, he cried. Calvert only replied, "We died before we came here." David Augsburger,