General Marks Of Inconsistency

Do You Walk the Talk? A missionary in India was once teaching the Bible to a group of Hindu ladies. Halfway through the lesson, one of the women got up and walked out. A short time later, she came back and listened more intently than ever. At the close of the hour the leader inquired, "Why did you

Discouragement & Encouragement

In Remember All the Way, William C. Townsend related the story of an evangelist who was facing discouragement and criticism. One day he said to a colleague: "Don Guillermo, I'm going to quit." Guillermo replied, "Why do you give your resignation to me? When you began your service, you said the L

Grace and Greed

A lawyer had successfully handled a difficult law case for a wealthy friend. Following the happy outcome of the case, the friend and client called on the lawyer, expressed his appreciation of his work and handed him a handsome Moroccan leather wallet. The lawyer looked at the wallet in astonishment

Opportunity

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. - George Washington Carver

Hypocrites

Are You Real?   The famous actor Robert Redford was walking one day through a hotel lobby. A woman saw him and followed him to the elevator. "Are you the real Robert Redford?" she asked him with great excitement. As the doors of the elevator closed he replied, "Only when I am alone!"

Evil Speaking

…CBS released The Karen Carpenter Story. Karen died unexpectedly …of heart failure at age 32 brought on by years of self abuse from the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa. But what brought Karen's fatal obsession with weight control? It seems a reviewer once called her "Richard's chubby

Thanksgiving

One Thanksgiving season a family was seated around their table, looking at the annual holiday bird. From the oldest to the youngest, they were to express their praise. When they came to the 5-year-old in the family, he began by looking at the turkey and expressing his thanks to the turkey, saying although he had not tasted it he knew it would be good.

Faithful Servants

During a Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign, a mentally impaired boy came faithfully each night to sing in the choir. "Joey was not very bright," said Homer Rodeheaver, the well-known song leader, "but he never missed any of our meetings and wouldn't leave until he shook my hand. Sometimes I was emb

Old Age

Grandma Moses Her name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses, affectionately know as Grandma Moses. She was born on a farm in Washington Co., N.Y. Without formal art training and largely self-educated, she began to paint rural scenes at the age of seventy-eight. Her work was discovered in 1939 by Loui

Now Is The Day Of Salvation

Evangelist Paul Rader has often urged a banker in New York State to receive Christ, but the man would not make the decision. One day the preacher sensed that God wanted him to go immediately and speak to him again. So he took a train to the town where the man worked, hurried to the bank, and found h