Too Soon To Quit
Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel? Maybe the pressure at work is too much; maybe the problems in your marriage seem overwhelming; or perhaps the goal you have strived for years to attain remains just beyond your […]
Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel? Maybe the pressure at work is too much; maybe the problems in your marriage seem overwhelming; or perhaps the goal you have strived for years to attain remains just beyond your […]
John Killinger, in “Finding God in a Busy World,” writes: I thought about this text [Ps 46:10] some months ago as I sat in Sacre-Coeur, a church built atop Montmartre, a high hill overlooking the city of Paris. This marvelous […]
One day a farmer’s old mule fell into an empty well. The farmer was disappointed to lose his good mule, but he concluded that the mule couldn’t be rescued, because the well was too narrow and too deep to retrieve […]
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church” For most of us, the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Christ’s love for the church is the fact that he died for us. The thing is, […]
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others. We are Christ’s ambassadors, and God is using us to speak […]
In August of 1963, due to his ailing health and increasing responsibilities, C.S. Lewis announced his retirement from Cambridge University. His stepson Douglas Gresham and friend Walter Hooper were sent to the university to sort out his affairs and bring […]
The purse was a really beautiful, quite fashionable little bag. Made from alligator skin the delicate items preserved inside reveal details of the life of its owner, Marian Meanwell. Marian made hats for a living. But this time, her travels […]
A submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to the harbor, the captain was asked, “How did the terrible storm last night affect you?” The officer looked at him in surprise and […]
In the United States, 1 in 3 adults are overweight and 41% of the population is considered obese, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Living with over-abundance, we are barraged by diet fads to shed extra pounds. […]
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great […]