Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer”.
The teachings of the Master are not just a creed to be believed but a life to be lived. It’s one thing to sail under a flag of hi…
“Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and the honour of my majesty?” This arrogant remark brought Nebuchadnezzar to his knees and his great Babylon has since become a heap of ruins.
Today we live in a bustling world bent on the pur…
Under the glass on our desk is a little sign which reads, “We can’t solve our own problems…but we will gladly advise you on yours”.
At first glance this statement appears to be inconsistent, but upon further thought it isn’t quite so ridiculous. Many people have failed to follow what wa…
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“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret”, observed Ambrose Bierce. Our anger can certainly lead us astray.
Remember what happened when a man known for his meekness became exasperated and angry with the children of Israel? In the heat of the moment he s…
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The mountains behind our home are inhabited by rattlesnakes. Every year people hiking in the foothills are bitten. Most of the bites are on the hands, then the legs and feet. Why would that be? Rattlesnakes cannot bite hands unless the hands get close to their fangs. Even in the Garden of Eden God t…
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Have you ever watched a bear begging for peanuts at the zoo? Have you observed the endless pacing back and forth of the caged tiger? Have you ever wondered what the monkeys think about as they see us crowded around their cage while they go through their antics?
Surely we are impressed with …
There is an old saying about biting the hand that feeds us, and while this is not literally true in our case, we do have two new dogs at our house, who have not yet accepted us. Our dog died recently, and these two dogs were owned by an elderly lady, who passed away, and so we were asked to give the…
None of us are going to be around here very long, so we should not get too attached to things. The Bible uses many metaphors to describe the brevity of our lives. We read that our life is like a mist, a breath, a wisp of smoke, a flower of the field, a morning cloud, as the early dew, and as smoke o…
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A violin cannot play a sweet note unless the strings are under pressure, but if you put too much pressure on the strings, they snap. So do you. When the violin is NOT being used, you must release the tension on the strings (Tanya Wheway).
We hear a lot today about the evils of pressure. Pressures…
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There is a story about a schoolteacher addressing her class which was studying statistics. She informed them that somewhere in the world there is a woman having a baby every 12 seconds. Her question to the class was, “What do you think of that?” One bright eyed student spoke up excitedly saying,…
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