Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” This quotation is taken from a plaque said to have been posted over the desk of General Douglas MacArthur. Someone else has sai…
The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God”, said Paul hundreds of years ago, and the world’s wisdom today is just as foolish in God’s eyes as it was then.
Since Paul penned these words man’s wisdom has increased many fold in almost every area except in the things concerning God. Kn…
CAN a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?” Solomon asked these questions thousands of years ago and mankind is still trying to get just as close to sin as possible thinking they can escape the flames of the fire that has…
Two men met on a plane. The conversation revealed that both men had spent many years in India. The one said he had been a missionary for 25 years and had converted thousands of people to Christianity. The other man replied that he had lived in India for many years and never saw a Christian. He then …
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There is a story about two men riding together, the one a believer in the Bible and the other a traveling salesman whose product was soap. The soap salesman said, “The gospel you preach has not done much good, for there is still a lot of wickedness in the world and a lot of wicked people, too.” …
The secret of success is constancy of purpose, said Disraeli. Jesus said, “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” We must keep on keeping on.
There is a marker on the rock near the top of Mt Washington. It marks the spot where a woman climber lay down and died. She was so close to the t…
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They say that closeness only counts in horseshoes. A miss is as good as a mile in most things of life. It is heartbreaking to almost win and yet lose, yet it happens every day in sports as well as in every day life. The horse that loses by a nose ran just as far and almost as fast yet the winner goe…
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Daniel Webster, when asked what was the greatest thought that had ever entered his mind, replied: “My accountability to Almighty God”.
This thought evidently hasn’t occurred to many people, at least it wouldn’t appear to be so from the way most people are living. Their lives reflect m…
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL chapters in our Bible is Paul’s love chapter (1 Corinthians 13). Drummond in his book, “The Greatest Thing in the World”, analyses it and finds that love is made up of nine ingredients which Paul deals with one at a time. These ingredients when properly mixed together…
When we were young we had a burning desire to walk up an escalator that was going down. Of course neither the store nor our parents would give their permission so we had to wait until we were alone and the store was not crowded. Getting started was a challenge since the steps disappeared into the fl…
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