Category: CHURCH & MINISTRY
The Way to God
Years ago, two cousins were visiting near the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Although they were told by their parents not to venture into the swamp, they disobeyed. As the sun was setting, they decided to head home in hopes that their absence would not be detected....
The Satisfaction Mick Jagger is Looking For
Aging Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones has sung thousands of times this simple line, “I can’t get no satisfaction.” He has stuffed himself with all that this world has to offer, and yet he still starves. How about you? Does Mick sing your song? Is...
The Resurrection’s Call: Lippen Till It!
Thomas Chalmers, a pastor in Scotland in the 1800’s, visited an elderly lady one day who was not a believer. He talked to her for hours about Christ and her need to believe. The lady didn’t want to believe because she thought she would be saving...
The Rationale for Wrath
A cartoon depicted Noah’s ark surrounded by desperate people drowning in the water, begging for help. The rains were coming down hard while Noah and his family were safe inside. On the outside of the ark was a “smiley face” with the words, “Smile, God Loves...
The Most Important Thing
When wars have ceased, international leaders have become dust and the poverty of their souls is revealed; when enterprises crumble and the last dream has evaporated; when death has claimed the final person, and those alive are changed for their eternal future; when everything earthly and...
The Man Who Would Not Read His Bible
He could read it, but he didn’t. Clifford Averill Foster went to Earl Buel Grade School in Drane County. He learned to read like all the others. He wasn’t the best reader—certainly not the fastest—but he could read. That’s the point. Clifford read what was necessary...
The Likes of Danni Lites
“This is so sad, that she died so alone,” said one of her friends from years earlier. Danni (Dannell) Lites was well known to the comic book world, writing over 250 stories of comic book characters on three web sites. Over the web she conversed incessantly...
The Last Shepherd
They sat side-by-side on the hillside, silently gazing into the starry sky. Finally, the boy spoke. “Would you tell me about that night, Jacob?” The old man said nothing. The boy asked again. “Please, Jacob. I won’t laugh at you. I really want to hear the...
The Great Molasses Flood of Boston
We’ve all heard of 150 mile-per-hour hurricane winds, but have you ever heard of the 35 mile-per-hour molasses flood? It really happened. In 1919, a wave of molasses, then the country’s main sweetener, escaped from the Purity Distilling Company and slid its way down a North...
The Difference Between Moths and Cockroaches (The Anatomy and Importance of Desire)
What is it that you want the most? What are you irresistibly drawn to? What do you prefer over everything else? These are not inconsequential questions. The answers reveal who (or what) you really are. Believe it or not, the importance of these questions can be...
