QUOTES – WISDOM & ENCOURAGEMENT “O God! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains; that we should, with joy pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.” —William Shakespeare “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without […]
Robert Frost’s poem has been read by millions of people since it was first published. Many may have thought it amusing; some, complete nonsense; fewer still, a profound and true tribute to their own beliefs. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I […]
ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER (1 Thessalonians 5:11) It happened in Dallas, Texas. A woman in a great big Cadillac was trying to get into a very tight parking space at a shopping mall, and she didn’t have the right angle to do so. So she put her big car in reverse and backed up so that […]
by Loren Eiseley Submitted by: Cristy Smith See http://www.whoohoo.net/starfish/ Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-043 (Sermon) THE KIND OF GOD WHO ANSWERS PRAYER (expository) by Rod Benson Nehemiah 1:1-11 We all know who God is. God is the person we sing to in church, the one the pastor talks about in sermons, and the one to whom we urgently pray when things go wrong with our […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-033 (Family Issues) (From All About Families) THE NEED FOR ENCOURAGEMENT (Encouragement – Part 1) by Norman and Ann Bales And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. (Hebrews 10:24) In his book, Building Stronger Families, Dr. Royce Money identified the desire to be […]
Christian Quotation of the Day September 18, 2000 The devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions. … Bp. Thomas Wilson
by Loren Eiseley Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who […]
DAILY Dr. F.W. Boreham tells about his stay in a quaint old cottage in England occupied by a minister’s widow. She had given him her bedroom and in the morning when he pulled up the blind, he saw that into the glass of the windowpane had been cut the words: “This is the day.” He […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-002 (Sermon notes) JESUS’ WORDS – AN EPIPHANY by James T. Irvine Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away; my words will never pass away.” Luke 21: 33 Some times I enjoy being surprised. But most times I don’t. The trouble is, surprises inevitably change the way things are. And that’s […]