Tuesday
Apr302013
What if you’re wrong?
For centuries, people believed that Aristotle was right when he said that the heavier an object, the faster it would fall to earth...
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Apr302013
Waiting patiently for God’s perfect timing
There was a family who had a small Scottish terrier who would go to their back door and bark and bark until someone finally got the message and let it out. One day, a handyman had come to do some work...
Tuesday
Apr302013
The real purpose of prayer
As Christians, one of the great paradoxes we face is asking God for something that He already knows we need. If you’ve ever wrestled with that seeming contradiction...
Tuesday
Apr302013
Standing firm when you’re tempted to compromise
Sister Carol Anne O’Marie is a nun in Oakland, California, who writes mystery novels about an elderly nun who becomes a detective. Awhile back, Sister O’Marie was approached by a Hollywood television company...
Tuesday
Apr302013
Where do you store your treasure?
George W. Truett, a well-known pastor in the mid-1900s, was invited to dinner in the home of a very wealthy man in Texas. When the meal was finished, the gracious host took Pastor Truett to a high place where they could get a good view...
Thursday
Apr252013
What to do when life knocks you down
A story is told that Andrew Jackson’s boyhood friends just couldn’t understand how he became a famous general and then President of the United States...
Thursday
Apr252013
Remaining faithful through persecution
In 1857, archaeologists digging in the remains of a boarding school in Rome found a picture dating from the third century. It shows a boy standing...
Thursday
Apr252013
Finding perfect peace in a chaotic world
An art contest was held to find the perfect picture of peace. The challenge stirred the imagination of artists everywhere, and paintings arrived from far and wide...
Thursday
Apr252013
Finding supernatural patience as you wait on God
Some of the greatest missionaries in the history of our faith were firmly devoted to spreading the seed of God’s Word, and yet had to wait long periods before seeing the fruit of their efforts...
Thursday
Apr252013
The impact of your actions on others
An old dentist recounts a story about his very busy dental office years ago. Apparently, he had one particular patient who was constantly late to his appointments...
Thursday
Apr252013
How God can use you to do anything
Here are a few interesting facts you may not have known about some very famous people...
Thursday
Apr252013
Keeping the main thing the main thing
Flight 401 was bound for Miami from New York City with a load of holiday passengers on the night of December 29, 1972. As the huge aircraft approached the Miami Airport...
Thursday
Apr252013
How to persevere in obedience
The great poet and educator, Archibald Rutledge, wrote about how he once met a man whose dog had just been killed in a forest fire. Heartbroken, the man explained...
Thursday
Apr252013
Putting knowledge into action
Imagine that you are the president of a company and find it necessary to travel out of the country and spend extended time abroad. So you tell your employees, "Manage things while I’m away..."
Thursday
Apr252013
Living beyond your circumstances through the resurrection
A little boy named Philip with Down Syndrome attended a third-grade Sunday school class with several eight-year-old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip...
Tuesday
Apr232013
What’s the point of pain?
The great professor and author C. S. Lewis once wrote on the subject of pain...
Tuesday
Apr232013
The only sure way to fix your mistakes
Bette Nesmith had a good secretarial job in a bank when she ran across a problem that interested her. She needed a better way to correct the errors she made on her electric typewriter...
Tuesday
Apr232013
How you can endure hardship through obedience
Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses...
Tuesday
Apr232013
How you can experience a complete transformation
London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs...
Tuesday
Apr232013
Finding the strength to overcome anxiety
In the mid-1960s, Bill Russell was the star basketball center for the world-champion Boston Celtics. He dominated the boards, and with effortless ease...