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“Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.” – Proverbs 20:4 And old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of the fireplace one evening just passing the time. Soon, they heard what they thought were raindrops falling on the roof of their small house. So after […]

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13 The Reverend Ben Patterson once said, “Hope delivers us from the despair that nothing we do matters, and enables us to […]

“Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.” – Proverbs 9:9 The famous author and inventor, Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, For every man, education should be a process which continues all his life. We have to abandon, as swiftly as possible, the idea […]

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” – Romans 12:15 The famous novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett received great recognition for his work—but not from everyone. Beckett’s marriage was plagued by his wife’s jealousy of his growing fame and success. So one day in 1969, Samuel heard her answer the phone, listen […]

“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” – Proverbs 12:18 Several years ago a professor at the University of Pennsylvania was known for giving boring, cliché-ridden lectures. At the beginning of one semester, an innovative class breathed new life into his course by assigning baseball plays […]

“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” – John 12:25 The Civil War might have been averted and a peaceful emancipation of slaves achieved had there been more people like journalist Elijah Lovejoy. After observing one lynching, Lovejoy was committed […]

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” – Matthew 28:19-20 We’re all involved […]

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” – 2 Corinthians 5:10 Not long ago, a young woman was attacked in a New York residential area while at least 38 […]

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” – James 4:17 In the early years of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln became so angered at the inactivity of Union commander George McClellan that the President wrote his commanding general this one-sentence letter: If you […]

“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13-14 The NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Ken Stabler was once being interviewed by Sports Illustrated when the journalist recited a quote from the […]