A newspaper ran a contest asking kids for their profound thoughts (akin to the old “Deep Thoughts” segment on Saturday Night Live). Here are some submissions:...
I’m sitting in row seven watching Dr. Bob, our senior pastor, give today’s sermon for children. He raises a box and squints his eyes as though he is trying to figure out what is in it. Now most of us,...
The Greeks called the heart the "cardia"; the volitional center where life makes up its mind. The heart is the pilot of the airplane, the quarterback of the huddle, the engineer of the locomot...
What does a new heart cost? According to the May 16, 2010 issue of The New York Times Magazine, a new heart costs $864,700 to “procure, transplant and maintain with imnosuppressant drugs.” ...
Don't worry; be happy. It's good for your heart health....
Philip Nation
We’ve just finished up our message series in Jonah, and I am always devastated by what I learn in the fourth chapter. Here are my preaching notes on the subject of how we learn to take on God’s heart ...
In England, when they caution you about a potentially dangerous step, the sign reads: Mind the Step. If it's a low overhead that demands caution, the sign reads: Mind Your Head. They use the word mind...
The streams of life flow from our inner heart. And at the heart of one who ministers must be character. Financier J.P. Morgan once commented that a man's best collateral is his character. -Wiersbe Wi...
I know Bible metaphors are sometimes lost on children, but I temporarily forgot the day my 3-year-old volunteered during lunch, "I got Jesus in my heart." "That's great," I replied. "It makes me happy...
Claude Thomas, pastor of First Baptist Church of Euless, TX, observed in a recent column, "In 1997 an article appeared in the journal published by the American Heart Association. It pointed to the neg...
Morris, the loudmouth mechanic, was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted a famous heart surgeon who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come...
F.B. Meyer, preaching in Keswick, England, in 1904, used this vivid illustration to describe his own moment of surrender to Christ: "I remember so well when He came to my heart and challenged me as to...
Christ's Finger A little girl had just finished witnessing to a small group of friends. Joyfully she told of God's saving grace and how His love had touched her heart. With assurance, she appropriatel...
When David Livingstone volunteered as a missionary with the London Missionary Society, they asked him where he wanted to go. He replied, "Anywhere, so long as it is forward." After he had reached Afri...