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Parental Influence

J. Robertson McQuilkin, President of Columbia Bible College, observed that "Christian parents no longer hold Christian ministry as an ambition for their children." They want them to have a piece of th...

Illustration: Heaven

The Sultan of Brunei owns 500 Rolls Royce automobiles, seven airplanes and two helicopters. His palace is the largest residence in the world with 1,788 rooms and 257 bathrooms—but it pales in comparis...

Cross

The largest cross in the world is located on Bald Knob mountain in southern Illinois. It towers 111 feet high and can be seen for miles in every direction. But the true cross towers higher. It towers ...

Light

Thomas Edison changed the world with his invention of the light bulb. The last words he ever spoke were: "It is very beautiful over there." When he died the President of the United States suggested th...

Illustration: Love

In The Book of Babel by Mark Abley, the author says there are 6,000 languages spoken in the world today, but half of them are unlikely to survive into the next century. ...

To Illustrate: Atonement

Recently China announced the opening of what they call the "world’s longest sea bridge." ...

Half-Heartedness

A fellow was found with a rope around his wrist, strung from a light fixture. His buddy cut him down and said, "What in the world are you doing?" "Committing suicide!" "Well, you should have put it ar...

Freedom

"Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity."...

Golf

Golfer: "Well, I have never played this badly before!Caddy: "I didn't realize you had played before, sir." Golfer: "Do you think I can get there with a 5-iron?"Caddy: "Eventually." Golfer (screaming...

Good Example

John Bunyan said of Christians, "When all their garments are white the world will count them His," and the skeptical German poet Heinrich Heine said to Christians, "You show me your redeemed life a...

Life's Mission

If I straighten the pictures on the walls of your home, I am committing no sin, am I? But suppose that your house were afire, and I still went calmly about straightening pictures, what would you sa...

Commitment

Years ago, Bob Dylan wrote a great truth in one of his songs. He said: “You may be an ambassador to England of France; You may like to gamble, you might like to dance; You may be the heavy-wei...

Satan the Arch Deceiver

Occult Explosion Today the occult is in and is growing geometrically. There are over 200,000 registered witches in the U.S. and many more are not registered. In fact, the famous witch, Sybil Leek said...

Illustration: Success

In his new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas observes of the German pastor-theologian: “In his book Ethics...Bonhoeffer wrote about the way people worship success. The topic fascinated hi...

Illustration: Easter, the Cross

In Peggy Noonan’s book When Character Was King, she tells about a meeting between President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. It was their first meeting as world leaders and Bush ...

Bible

According to a report in The Washington Times, most Americans believe the Bible is more factual than newspapers but find their daily newspapers far easier to read. This suggests Americans are more wil...

Illustration: Church

At the Korean DMZ, you can see into North Korea far enough to see the largest flag pole in the world. The flag by itself weighs 300 kilograms. In Seoul, South Korea, by contrast, you can see churches ...

Church

I remember the late President of Princeton Theological Seminary and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Dr. James I. McCord, telling the story of two friends at a party. One confessed, "I don't k...

Covetousness

One day Abraham Lincoln was walking down the street with two small boys who were both crying loudly. A neighbor passing by inquired, "What's the matter, Abe? Why all the fuss?" Lincoln responded, "The...

Stewardship

Ninety percent of all the flowers in the world have an unpleasant odor or no odor at all. Yet, we remember the flowers because of the ten percent that are pleasantly fragrant! Ten percent that is gi...