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Apathy

Malcolm Muggeridge wrote about Mother Teresa after he had seen her work in Calcutta: “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncare...

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...

Parental Duty

A Reader's Digest article, "Hard Truths About Day Care," concludes: "What the very young want, and urgently need, child-development experts agree, is not education or socialization, but the affection ...

Personal Dedication

"The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field or endeavor…I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfil...

Worry

According to John MacArthur, some years ago, the Mayo Clinic stated that statistically 80 percent of their total case load were ill either in reality or artificially due directly to mental stress....

Preaching and the House Church Movement

House Church. For pastors, the mere term once conjured up images of angry men and women gathered around a kitchen table, condemning the mis­takes and failures of the traditional church they had left f...

Illustration: Stress, Worship

In his Turning Point Daily Devotional for Feb. 18, 2010, David Jeremiah shares this: "A Netherlands-based electronics firm is creating a bracelet that will change color and flicker from yellow to red ...

Illustration: Discipline to Run the Race

Athletes often have a perseverance and determination Christian should envy....

True Worship Is Self-Forgetfulness

Losing awareness of one's self to focus on God alone is true worshp....

Anger

David Powlison comments, “In Western culture, many theories of anger treat it as an emotional fluid that builds up pressure and must be released. This ‘hydraulic’ theory of anger ...

Call To Ministry

"Those who are truly sent by God . . . are marked by the fact that they are faithful to the message of the Gospel, exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, proclaiming to men the good news of salvation through...

The Primacy of Preaching in a Healthy Church

Mark Dever explains why the regular diet of the church should consist of the explanation and application of particular portions of God’s Word. ...

Illustration: Integrity

Jesus the Christ must be our first priority....

Illustration: The Power of Kindness

How large of an impact does random or targeted kindness have on others?...

Illustration: Criticism

Thomas Paine was the fiery writer who ignited the American Revolution with his book Common Sense. ...

Illustration: Expectations, Children

After school one day, a young first-grade boy was sitting at the kitchen table, eating his afternoon snack, when he blurted out, "Mom, the teacher was asking me today if I have any brothers or sisters...

Purpose

According to Ripley's Believe it or Not, the oldest known bird was called the Archaeopteryx. According to scientists, this ancient bird was so clumsy it could not control its own flight. It simply fle...

To Illustrate: Perseverence

Dustin Carter is an extraordinary athlete. He finished his high school wrestling career with a 40-4 record. While he made it to the Ohio state championship, he did not win. ...