Coach Vince Lombardi once observed, "One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times and the varying formations. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a le...
Coach Vince Lombardi once observed, “One must not hesitate to innovate and change with the times and the varying formations. The leader who stands still is not progressing, and he will not remain a le...
The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3-foot wall. The ani...
Some Parents Say... "We will not influence our children in making choices and decisions in matters of religion!" But why not? The ads will! The press will! The movies will! The neighbors will! The ...
"Only those who love the Church," Wallace M. Alston, Jr. of Princeton, NJ's Nassau Presbyterian Church observed, "and believe in that for which it stands can be expected to support it with their stewa...
The Puritan John Owen said: “Our forgiving of others will not procure forgiveness for ourselves; but our not forgiving others proves that we ourselves are not forgiven.” And Thomas Wats...
Howard K. Smith, the well known newscaster, said that his daughter was not at all impressed by his fame. Even though he had interviewed presidents, and had a nationwide listening audience, she was uni...
In the early 1970's Gough Whitland was the prime minister of Australia. He did not believe in God. He said, "If there is a God and if I ever meet him you can be assured of one thing. I will treat him ...
Recently, the Cincinnati Enquirer told a story about a man named David Booth who wanted to make an apology. Years earlier in 1969, Booth tried to hijack a Delta flight. During the attempt, he threaten...
Vance Havner once observed, "Faith will not always get for us what we want, but it will get what God wants us to have."...
In his new book The Prayer God Longs For (InterVarsity), James Emery White says, “When we pray, we are to pray for God's kingdom, God's will, not only to come into our lives and take root, but through...
A wonderful little piece has been making the rounds on the Internet. Perhaps you have seen it. It is a list of things God will not ask you on the day you meet him: 1. God won't ask what kind of c...
Dear Ann Landers: I'm a 16 year old girl who didn't think your advice to teenagers who were having sex was either "square" or "unrealistic." I thought it was right on. I have a steady who is very good...
How far would depression drive you...or has despairity already driven you to sell out for things that will not last?...
Edison's best-known adage appears in various forms, the shortest being his comments to an interviewer that "genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration," his reply to a question a...
Rimsky-Korsakov's fourteenth opera was about the legendary Russian city of Kitezh. The legend is that long ago Tartar invaders were coming to destroy the city. A woman named Fevronia prayed that God w...
In Greek mythology the Underworld ruled by Hades (Romans called him Pluto) was a dark and gloomy place. Mighty rivers ran through it. One was called the Lethe. Whoever drank from that river forgot the...