Chuck Swindoll writes, "You and I are afraid that if we open the door of contentment, two uninvited guests will rush in: loss of prestige and laziness. We really believe that 'getting to the top' is w...
Chuck Swindoll writes, “You and I are afraid that if we open the door of contentment, two uninvited guests will rush in: loss of prestige and laziness. We really believe 'getting to the top’ is worth ...
Contrary to popular wisdom, good preaching has little to do with eloquence, fashion, or the length of a sermon. Good preaching is all about content and posture. ...
If you were to evaporate a ton of water from the Pacific Ocean, you would get approximately 79 pounds of salt. A ton of Atlantic water would yield 81 pounds. And from the Dead Sea you would get almost...
Acres of Diamonds Many people are not content with the work they are doing because the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. They are dissatisfied even when their circumstances ...
Current homiletic approaches did not materialize in a vacuum. Their ascendancy to popularity did not just happen. Today at least three winds of influence swirl around contemporary homiletic discussion...
According to a Jan. 6 Agape Press story, a recent study reveals that a large majority of young kids are spending a significant amount of time in front of electronic media - and experts aren't sure wha...
Lyman Bryson wrote: "The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute for intelligence." Doesn't ...
Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One teardrop asked the other, "Who are you?" The second teardrop replied, "I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. But who ...
Among the paintings at a Vermeer exhibit in London was one by Van Ostade that belongs to Queen Elizabeth II. It's a painting of the interior of a peasant's cottage. Imagine! The Queen in the splendor ...
SingingWe Sing, and Sing, and Sing!!! Only that you might see and relate to yourself as the message implies….The singing of a hymn should be a great experience for us - it can be a testimony, p...
In 1991 writer Rick Bragg published an article in the St. Petersburg Times (Florida) newspaper about Miami's homeless. He interviewed a group that lived under the Interstate 395 overpass. They lived i...
Playing Church Anne Ortlund writes: When I was little we used to play church. We'd get the chairs into rows, fight over who'd be preacher, vigorously lead the hymn singing, and generally have a ...
Everyone on earth, from leaders to the lowliest of servants, must repent of sin in order to be saved....
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...
The preacher gives a human voice to the divine word so that others will hear from God. ...
In a Nov. 12 article in The Daily Standard (webzine of The Weekly Standard), Wesley J. Smith writes, "Most of the time, we never know for sure what a starved or dehydrated person experiences. But in a...
"Horville had a very humble job in the offices of the largest corporation of the world. He worked as the gofer in the lowest reaches of the building doing what he could to help other people do...
In this week's sermon, you'll discover how to know God's voice when He speaks to us....