George Muller, after having read the Bible through one hundred times with increasing delight, made this statement: "I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God. F...
Erma Bombeck once wrote about what she would do differently If I Had My Life to Live Over: "I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have ...
Erma Bombeck once wrote about what she would do differently If I Had My Life to Live Over:...
The Significance of Sermons Several years ago the "British Weekly" printed a letter to the editor: "Dear Sir: I notice that ministers seem to set a great deal of importance on their sermons an...
A Matter of Fact I have never known a generous person to complain about how much money it takes to run a church. Poor givers gripe about how much it takes; generous givers express concern that they do...
“The scoreboard said I lost today,” Andre Agassi told the crowd. ...
C.S. Lewis wrote, "Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your money and so much of your work -- I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures ...
In a recent column, Chuck Colson talked about the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq and how it could have happened: "As I've tried to figure out how this travesty occurred, I've considered my own experie...
"I have preached the gospel now these thirty years and more, and . . . often, in coming down to this pulpit, have I felt my knees knock together, not that I am afraid of any one of my hearers, but I a...
In his book The Big Idea (Zondervan), pastor Dave Ferguson talks about how his church has taken the homiletical concept of a single driving idea for the sermon and extended that across the entire teac...
A.W. Tozer describes the impact of the Fall on worship in a poetic and poignant way: "Man was made to worship God. God gave to man a harp and said, 'Here above all the creatures that I have made and c...
Does that startle you? I have been an avid football fan, but now I've had it. Let me list the reasons for my decision never to attend another football game. 1. I was taken to too many games by my par...
Today, in an effort to be sophisticated and contemporary, many Christians have stopped trying to persuade others to follow Jesus Christ. I, too, have been guilty of this. When we lived in Mexico City,...
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a lot more if I had been understood." (Clarence Darrow) ...
A wife came in to see a lawyer about getting a divorce. He said, "Do you have grounds?" She said, "Well we have about one acre." He said, "No, I mean does he have a grudge?" She said, "No, but he has ...
A wife came in to see a lawyer about getting a divorce. He said, "Do you have grounds?" She said, "Well we have about one acre." He said, "No, I mean does he have a grudge?" She said, "No, but...
Through his pastoral service at First Baptist Church, in Atlanta, his In Touch TV and radio ministry and his many books, Charles Stanley has become one of the nation’s best known preachers. Preaching ...
Erma Bombeck once observed, "If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy and complaining about the shadows over my ...
A minister one day sat in the vestry of his church to meet anyone who might have spiritual difficulties. Only one came. "What is your difficulty?" asked the minister. The man answered, "My difficulty ...
Rick is the co-author of The Externally Focused Church and 60 Simple Things Every Pastor Should Know, and his newest book is Living a Life on Loan. He was recently interviewed by Preaching editor Mich...