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Greed

John and Roberta were touring their brand new house. It was a house that Roberta had paid for with her money, a fact of which she constantly reminded John. In each room of the house she said to her hu...

Example Of Wisdom

John and Dave were hiking when they spotted a mountain lion staring at them. John froze in his tracks, but Dave sat down on a log, tore off his hiking boots, pulled a pair of running shoes from his ba...

Divine Providence

As Pastor John Aker boarded a DC-10 at Newark Airport, the plane was nearly empty. The computer, however, had assigned him a seat next to a man named Richard. Once airborne, the two began talking; Ric...

Illustration: Faith/Belief

John Gibson Paton was a missionary to New Hebrides. He was translating the Gospel of John into the native language. He could not find a word for believe. The natives were cannibals. There was no trust...

Reconciliation

Someone recently passed this story on to me. It is a story about two brothers. They lived on adjoining farms, but they had a deep quarrel. ...

Integrity

One of the most ardent patriots in the American Revolution was John Adams, our second president. One of the events that helped spark the revolution was an event called The Boston Massacre. It involved...

Easter Sunday: Deliverance Now!

March 31, 2013—John 20:1-18...

An Alphabet of Grace

A 26-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years ...

Second Sunday after Easter: The Hands of Peace

April 7, 2013—John 20:19-31...

Examples

ohn Bonham was a patriot. He died at the Alamo along with Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Colonel Travis and the rest....

Illustration: God’s Love

In a recent Turning Point devotional, David Jeremiah writes: “A 1970 film, by the same name as the novel on which it was based, Love Story, became famous for its tag line: 'Love means never having to ...

Illustration: Making an Exception

Rules were made to be broken, especially if it means saving face....

Trials

I've always been amazed at how our sovereign God can turn tragedy into triumph. Take the case of John and Reve Walsh, In July of 1981, their little boy Adam, 6 years old, was abducted from a nearby Se...

Conscience

John Wooden once observed, "There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience." ...

Leadership

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way AND shows the way. -John Maxwell ...

Not Recognizing Value

In 1799, fifty years before the California gold rush, gold was discovered in North Carolina. At Stanfield in Cabbarus county a 12 year old boy found a nugget weighing 17 pounds. His father, John Reed,...

Spiritual Talk

Dr. John MacArthur has noted that some Christians are like the Arctic River, frozen over at the mouth - they just don't say anything....

Transmitting the Word: An Interview with John Piper on Consistency and Community

John Barry

Pointers from John Piper on approaching the Bible...

Names Of The Apostles

When Jesus decided to change Peter's name in John 1:42, it demonstrated how Jesus looks at men. He does not only see what a man is; he also sees what a man can become. He sees not only the actualities...