Recent newspaper accounts of the ruler of Iraq are truly fascinating. Though a man of great power and wealth, Saddam Hussein lives in constant fear. He seldom sleeps in the same bed two nights in a ro...
In her book It Only Hurts When I Laugh, Ethel Barrett tells about a king of Sparta in ancient Greece who boasted to a visiting monarch about the mighty walls of Sparta. But the guest didn't see any wa...
How great thou art? A dose of humility migth be good for one's health. ...
In the year 1723 the office of King of the Romans was vacant. Ruling princes were supposed to elect a person for this office, but they had neglected to do so. There was so little law and order that th...
When C.H. Spurgeon was under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, he had a clear sense of the justice of God, and sin became an intolerable burden. He didn't fear hell as much as he despised the reality...
"It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching, Christianity stands or falls." – P.T. Forsyth...
Dare to hope in Jesus the Christ as one widow of a Soviet ruler......
W.A. Criswell noted something interesting about the Mississippi River. Even though everyone knows it flows from north to south, if you fly the length of the river, you will find it at times flows nort...
Dedicated Little Things A little girl who loved the Lord longed to share the message of salvation with those who had never heard it. So she contributed a penny to a missionary to help with the work of...
The land of Persia was once ruled by a wise and beloved Shah who cared greatly for his people and desired only what was best for them. One day he disguised himself as a poor man and went to vi...
In a sermon on the Lordship of Christ, Roger Willmore says, "For Jesus to become Lord of a person's life involves absolute and total surrender. I can think of no better example of total surrender than...
I thought I was the first to discover this technique of dealing with controversial issues from the pulpit. But it turns out this little find of mine has been unearthed many times in the past....
What did you learn in church today? How is it possible that so many people, young and old, can respond with nothing but silence to such a simple question after spending an entire Sunday morning in chu...