"And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God."...
There was a man out west who caught an eagle and kept it in confinement for 17 years. At last having to move a distance he advertised to sell all his goods at auction, and that at the close of the sale he would liberate this old eagle, captive for so long. People came...
"You shall not ual relations with your kinsman's wife, and defile yourself with her. You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an...
"I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed. I remember it all-oh, how well I remember- the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on...
"And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you...
Dwight L. Moody's favorite verse was Isaiah 12:2: "I will trust, and not be afraid." He used to say: "You can travel first-class or second-class to heaven. Second class is, "What time I am afraid, I will trust." First class is, "I will trust, and not be afraid."" That...
During my elementary school days I went on several field trips to what you might call a theme park called Frontierland which was in western North Carolina. It was a big fort that you could go inside to see how the pioneers and Indians lived. The pioneers made forts to...
In a cemetery a little white stone marked the grave of a dear little girl, and on the stone were chiselled these words-"A child of who her is said, 'It was easier to be good when she was with us'"-one of the most beautiful epitaphs ever heard of. [1] Rev. John...
"But David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with sword and spear and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you...
"Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the River Jordan and settle there." (Numbers 32:5 GNB) [1] Have you crossed the Jordan River? The tribes of Reuben and Gad saw how good this land was going to be on the near side of the Jordan River....