"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...
Christmas is close and it always reminds me of harvesting. Where I grew up, the cereal crops were ready for harvest around Christmas time and whenever I think of harvesting, I think of Ruth. Ruth, the Moabite, no stranger to grief, still grieving the lost trinity of...
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...
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...
"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand." (Matthew 12:25) "To turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers." (Malachi 4:6)...
Ok Clever Class, let's deal with the original problem. Despite being told not to, Eve ate the fruit. I have listened to the debates, the arguments and the fall-out for years. Now, you are a Clever Class so tell me: why is it that no-one thinks to ask 'why did she eat...
Luke 24:32 Did you ever feel the Lord so near that there was burning in your heart? We walked along discussing all the prophecies we could remember. The day was warm and dusty and we were glad to find a spring at the side of the road where we could stop for a...
Here in northeast Tennessee there is a tourist attraction named Bristol Caverns. I don't know how long ago they were found and opened for public tours but I went there several times during my elementary school days on field trips. It has the normal stalactites and...
There are some days when you wake up in the morning and open your eyes and think , same old day , same situation , same hurt, same problem , same misery and same difficulties. How many of you have ever felt like this being overwhelmed by the events of our being? A...
"And there was a woman in the crowd who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors through the years and had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she was worse. She had heard...