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Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.…

Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.…

Many of our non-Christian friend and neighbors, however, may not know anyone with whom they can unburden their soul, and they don’t know how to reach God. So God sends you and me to be “God” to them, to be as available and compassionate to them as Jesus Christ is to us. Such encouragement is a matter…

God’s hands that form us are skilled hands: He knows exactly how to sculpt us into Christ’s image… In biblical times, most potters learned their craft from their fathers. In cities like Jerusalem, there was even a section of shops known as the Potters’ District. Families kept studios there, and the craft…

Rob Bell spoke on the selecting process that rabbis would use to choose their disciples. At the age of six, children would begin to learn the Torah; this training was called bat-cipher. From age eight to ten, they would memorize the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. By the end of bat-cipher, most kids…

Rob Bell spoke on the selecting process that rabbis would use to choose their disciples. At the age of six, children would begin to learn the Torah; this training was called bat-cipher. From age eight to ten, they would memorize the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. By the end of bat-cipher, most kids…

The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading from his old worn-out Bible. His grandson who wanted to be just like him tried to imitate him in any way he could. One day…

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones In our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it. Then…

Donald Grey, (Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) Donald writes that his Dad was a hitchhiker and was picked up but instead of getting, a ride was stuffed into a trunk and left there in the hot Texas sun. He died in the trunk. Grey had to fly down to see the care and the trunk for himself.…

C.H. Spurgeon poignantly stated it this way: "A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you. So carve you name on hearts, and not on marble."