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In a child of God there is a burning and a shining light that reveals the truth concerning sin. There is within him a something that cannot be silenced; this is that principle or power that John Bunyan calls in his Holy War, “Mr. Conscience, the Recorder of Mansoul.” You know that, when the city of Mansoul…

When your adventurous spirit has sought to climb some lofty mountain, delighted with the prospect you scale many and many a precipice. Onward you climb up the rocky crags until at last you arrive at the verge of the snow and ice. There, in the midst of precipices that scarcely know a bottom and of summits…

The truth is something like those stalactite caverns and grottoes that you must enter and see for yourself if you would really know their wonders. If you venture there without light or guide, you would run great risks. But with blazing torch and an instructed leader, your entrance is full of interest.…

There is a deep precipice; what is the best way to keep anyone from going down there? Why, to tell him that if he did he would inevitably be dashed to pieces. In some old castle there is a deep cellar where there is a vast amount of fixed air and gas that would kill anybody who went down. What does the…

You may take a lantern that has no candle in it, and you may clean the exterior as long as you like, but it will not guide you through the darkness. There must be a candle placed within, or else it will be useless to you, cleanse it as you may. And within man’s set nature there must be put the divine…

The Lord’s first word to Abraham is that he should leave his father and his kinsfolk, and the idolatrous house in which he lived, and go to a land that God should show to him. Away he must go. Faith must be his guide, providence his provision, and the living God his only keeper. The separate life of…

Men will do far more from love than we might dare to ask as a matter of duty. Napoleon’s soldiers frequently achieved exploits under the influence of fervid attachment for him that no law could have required them to attempt. Had there been cold-blooded orders issued by some domineering officer who said,…

To have the form of godliness without the power of it is to lack constancy in your religion. It is a very hot and thirsty day, and you are riding on a camel. Suddenly there rises before you a beautiful scene. Just a little way from you are brooks of water flowing between beds of osiers and banks of reeds…

I have read of a competition of certain young plowmen who were set to plow for a prize. Most of them made very crooked work of it. After they had ended, one of the judges said, “Young man, where did you look while you were ploughing?” “I kept my eyes on the plow handles, sir, and saw what I had to hold.”…

In every work we undertake, it is most important that we should act on right principles. If we are misled upon essential points, our efforts will be wasted, since success cannot possibly be the result. A man may study the stars as long as he pleases, but he certainly will not come to right conclusions…

Tyler Pence won the 2021 Quad Cities Marathon with a time of just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. He is the first U.S. runner to win in the past 20 years. However, there is more to the story. The Quad-City Times reported, “Pence’s win came after Elijah Mwangangi Saolo, and Luke Kibet diverted from the course…

MENTORING Discipleship needs the kind patterning that can only happen in healthy and authentic Christian relationships. Jim Wilder wisely observes, “Who we love has far more impact on character than what we believe.” — Jim Wilson and Jon R. Pennington --Jim Wilder, Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and…

About 171,000 visitors trekked through Nepal in 2019, hiking, eating in cafes, staying in inns and buying mountaineering equipment. With the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, hardly anyone came to the country. This meant that thousands of mountain guides had no work or way to feed their families. Ang Phumba…

An unexpected trip to the gas station turned out to be a life-changing event for NFL player Tre Boston. Boston was a free agent was trying to decide whether he should sign with the L.A. Chargers or the Buffalo Bills. While driving, he noticed that the price of gas had dropped nearly 20 cents a gallon.…

While some found the emergence of billions of cicadas in the spring and summer of 2021 annoying, David Rothenberg, a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, used the opportunity for man and nature to work together. While the insects swarmed all around, Rothenberg…

Susi Huelsmeyer-Sinay made headlines when she saved a resident of Yellowstone National Park—a wandering llama. The llama, normally used for guided tours, escaped after a guide loosened its halter. Speaking of the llama, the guide said, “Ike slipped out of the halter completely…because he’s sneaky, and…

In April of 2021, Lori Stephens saw some pictures from her family’s past vacations on a Florida Charter boat company’s Facebook page. As it turns out, she had lost a waterproof camera while paddle boarding in Florida. Seven years later, Dustin Molina, a Manatee Tour guide spotted the camera in the sound…

Though it sank years ago, the Titanic continues to capture people’s imagination—especially as they speculate on how the disaster could have been avoided. Captain Charles B. Weeks studied the relative size its rudder to the hull to determine if a larger rudder would have made a difference. There are different…

In the Disney movie “A wrinkle in time” a young boy and his sister are taken on a trip to save the father from the destruction of “The It.” Their guides fly them through the universe to a far away planet with beautiful landscapes such as they had never seen. As they move through the scenery they are…

The Trophy Active Protection System uses sensors to track incoming rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles to intercept them. The system increases the invincibility of tanks. Even tanks, need protection. —Jim L. Wilson and Jason Blankenship https://breakingdefense.com/2018/09/300-shots-rafael-readies-trophy-lite-for-us-stryker/…

In The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management, Alan Murray writes, “The goal is to create conditions that make them want to offer maximum effort on their own.” —Jim L. Wilson --The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management, Kindle Loc. 542-3 Philippians 4:13 (CSB) I am able to do all…

Spanish runner Ivan Fernandez Anaya was trailing Kenyan runner Abel Mutai in a cross-country race at an event in Burlada, Navarre. 32 feet from the finish line Mutai mistakenly thought he had crossed the finish line. Anaya had the opportunity to win the race, but he did not. Instead, he caught up to…

Timothee Mottin owns a café-restaurant in the French Alps and has gathered a collection of items from mishaps on the Mont Blanc glacier. His most recent find is copies of Indian newspapers with headlines for 1966 when Indira Gandhi became India’s first woman prime minister. The papers were probably aboard…

In The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management, Alan Murray writes, “Leaders must be arrogant enough to believe they are worth following, but humble enough to know that others may have a better sense of the direction they should take.” —Jim L. Wilson -- The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide…

In The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management, Alan Murray writes, “Great leaders know how to encourage individual responsibility and initiative, but at the same time also make effective use of measurement and controls.” —Jim L. Wilson --The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management,…