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When a man’s heart is full of filth, when the desire to get gain and to get it anyhow is strong in a man, he is in a very unfit condition to profit by hearing the gospel. You cannot get the gospel into him; a golden bolt fastens the door. He is somewhat in the condition of the sea captain I have heard…

We meet occasionally with people like the man who, when he was comparatively poor, gave his guinea, but when he grew rich, he only gave a shilling. His explanation was that when he had a shilling purse, he had a guinea heart; but when he had a guinea purse, he found that he had only a shilling heart.…

If you had to manage waterworks for the distribution of water all over this city, and there was a certain pipe into which you poured water, and none ever came out at the other end, do you know what you would do? You would take it out and say, “This does not suit my purpose. I want a pipe that will give…

We have known men say, “Well, I suppose I must give something, but these claims come terribly often. My purse is always being drawn upon, but I suppose I cannot get out of it without a subscription.” He gives as if he were parting with his blood. His fingers tremble and linger long over the shilling,…

A part of salvation is to be delivered from selfishness, and I am selfish enough to desire to be delivered from selfishness. How can you be of any service to others if you are not saved yourself? A man is drowning. I am on London Bridge. If I spring from the parapet and can swim, I can save him. But…

Alexander the Great, when he was master of the whole world, was the greatest slave in it, for he was discontented even with his victories. The pride of conquest held him in captivity by its iron chain. He who aims at the highest greatness in this world may only be more greatly selfish than the rest of…

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

Love and care of family is an important responsibility for parents. We are to take care of the children entrusted to US. That does not give us excuse to disregard the rest of society. Lou Munilla moved from California to Idaho when California passed a law that virtually all school children are to be…

Some criticize young children today as growing up rather selfish and inconsiderate of others. Not so for Jackson Champagne, an 8-year-old boy from Gambrills, Maryland. While out trick or treating on Halloween in 2019, the young boy came across an empty candy bowl at one of his stops. The doorbell camera…

An enterprising youngster from Minnesota was looking to get some candy. He wanted candy, and he wanted it now. So this 4-year-old boy took his great-grandpa’s SUV and took a joyride to the store. Sebastian Swenson backed the car out of a driveway and drove 1½ miles down a four-lane road at 15 mph during…

When six armed men in Belgium tried to rob a shop, the shopkeeper gave them some advice. He advised them that if they wanted to rob him they should do so at closing time when he would have more money. Incredibly, they agreed to postpone the robbery. The merchant then alerted police. When they returned…

In October 2018, an 84-year-old woman in Arizona returned from vacation only to receive a demand from Daniel Miller and an accomplice for $67,000. The duo claimed they had replaced her septic tank while she was away. Unfortunately the woman decided to pay the men in installments, first giving them $12,500…

In his book, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You, Andy Stanley writes, "Greed is conquered with generosity. Generous giving will break the grip of greed on your life. So whether or not you think you have extra, give and give generously. You’ve got to give to the…

Susan, a Canadian bride to be blamed her wedding invitees for “ruining her marriage and her life” when they refused to pay a $1500.00 fee to attend her $60,000.00 dream wedding. When only eight guests RSVP’d that they would come, she ranted in social media about how her friends were being unreasonable.…

After 40 years of telling their customers, they can have it their way, Burger King changed its motto to: "Be Your Way." A spokesperson explained the motto change by saying, "they can and should live how they want anytime. It's ok to not be perfect ... Self-expression is most important and it's our differences…

While money can’t buy happiness, if you have enough of it, it can buy a quote about happiness. In 2017, a piece a paper that Einstein wrote his famous quote: “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness” sold for $1.3 million. Einstein…

A recent meta-analysis from UC Riverside found that “the average person spends 52 minutes per day gossiping,” but that of that time only 15% of the gossip “is negative while the remaining 10% is positive or flattering.” The other 75% is neutral. People tend to gossip, that is, they talk about the people…

Evidence from a study conducted at Ohio State University suggests the best way to discover a person’s true nature is to put them in a time-critical situation. Researchers found that an individual’s traits become more noticeable when they are forced to make a quick decision. Results of the study revealed…

In his business book, Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, Donald Miller says something from a business perspective that the church has known for years: “Those who realize the epic story of life is not about them but actually about the people around them somehow win in…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “James Sinegal, of Costco, believed he had a greater responsibility to the people who worked for his company than to those who simply profited from their labor. A leader of Marines is taught to put the Marines in their charge before themselves. Every CEO of Southwest…

All of us have trouble appreciating our parents until we grow a little older and realize all they have done for us. But one man in India has gone a little farther in his lack of appreciation. Raphael Samuel has announced he is suing his parents for the awful way they have treated him selfishly. They…

Dr. Paul White, father of teenage twin sons, says that parenting isn’t just about training your child in biblical principles, but it also involves getting them ready for the real world. One day his sons came home from school and told him and his wife that they no longer wanted to do chores. Their schedules…

Due to limited access and altered supply chains during the 2020 COVID-19 quarantine, the small town of Gustavus, Alaska faced the danger of starvation because they could not get critical supplies. Local resident and grocer Toshua Parker stepped in and led a team on a 14-hour round trip each week to make…

Matt Herges played parts of 11 seasons in the major leagues. He got off to a rough start in 1994 by crossing the players union picket lines to play as a replacement player during the player strike. Four years later he made it onto the roster of a major league team. In 2007 Herges was one of 89 players…

In Peter Jackson’s rendition of Tolkien’s, The Hobbit, one of the early scenes gives a homey picture of life. Bilbo Baggins, a middle-aged bachelor hobbit, sits down alone one evening at his table in his comfortable home of Bag End. Bilbo loves all trappings of his agrarian civilization. His well-appointed…