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Do you see that clock? That is the evidence of the time of day. The hour would be precisely the same if we did not have that evidence. Still, we find the clock of great use. So we say that good works are the best evidence of spiritual life in the soul. Is it not written, “We know that we have passed…

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God the Architect Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Psalm 127:1a Recommend Reading Psalm 127 Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the twentieth century's most well-known architects, practiced "organic architecture" - designs that flow out of and reflect the context of their environment.…

You might be the possessor of a large estate, and an adversary might contest your right to it, and you might not be able to find your title deeds. The estate might be yours clearly enough, but those deeds of yours might be mislaid and locked up in a forgotten drawer, and perhaps you might be sorely put…

Turn to Acts 12, where you have the record of Peter lying asleep in the prison, watched by soldiers. And yet at the dead of night, an angel of the Lord came into the prison, smote Peter on the side, bade him bind on his sandals and gird himself, and follow him. Peter went through all the doors of the…

If you had a very favorite knife, which you prized much, but someone took it and with it murdered your mother, you would loathe the instrument with which so foul a deed was done. And sin, which you prized and played with, has the blood of Christ on it. It cut Him to the very soul. So now you hate it.…

The full-grown man is stronger than the babe. His sinews are knit; his bones have become more full of solid material; they are no longer soft and cartilaginous, there is more solid matter in them. So with the advanced Christian; he is no longer to be bent about and twisted; his bones are as iron, and…

If any man dares to tell me that he lives for a single day without a sinful deed, I will dare to tell him that he never knew himself. Only look at your own room. If you disturb it, I see only a little dust floating about in it, but if a stray sunbeam shall enter through the window I see millions upon…

Had Abraham stopped in Ur of the Chaldees with his friends and rested there and enjoyed himself, where would his faith have been? He had God’s command to leave his country to go to a land that he had never seen, to sojourn there with God as a stranger, dwelling in tents, and in his obedience to that…

Holiness is not the cause of spiritual life and safety; faith is the wellspring of all. In the spring you see the hawthorn covered with a delicious luxuriance of snow-white flowers, loading the air with fragrance, but no one among the admiring gazers supposes that those sweet blossoms caused the hawthorn…

I have heard of a man who lived in a certain town, and while he lived, was greatly misunderstood. It was known that he had a large income, yet he lived a miserly life, and loud were the murmurs at the scanty help he gave to those around him. He stinted himself in many ways, and hoarded his money. But…

How many Christians are like the miser who never feels sure about the safety of his money, even though he has locked up the iron safe, and secured the room in which he keeps it, and locked up the house, and bolted and barred every door! In the dead of night, he thinks he hears a footstep, and tremblingly…

For the past 20 years, Stuart Dunnings III has been the top prosecutor for Ingham County, Michigan and has built a reputation as “an outspoken advocate for ending human trafficking and prostitution.” According to the state attorney general’s office Dunnings took an aggressive approach to his job and…

Carl Babik got the surprise of his life when Police officer Joe Sparks knocked on his front door holding a pizza box. As it turned out, Babik was not in any trouble. Officer Sparks delivered the pizza after responding to an accident call of an injured pizza delivery driver. Sparks said, "Just figured…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.” --Leaders Eat Last, 188. Colossians 3:23 (CSB) Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,

The city of Brooksville, Florida discovered they had accidentally sold the town water town when a local business purchased an unused municipal building beneath the tower. The businessman Bobby Read, only wanted the building so he could convert it into a gym. When he went to the county to get the address…

FELLOWSHIP In Measure What Matters Most, John Doerr writes, “If you put two people in a boat and have one row east and the other row west, they’ll use up lots of energy going nowhere.” —Measure What Matters Most, 92. Colossians 3:17 (CSB) And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the…

Archeological thieves are having changes of heart. An anonymous woman mailed a piece of marble back to Rome’s National Roman Museum. She apologized for being an ugly American and taking it from an ancient site in the city. Thieves also returned archeological items to the Egyptian embassy in Berlin, to…

A Florida couple said they were grateful to a man who found and returned a bag containing a quarter million dollars in lost jewelry. Joe and Elif Fitzgerald had attended a charity event in Florida and had a lot to pick up after the event. They put a bag containing $250,000 worth of jewelry in the back…

John Kellett, who is known as Baltimore’s Mr. Trash, was awarded a world record from Guinness World Record for clearing 63.3 tons of garbage in one month. Kellett designed and built a solar and hydro powered trash interceptor that removes debris from the city’s Jones Falls River. In April 2017, Kellett…

Ivan Dubinsky won $1 Million Canadian in the lottery, but delayed collecting it for a couple of months because of his job. He is a lighthouse keeper who cares for the Lighthouse near Port Hardy British Columbia and sends weather reports to aircraft and marine vessels. —Jim L. Wilson https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/01/21/Lighthouse-keeper-had-to-wait-two-months-to-collect-lottery-jackpot/4701579641965/?sl=16…

George Condash did the right thing when he discovered a box of cash outside his credit union—he turned it in. As it turned out, a security guard left it behind when servicing the ATM. The Credit Union did give him a reward for his good deed, but Alicia Stewart, the bank’s cash manager told reporters…

In parts of Wyoming, a good deed could earn motorists a $50 cash tip. Jackson law enforcement officials said anonymous donors contributed money which allowed deputies, officers, and troopers to give $50 to $100 gifts. Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen said officers can use their discretion to give the…

El Capitan is a legendary mountain in Yosemite National Park. It boasts a 3,000 foot vertical granite wall that attracts elite climbers from around the world. It was first climbed in 1958, and it took 46 days of climbing spread over 16 months. Today the average climber takes several days to complete…

During a Junior Varsity baseball game, Jake Maser tried to stretach a hit to left center field into a triple. Coach John Suk, the third base coach, seeing the throw coming and the play at third was going to be close, gave Maser the sign to slide. Maser slid but his cleat became stuck, and he suffered…