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It was said of the Persians that, whenever they went to battle, you could hear the sticks of the captains who were beating the soldiers to make them fight, but they won no victories. Look, on the other hand, at the brave Spartan. He was glad at the very thought of fighting; he lived in it. He was a born…

An Englishman may happen to be in Spain—he wishes a thousand things were different from what they are, but he does not trouble himself much about them. He says, “If I were a Spaniard I would see what I could do to alter this government. But, being an Englishman, let the Spaniards see to their own matters.…

An owl is a fine bird to look at, but he is a very small bird when he is plucked. He is nearly all feathers, and I think that a great many professing Christians are very like owls. They are fine birds to look at, but it is mostly feathers. Just see whether it is mostly feathers with you. Spurgeon, C.…

The hammer said, “I will break the anvil.” The anvil did not answer, but abode in its place, while the hammer smote it day after day. Month after month, year after year, the anvil patiently received the blows, but after a while the hammer broke. And though it did not say so, for it was too quiet to speak,…

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.…

When the bridge opened, officials inadvertently dropped a “z” from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge resulting in 96 signs having the misspelled name. In 2018, New York Governor Cuomo signed a bill allowing the addition of the dropped “z” to the signs, correcting the error. Why make the change after all…

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 45, made the extreme sacrifice when he gave his life that another might live. Radouane Lakdim, 26, a Moroccan-born French national went on a terror spree in the French city of Trèbes. Lakdim carjacked a car, killing one person in the process, and wounding another. He then tried…

“Refugees from the Berlin wall, to Vietnamese and Cuban boat people, to the DMZ, the prisoners of communism run in only one direction: toward liberty and self-government.” A 24-year-old North Korean soldier joined the race to freedom. He commandeered a jeep in North Korea and sped toward the De-Militarized…

The universe is full of asteroids and comet debris that bombards the planets. The giant planet Jupiter with its gravitational pull acts as a vacuum sucking these potential threats from space. Experts believe that an asteroid crashes into Jupiter as often as once a week. That space cleaning effort is…

As I stood in the sanctuary last night and listened to the message about idols, I began to look for the idols in my own life, and I determined that I did not have any. This was a little bit surprising to me considering the fact that I struggle to find time for my bible studies, so I tried it again. This…

It was this calling that Dietrich Bonhoeffer heard. In his book, The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer wrote, “When God calls a man, He bids him (to) come and die.” Bonhoeffer knew whereof he spoke. He was a rising academic, a promising theologian and a german pastor. His promising academic and ecclesiastical…

In 1730, Count Zinzendorf told the Moravians about the urgent need for missionaries to evangelize the slaves on the Virgin Islands. Leonard Dober listened to Zinzendorf’s appeal. As he pondered God’s calling, Dober felt led to respond. God was calling him to reach out to the slaves there, so he decided…

His was a rags to riches story. One day he was a slave, the next day he was a Prince. As an infant, he was placed in the Kings care and everything he ever thought about wanting was his. But there was a calling on his life. From the day he became aware of anything, his mother taught him that he was not…

Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan, shares the story of a woman in his congregation who was learning how the grace extended to us through Christ's work on the cross can actually be more challenging than religion. He writes: Some years ago I met with a woman who began coming to church…

J. Allen Smith is considered by many to be one of the fathers of the many modern education reforms in this country. He recently commented on the following story In Teneck N. J. a teacher asked for volunteers to share their experiences in honesty. He did this as part of an exercise dealing with “values…

Those are some of my favorite scenes from that movie where Bruce Willis, in his hard-hearted personality, tells whiners to call the “wambulance.” Do you ever feel like that? I do sometimes. I especially feel like that when I hear some of the criticism that the world has for the church today. I feel that…

But last of all, we are willing to challenge in the face of scriptural violation. Basically, this happens in a couple of situations. First, we are to challenge our leaders when they ask us to violate some scriptural principle. Last week I told you of Jennifer Keeton who was forced to attend remediation…

Nathan Barlow was an unusual medical doctor who used his skills in Ethiopia for 60 years. He dedicated his life to helping people with mossy foot. Mossy foot is thought to be caused by barefoot contact with the red clay soil of the country and it is a debilitating condition [that] causes swelling and…

Steve Sjorgen wrote in his book, Changing the World through Kindness Not long after we moved [into our first house in California], my wife, Janie, and I picked up on the tension between a couple of neighbors. One was a very outspoken churchgoer, while the other was an unbeliever. I knew I was in the…

SeleIn China's later Han era, there lived a politician called Yang Zhen, a man known for his upright character. After Yang Zhen was made a provincial governor, one of his earlier patrons, Wang Mi, paid him an unexpected visit. As they talked over old times, Wang Mi brought out a large gold cup and presented…

JUSTICE Chicago resident Tom Fedder has received 170 parking ticket notices over the past two years. Fedder maintains he has done nothing wrong and says his car was not present at any of the alleged infractions. Fedder is not a poor driver; his troubles are the result of a decision made by his grandfather…

Fifty years after he was named evil incarnate and 30 years after his death, Walter O’Malley’s private papers reveal that Brooklyn Dodger fans have been blaming the wrong man for their beloved team’s departure to Los Angeles. Fans accused Dodger owner O’Malley of being a traitor to his hometown of Brooklyn…

Select all the text in this box and paste your illustration here... Source: Magazine Name, January 1, 2006 No longer slaves of our former master.

A Post Office worker, at the main sorting office, finds an unstamped, poorly hand-written envelope, addressed to God. He opens it and discovers it is from an elderly lady, distressed because all her savings - $200 - have been stolen. She will be cold and hungry this Christmas. He organizes the postal…