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If a man is in business, it is not necessary that he should commit forgery in order to fail; he can fail by simply neglecting his business. If a man is sick, he need not commit suicide by taking poison; he can do it just as surely by neglecting to take proper medicines. So is it in the things of God.…

When we intend to do Christian service tomorrow, and do it faithfully and well, yet we sin. There is a contract for certain steamers to carry Her Majesty’s mails, and they are bound to leave Liverpool at such a time and arrive at New York so long afterwards. Suppose they leave six hours after the time.…

I have told you before of a strange picture that I saw at Brussels, in which the artist has represented the resurrection in a very remarkable fashion, showing the people as partly alive. There is one man with his head restored to life, but his arms remain as skeletons. There is another alive down to…

A certain monk went to a monastery, determined to give himself up entirely to contemplation and meditation. When he reached the place he saw all the monks at work, tilling the ground, plowing, or trimming the vines round the monastery. He very solemnly observed as he entered, “Do not work for the food…

It is no new thing for men to attempt to escape the army by pretending to be in bad health, but we must have none of this cowardly malingering in Christ’s army. We must be ready for anything and everything. We must compel ourselves to duty when it goes against the grain. When it is a clear duty, obedience…

Piers Steel, a Canadian industrial psychologist, and professor from the University of Calgary concluded a ten-year study on procrastination that he published in the Bulletin of the American Psychological Association. According to Steel, procrastination “makes people poorer, fatter and unhappier.” Financially,…

A study by researchers at the University of Sydney suggest that people who sleep more than nine hours a night could face a greater risk of premature death. The researchers analyzed the health behaviors of more than 230,000 people. They found that people who spend their days sleeping and sitting are four…

Neville Morrison discovered his house was on fire. Fortunately he lived only four houses from the fire station. He sprinted to get help. The firefighter that met him at the door told him to call 911. “I don’t have a phone, but you can see the blaze coming out of my roof!” Morrison replied. The firefighter…

According to the Society of Automotive Engineers, one driver in four failed to use a signal to make a turn or change lanes. Forty-two percent of the drivers who failed to use a signal said that they did not have time, and twenty-three percent of them said that they were lazy to do it. – Jim L. Wilson…

In an email sent to coworkers on the day he retired, a German man admitted that he had nothing to do at work for the past 14 years. The man boasted that he had earned the equivalent of $980,000 for doing nothing. The worker said he was forced to retire at the age of 65 because his job had been eliminated.…

Elie Wiesel says, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” --The Week, August 6, 2010 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell This may help explain our tendency to hate this year the same people we were enough in love with to marry at some point in our past. We love and hate…

CREATION An experiment conducted in the Sahara desert suggests that though they may not count out loud, ants may have a God given ability to find their nests by counting steps. Researchers have discovered that in forest settings, ants use scent glands to guide others and themselves back to their nests,…

“Use equipment at your own risk. At the first sign of discomfort cease using equipment.” So say the signs in the exercise rooms of hotels and Condos across the country. The problem with that is, on days I am going to exercise, when the alarm clock goes off an hour early I have the first signs of discomfort.…

On August 8, 2009, a small plane and a tour helicopter collided over the Hudson River in New York. Nine people died. Reports obtained by the Associated Press indicate that the air traffic controller, who should have been paying attention, was instead talking on the phone. Instead of watching out for…

Comfortable Apathy When you get people's attention, they usually show genuine care and concern. The problem is breaking through their comfortable apathy to get their attention. Immediately following Princess Di's fatal accident, the legitimate press asked "why don't we do something about these pesky…

SPIRITUAL RENEWAL My times of spiritual lull do not necessarily happen when things are going wrong or when things are going exceptionally well-they happen when things are, well, just normal. Either end of the pendulum swing reminds me to focus on the Lord. When things are going wrong, my prayer life…

LAZINESS Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have invented an alarm clock that promises to help those who repeatedly hit the snooze button in the morning. The clock, nicknamed "Clocky," looks like something out of cartoon. The alarm comes complete with a set of wheels. When the sleeper presses the snooze…