I recall once when at a church I was attending, the pastor asked if I would help him set up a visitation program for his Sunday School. The church was among the finest in the city, and in a prime location.Located on a major U.S. highway, directly across the avenue...
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." - Proverbs 16:3Adoniram Judson was born on the August 9, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1809 and became a Christian shortly afterward. In February 1813, he set...
How easy it is to confuse love with passion! One father said of his teenaged son, "I don't know if he's in love or in heat!" Feelings of attraction can change more quickly than the seasons, but love, in its truest form, is greater than feelings.Love is what Mr. and...
My father-in-law, James Merchant, is a watchman for his family. I've now assumed the primary role of watching over his daughter, Ceci, but for years he did an admirable job. Actually, her real name is Celia-that's what he calls her (pronounced by him and others in...
It is often observed that we tend to be more careful about what is expected of others than what are we required to do in a given situation !Further, at times our obsession with this tendency rises to such a level that the very purpose or objective of the activity is...
A clock in an Edinburgh church steeple was striking nine when three young men passed on their way to a place of sin. Suddenly one of them stopped and said, "I can not go with you." And when they pressed him for a reason, he said, "When I left my home in the hill...
"Let us not become weary in doing good: for in due season we will reap, if we don't faint." St. Paul (Galatians 6:9)Had Thomas Edison not been a man of faith, perseverance and determination, we may still be working by gaslight or at least, it may have been many years...