The only survivor of a shipwreck was found on a small uninhabited island. He was praying fervently, asking God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but it never came.Exhausted, he eventually began to build a small hut to shelter himself, and his few possessions.But one day, after searching for
The greatest man in history is Jesus Christ.He had no servants, yet they called him Lord.He did not have a university degree, and they called him Master.He had no medicine, and they called him Healer.He didn’t have an army, and they feared him.He didn’t win any military battle, but he conquered the world.He did not
There are 7 important functions of our Sunday School: It could be called the WOMB of the church because it is a vital point for the germination of evangelism. It is the CRADLE of the church because it cares for the newborns in Christ. As the DAYCARE CENTER of the church, it constantly watches over
What would you do? …. You make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that
By Louis A. Barbier Jr. Defeated? You need not be. Christ keeps His promise: “If the Son… shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” “I haven’t sinned in over seventeen years,” a woman is reported to have exclaimed to the renowned Bible teacher, Dr. Harry A. Ironside. Dr. Ironside looked at her, and
A Jewish businessman in Chicago decided to send his son to Israel to absorb some of the culture of the homeland. When the son returned, the father asked him to tell him about his trip. The son said, “Pop, I had a great time in Israel. By the way, I converted to Christianity.” “Oy vey,”
By Nathanael Olson The janitor of a certain church approached his pastor with a problem. “I can’t figure it out,” he said. “There’s a fellow who walks into our church at noon, stands at the altar for a minute, then quietly leaves. He does it every day.” Pastor Jones frowned. “Does he look like a
A well planned Sunday school lesson has three parts: 1) FOCUS/OPENING (“Grab their attention where they are!”) 2) DISCOVERY/EXPOSITION (“Take them where they are going!”) 3) ANSWER/EMPHASIS (“Tell them where they have been!”)
Harold Chugani, a neurologist at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, has done research that reveals the great capacity of growing human brains to absorb information. He discovered that by age two the infant’s cortex is operating at adult levels. At age 4, that child’s brain is twice as active as the adult brain and continues
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.” Job 8:7. Read James 3:1-5 Benjamin Franklin once said, “Little strokes fell great oaks!” It is truly amazing how many large and important things have come from small beginnings. Did you know that a man conceived the idea for making the huge zeppelin
