A Time for Growing Men

July 31, 2018 by admin

A Time for Growing Men The nation was in the midst of the Great Depression and drought in 1930. I was fifteen. My mother and I lived alone on a small West Tennessee farm. We were attempting to scratch out a bare living from a worn-out farm with whatever abilities an ignorant boy, a widowed […]

It’s Not Easy

July 31, 2018 by admin

It’s Not Easy To Apologize. To Begin over. To Be Unselfish. To Admit Error. To Face A Sneer. To Be Charitable. To Keep Trying. To Be Considerate. To Avoid Mistakes. To Endure Success. To Profit By Mistakes. To Forgive And Forget. To Think and Then Act. To Keep Out of A Rut. To Make the […]

Preach to Me!

July 7, 2018 by admin

PREACH TO ME! Bill Crews Up and down in the land, day in and day out, by young and by old the banal little protest, “Don’t preach to me!” is heard. I cannot use it. My understanding, my conscience, and the needs of my soul won’t allow me. The Son of God came preaching. He […]

The Bible Says…

July 7, 2018 by admin

THE BIBLE SAYS… Whit Sasser “…And these will go a way into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46) Those who do not know God or do not obey the good news of Jesus Christ shall be punished in a lake of fire (ll Thessalonians 1:8 9 and Revelation 21:8). It is commonly referred to as hell. Many […]

The Narrowness of the Bible

July 7, 2018 by admin

THE NARROWNESS OF THE BIBLE Jarrod Jacobs Have we ever heard someone outside the body of Christ criticize a Christian by saying, “Boy, is he narrow-minded!”? I am sure we have heard this before. We may have said similar things as well. Has it ever occurred to us that the truth of God’s word is […]

You Tell On Yourself

July 7, 2018 by admin

You Tell On Yourself You tell what you are by the friends you seek, By the very manner in which you speak. By the way you employ your leisure time, By the use you make of dollar and dime. You tell what you are by the things you wear, By the spirit in which your […]

A Paying Principle

July 6, 2018 by admin

A PAYING PRINCIPLE God honors men who take His Word seriously. Stephen Girard, Philadelphia millionaire, one Saturday ordered his clerks to come to work the next day and unload a large shipment which had just arrived. One young man stepped up to the desk and said, as he turned pale, “Mr. Girard, I cannot work […]

The Devil’s Yard Sale

July 6, 2018 by admin

THE DEVIL’S YARD SALE There’s an old fable that says the Devil once held a sale and offered all the tools of his trade to anyone who would pay their price. They were spread out on the table and each one labeled. They were hatred, malice, envy, despair, sickness, sensuality — all the weapons that […]