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The story of the painting, The Last Supper, is >> > > > > > extremely interesting and instructive. The two >> > > > > > incidents connected with it afford a most convincing >> > > > > > lesson on the effects of right thinking or wrong >> > > > > > thinking in the life of a boy or girl, or of a man >>…

It is said to have been the distinguishing mark of Caesar as a soldier that he never said to his followers “Go!” but he always said “Come!” Of Alexander, also, it was noted that in weary marches he was sure to be on foot with his warriors, and in fierce attacks he always was in the vanguard. The most…

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.…

People can tell lies when they hold their tongues. There was a little girl at school who always held her hand up when the boys and girls were asked to show that they knew the answer to any question that had been put to them. One afternoon she held her hand up when she did not know the answer, and a classmate…

You know how a judge will stop a witness when he begins to say what others have told him: “No, no,” he says, “what did you see yourself? What do you know about this business on your own account? I do not want to know what others said to you about it.” So is it with the message delivered from the pulpit.…

You say that he is “a rewarder of those who seek him”; do you despise the reward? Are you content with having made a profession of religion? Some professing Christians remind me of the reply of the child who was asked at the Sunday school about her father, who never went to any place of worship. “Is…

What strength holy living in his people gives to the preacher of the word of God! Imagine a man comes before you and says, “There is, somewhere about here, an invisible lake, containing the purest, coolest, and most refreshing water that you ever drank. You never saw water so pure and delicious.” We…

We read in olden times of many of the most eminent servants of God being dressed in the poorest manner. When good Bishop Hooper was led out to be burnt, he had been long in prison, and his clothes were so gone from him that he borrowed an old scholar’s gown, full of rags and holes, that he might put…

A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…

A “richly supplied” entrance has sometimes been illustrated in this way. You see yonder ship. After a long voyage, it has neared the haven, but is much injured; the sails are rent to ribbons, and it is in such a forlorn condition that it cannot come up to the harbor: a steam-tug is pulling it in with…

Employees at a Dutch Brothers coffee stand in Vancouver Washington stopped and prayed with a woman whose husband had died the night before. Another customer saw the workers consoling the woman while she was at the drive-through and shared it through social media. Barbara Danner said, “When the DB guys…

Kaylee Goemans found herself in a pickle. Her 6-week-old son, Dominic, was in a lot of pain from intestinal problems. Kaylee packed him up in the car and rushed him to the emergency room. Once there she realized that she had let her car parked in a metered spot and hadn’t put in enough change. Because…

Mike Vegas ordered pizza and wings from a pizza company. He only had time to eat one slice of pizza before he left for work, so he put the rest of the order in the refrigerator to eat later. While he was at work that night, he kept getting message on his cell phone, but he didn’t pay any attention to…

An Australian mother who spent several days in the hospital with her infant son returned to find two surprises on her car. She found a parking ticket and a note from a stranger who had paid the fine. The mother, who did not identify herself, posted on a Canberra Mum’s Facebook page to thank the woman…

It is not uncommon for college football players to give up their last year of eligibility to seek a position in the National Football League. When Auburn running back Peyton Barber announced that he was leaving the school for the NFL, the reason surprised everyone. Barber said that his mother was living…

Middle school student Makenna Finnegan was running to set a new personal best time, when she stopped to help a struggling runner. Finnegan passed the other runner and noticed that she was holding her stomach and struggling to keep moving. Finnegan asked what was wrong and the girl said she had a bad…

Would you agree that a lot of people ask how people how they are doing, but really don’t want to know the answer? Emily Cummins recommends using body language to show that you really care when you ask someone how he/she is doing. Building meaningful relationships takes time, investment, and intentionality.…

Singer, Chrissie Hynde, enjoyed the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll existence. She spent some of her early years on top of the music polls with the Pretenders. She lived the wild lifestyle with other rockers. When asked if she would do it all again she replied, “Definitely not.” She said, “I would get rid of…

Amanda Thompson found a postcard hidden in a book she bought at a yard sale. It took years, but she was determined to find the rightful owner. Though she moved several times, and even went through a flood, the card remained in good condition. Finally, Thompson decided it was time to locate the owner.…

A new documentary, The Drop Box, tells the story of Pastor Lee Jong-rak, who founded South Korea’s first box for abandoned newborn babies. The film tells how Lee, once a dirty-tempered, skirt-chasing drunk, was transformed by a loving heavenly father to love his own child and other newborns and sick…

Leaders attending the GC2 Summit at a Chicago church urged believers to reach out to those in need such as Syrian refugees. They said that despite anxieties over differences of religion, reaching out to people is an opportunity to preach the Gospel. The GC2 Conferences stands for both the Great Commission…

When Liz Jensen accepted her fiance’s proposal in January, she never imagined that a complete stranger would play a part in her plans. Jensen picked out the wedding dress she wanted at a local shop, and when she went to pay discovered that someone had already paid the bill for her. The owner of the shop…

Michel Flamant, a French baker, and Isaac Wenrich, a youth league baseball coach have something in common. Both of them had their lives saved in the same week by non-professional and unlikely people. Flamant had collapsed on the floor of his bakery when the room filled with carbon monoxide gas from a…