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I am afraid that many of us are like the children at school, who have a good, fair copy set them at the top of the page, and the next line is written to imitate the copy, and the next imitates the imitation of the copy, and as it gets to the bottom of the page—alas! poor writing—how unlike it is to the…

It is life that grows. Put a bar of iron into the best soil that you can find, water it, and manure it, and let the genial sun shine upon it, but never a leaf or a rootlet will you find upon it, for it is dead. It is not so with the Christian man. Because of the life that is in him, he must grow. Spurgeon,…

The full-grown man is stronger than the babe. His sinews are knit; his bones have become more full of solid material; they are no longer soft and cartilaginous, there is more solid matter in them. So with the advanced Christian; he is no longer to be bent about and twisted; his bones are as iron, and…

Familiarity with Christ soon begets congeniality of disposition and spirit, for those who are much with Christ become much like Christ. He who lies on a bed of spices will naturally find his garments smell of the same. A mirror upon which the sun is shining is bright itself and flashes its reflected…

The youthful artist, as he grasps his early pencil, can hardly hope to equal Raphael or Michelangelo, but still, if he did not have a noble ideal before his mind, he would only attain to something very mean and ordinary. Heavenly fingers point us to the Lord Jesus as the great exemplar of His people,…

19-year-old Adnan Khurram impersonated a doctor at one of India’s top hospitals for five months. Khurram wore a lab coat and carried a stethoscope as he routinely chatted with patients at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Even though he had no medical training he impressed the staff…

TV producer Cliff McDowell hopes his new animated series will help children learn to pray, build a relationship with God, and deal with common childhood struggles. McDowell created a 26-part series called “Sea Kids,” which is about a group of underwater character with bright colors and inspiring storylines.…

In “Restraint in Relationships,” Mike Clements writes, “Mustering restraint in hostile relationships can feel like walking through a minefield. Our footing will seem unsure as we meet hostility with restraint. God’s character and resurrection power help Christians rise above the hostility of this world.…

Are we falling asleep like the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane?

An Arizona man, Matthew Disbro, flipped on the police lights of his black Dodge Charger to pull over a flashy yellow Ford Mustang containing two men. The problem was the two men in the Mustang were police officers and Disbro is not. The real police officers charged the fake policeman with impersonating…

In Colorado Josiah Carelse poured a bowl of Quaker granola from a box he purchased at Walmart the week before. Carelse said that he noticed a funny taste and it tasted very stale. Well, no wonder. The sell-by date on the box was 21 years ago. Carelse said he felt fine after eating the ancient oats but…

Boerne, Texas may hold the easiest race there is to enter and complete. The race, run in May, is a 0.5k very mini-marathon. The 546-yard race features a rest stop at the halfway point where runners can refill on coffee and doughnuts. Upon completing the race, all runners received a T-shirt and an oval…

Some of us are always looking for a shortcut to physical fitness. Now there are some possible solutions on the horizon. Scientists are testing compounds that they can put into a pill to produce the same effects as exercise. One proposed pill would give us more endurance and weight control, without the…

In his book, Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation, M. Robert Mulholland, Jr., writes, “If you want a good litmus test of your spiritual growth simply examine the nature and quality of your relationships with others.” —Jim L. Wilson Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual…

Author and Counselor Nicole Unice says that the one thing that every relationship needs to be healthy is a desire to grow. Unice says friendships, working relationships, marriages, and even our relationship with Jesus all eventually become unhealthy if a person becomes complacent and merely shows up,…

It is refreshing to have a place of solitude, a place to relax and experience the presence of God in His creation. Honeysuckles, climbing vines, lilies, violets, and roses covered Helen Keller’s family home. She found joy as she wandered, burying her face in the cool petals of the flowers and smelling…

Dovey is a 4-year-old shar-pei living with a loving family in Oklahoma. When she began vomiting and losing weight the family took her to the veterinarian. An x-ray of Dovey’s stomach revealed not only her health problem but solved the mystery of the disappearing pacifiers. The x-ray showed 7 to 9 pacifiers…

David Knowles must be a good teacher. The 77-year-old retired nurse was teaching CPR to fellow church members in southern England when he went into cardiac arrest. As he lay on the floor he gave further instruction to his trainees on how to help him before he lost consciousness. One class member, Karol…

Venezuelan Adrian Solano nearly fell at the starting gate of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Finland. Then after a wobbling start, he took a tumble at one of the first curves, repeatedly falling while making it about one-third the way around the course before he ran out of time. An examination…

A study by Lifeway Research suggests that Christians are not sharing their faith but are feeling a responsibility to do so. The survey focused on Canadians, and found that 43% of those surveyed felt a responsibility to tell non-Christians about Jesus, but 78% had not shared how to become a Christian…

In the 40 years he has been teaching, Bruce Farrer has taken on a special roll each year to give former students a look at their lives from the past. Every year, Farrer asked his 14-year-old English students to write a 10-page letter to their future selves. After they assignment was turned in, Farrer…

A study conducted by Lifeway Research found that a majority of people who attend church regularly say they have significant relationships with others at church, but less than half of them say they are intentionally helping other believers grow in their faith The survey identified “building relationships”…

In the Band of Brothers, there is a scene where paratroopers riding in a C47 to their drop zone in Normandy. As you might imagine, there is a lot of nervous energy in the plane but the real tension begins when their plane encounters enemy fire before the drop. After they hit the drop zone, the solders…

What might be the primary purpose of colleges and universities? To see how many national championships they can accumulate? To see who can rank the highest in the annual issue of US News & World Report for Best Colleges? To see who can register the most students? If graduating the students is a high…