What Do You Have to Lose?
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” -Matt. 10:39 A young Scotsman sat at his loom weaving when he heard the call. An Englishman was working in the cobbler’ shop when he felt the tug from another world. The famed cricketer heard about the roar of the crowd the still small voice saying, “Who will go?” One Sunday morning while walking by the seashore, another lad from Great Britain heard these words in his soul: “If you will let Me, I will walk all...
read moreConsensus or Obedience?
“By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you.” -Judg. 7:7 “And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thou shalt thou do six days. “…and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times.” -Josh. 6:3, 4 Margaret Thatcher, the great Iron Lady of Great Britain, said, “Consensus is the negation of leadership.” Do you think all the military advisors of Gideon and Joshua agreed on the tactics or maneuverings of these two great generals? What about...
read moreLycanthropy
“Nebuchadnezzar…was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen…his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.” -Dan. 4:33 I am not saying that Nebuchadnezzar suffered from lycanthropy for seven years, but I would like to point out some similarities and make a modern-day application. Clinical lycanthropy is a rare psychiatric syndrome where the affected person believes he has become an animal and acts like one. In contrast, there is a mythical lycanthropy that has supposedly...
read moreA Rose of Love
“I am the rose of Sharon.” -Song of Sol. 2:1 “And to know the love of Christ.” -Eph. 3:19 A young radio comedian fell in love with a young woman named Mary. He was very shy and could not bring himself to convey his feelings for the girl he loved. One day Jack’s courage mounted to the point that he sent her one red rose with those words “To Mary-with Love” on the accompanying card. She said, “Jack, are you sending me flowers? Are you trying to ask me something? Are you trying to ask me...
read moreA Christian’s Revenge
“If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.” -Rom. 12:20 A young Christian girl in South America was captured in the jungle by an enemy of her father. This sadistic foe cut off both her hands. The young lady finally recovered from her wounds, and many years passed. One day, a penniless pauper knocked at the door of the young girl’s father to ask for help. When she opened the door, she instantly recognized him as the fiend that had cut off her...
read moreTen Shekels, a Suit and Your Supper
“And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.” -Judg. 17:10 Micah was like many modern-day church members who do not want to go to church anymore. It was too far; the preacher preached too long; the pews were too hard-you know the kind (maybe you are one of that kind). So he hired a Levite to be his priest and perform religious services for him at his convenience. The carnal Levite...
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