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Cunning | Innocence
In a Turning Point Daily Devotional, David Jeremiah writes: “In the story of Adam and Eve’s temptation and fall into sin, the serpent is described as “cunning.” Before their encounter with the serpent, Adam and Eve are described as “na...
Marriage | Babies
A six-year-old boy told his father he wanted to marry the little girl across the street. The father being modern and well-schooled in handling children, hid his smile behind his hand. “That’s a serious step,” he said. “Have you thought i...
Preaching
It was Sunday evening and Harry Ironside had preached five times that day. He was weary, and on the way home his wife asked a question to which he responded with irritation. Immediately he felt conviction and apologized to his wife. Sayi...
Eternity
In Thornton Wilder’s classic play “Our Town”, there is this important line: “Everyone knows in their bones that something is eternal and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people that ever lived have bee...
Prayer | Quick Thinking
The new army recruit was given guard duty at 2 a.m. He did his best for a while, but at about 4 a.m. he went to sleep. He awakened to find the officer of the day standing before him. Remembering the heavy penalty for being asleep on guar...
Persuasion | Evidence
After a trial had been going on for three days, John Smith – the defendant — stood up and approached the judge’s bench. “Your Honor, I would like to change my plea from ‘innocent’ to ‘guilty’ of the charges.” The judge angrily banged h...
Humility
A preacher went to speak for a civic club. After the speech, they tried to give him a check. He replied to the host, “I want you to give my honorarium to charity.” The host replied, “Would you mind if we put it in our special fund?...
Happiness
There is an old BC comic strip that depicts two ants talking. The first ant asks, “What is happiness?” The second ant answers, “Happiness is seeing a sunset; hearing a bird; laughing at other people’s misfortunes.”...
Happiness
Betty Davis, the legendary actress, made an interesting observation about happiness that is congruent with Christian teaching. She said, “A sure way to lose happiness, I’ve found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”...
