Articles: 47
Teaching on integrity, humility, and the growth of Christlike character in daily life.
Although he would not readily admit it, Little Davy enjoyed school. He loved whizzing through his lessons in no time, at all. The red brick school where Davy attended was small. There was only one classroom and one…
“Time to go!” Mom called up the stairs to the girls. Twelve-year-old Angela sighed and picked up her black and white striped backpack. They were going on a trip to Ohio. Their family was planning to move to Ohio, and…
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb –Exodus 3:1. The back side of the desert has…
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. –Ezekiel 22:30 The account of the little Dutch boy who…
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. -Proverbs 22:1 What’s in a name? Those who name their business usually choose a name to represent them well and attract attention, so potential customers will be…
There once was an oyster Whose story I tell, Who found that some sand Had got into his shell. It was only a grain, But it gave him great pain. For oysters have feelings Although they’re so plain. Now, did he berate The…
That they may teach the young women ... She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Pr. 31:26 Hasn’t it all been said, and written, and read about that evil little monster, the tongue? It…
John Brenneman was an American Mennonite preacher in the mid and late 19th century. Shortly after the Civil War he wrote a series of articles on pride and humility which were published in Herald of Truth magazine and…
The Heartbeat of the Remnant: Good evening, Bro. Dean! Dean Stump: Good evening to you! THTR: The seed for this interview was actually planted a couple of years ago while looking through some of the old issues of The…
That they may teach the young women ... Greetings of love in Jesus’ name! We have a great God who is worthy of all our praise, is worthy of all our love, and is worthy of our whole life! We live in a time when there are…
When the ten tribes of Israel were carried away captive by the king of Assyria, their places were supplied with strangers of different idolatrous nations, who knew nothing of the religion of the Jews. Very soon the wild…
They said, he is beside himself. Mk. 3:21 The most pitiable life in the history of the world is the life of the Lord Jesus. Those who study it find out, every day, a fresh sorrow. Before He came it was already foretold…
I find it incredibly difficult to put thirty-plus years into a few minutes of expression, in great feebleness. I want to read Isaiah 57:1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are…
“It is not the critic that counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, nor where the doer of deeds could have been done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena— whose face…
Imagine the proverbial man who lives in a room of mirrors. No matter which way he turns, everything points back to himself. And it’s a view he’s very content with—because he’s delighted to be the center of his universe.…
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (1 Co. 6:19) There are few areas in the Christian walk that cause more debate and conflict…
Paul speaks of the old and new man in these terms: “As the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the…
“Don’t bother me; I’m feeling sorry for myself. It’s an all-consuming task. I don’t have time for trivia, for your problems, for anything but a crisis. Feeling sorry for myself is all about me-me-me.” Self-pity is seldom…
Forgiving is a beautiful attribute of a Christian and a needed characteristic for the follower of Christ. The Bible tells us that unless we forgive, we cannot be forgiven. Matthew 6:14-15 instructs us, “For if ye forgive…
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Pr. 23:2 It’s the sin we are all afraid to touch. I am not even sure why that is, except maybe it is like the sin of materialism; so many of us are…
Many, many years ago in ancient times there lived a man, a rather hairy man, so hairy that his arms were not unlike the back of a young goat. This man lived in a place called Canaan. He was an excellent and skilled…
The following beautiful language is found in Isa. 51:3: “For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy…
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