A $100 bill can be crumpled, mashed, or spit on and it is still worth $100. Its value is not determined by what happens to it, but instead by the one who consigned it. The government says that this is worth $100. So it is worth $100 even if it is mistreated, stepped on, and … Continue reading “CHRISTIAN,
VALUE OF”
CHRISTIAN, SIGNIFICANCE OF
A STORY is told of the Pope when he was scheduled to speak to the United Nations delegates. His plane was to land in New York, from where he would be taken by limousine to the UN building. However, there was bad weather in New York and the plane couldn’t land. The plane landed instead … Continue reading “CHRISTIAN,
SIGNIFICANCE OF”
CHRISTIAN, DEFINITION OF
THERE IS an American embassy in England. Located in that building is all the power of the U.S. government on one square block. Everything needed from an American standpoint is inside that building, because when it speaks, it speaks on behalf of the government. Suppose another world leader said to the president, “Let’s have negotiations.” … Continue reading “CHRISTIAN,
DEFINITION OF”
CHRIST, UNION WITH
ON THE day that you came to faith in Christ, you entered into a spiritual union with Him. What exactly is a spiritual union? Many people drink coffee with cream. When cream is added to coffee, a union occurs. The blackness of the coffee and the whiteness of the cream are now integrated and made … Continue reading “CHRIST,
UNION WITH”
CHRIST, SUFFICIENCY OF
RESPIRATORS are machines that do the breathing for you. If you are laid down on the hospital bed and there is a problem with your breathing, they put you on the respirator. If you insist on breathing on your own, the respirator does you no good. There’s only one thing you can do with the … Continue reading “CHRIST,
SUFFICIENCY OF”
CHRIST, FREEDOM IN
IN JANUARY 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was declared. This legal document said that all slaves were now free. But in Texas, someone kept it a secret. They didn’t tell us that we were free. So for a couple of years after the Emancipation Proclamation, we were still in bondage. We were acting like slaves because … Continue reading “CHRIST,
FREEDOM IN”
CHILDREN, TRAINING
MANY people spend more time training their dogs than they spend training their children.68 Prov. 22:6
CHARACTER, IMPORTANCE OF
A WALL Street broker had fallen in love with a young lady and began dating her. He was very wealthy and he had to be careful whom he related to. He didn’t want to relate to somebody who would damage him or only come after him for his money. So he had one of his … Continue reading “CHARACTER,
IMPORTANCE OF”
CHAOS
YEARS ago, mental institutions were crude in working with people who were disturbed. In Europe, a particular sanitarium had a very antiquated way of determining whether an inmate was sane enough to be released back into society. They would put the patient into a janitor’s closet. Then they’d put a stopper in the sink and … Continue reading “CHAOS”
CARNAL CHRISTIANS
THE GREEK word for dull has to do with slowness of perception due to moral laxness. It was the word used as an epithet for a mule. Now mules are not your greatest thinkers. Mules are not your most intelligent animals. They are kind of the dummies of the horse line. They are basically only … Continue reading “CARNAL
CHRISTIANS”