Monthly Archives: August 2015

“God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.” —Fulton J. Sheen, quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 2, no. 4. Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Psalm 130:7-8 (NIV) 7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD … Continue reading →

The wonderful thing about God’s schoolroom… is that we get to grade our own papers. You see, He doesn’t test us so He can learn how well we’re doing. He tests us so we can discover how well we’re doing. —Charles Swindoll, God’s Provision in Time of Need. Christianity Today, … Continue reading →

“The greatest criticism of the Church today is that no one wants to persecute it: because there is nothing very much to persecute it about.” —George F. MacLeod, Leadership, Vol. 2, no. 4. – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4. Revelation 2:4-5 (NIV) 4 Yet I hold this against you: … Continue reading →

God is a peacemaker. Jesus Christ is a peacemaker. So, if we want to be God’s children and Christ’s disciples, we must be peacemakers too. —John R. W. Stott, quoted in “Reflections,” Christianity Today, Vol. 45, no. 5.  Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Matthew 5:9 (NIV) Blessed are the … Continue reading →

“God makes a promise; faith believes it, hope anticipates it, patience quietly awaits it.”  Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World. Genesis 28:15 (NIV) I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave … Continue reading →

“Jesus is the yes to every promise of God.” —William Barclay in Daily Study Bible. Christianity Today, Vol. 43, no. 2. Today’s Best Illustrations – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Genesis 49:10 (NIV) The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until … Continue reading →

“A silent love is acceptable only from the lower animals. God has given us speech that we should call upon his name. Worship is to religion what fragrance is to the flower.” —Henry Van Dyke in The Upward Path. Christianity Today, Vol. 42, no. 7. Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume … Continue reading →

The oft-enjoyed game of “Monopoly” has one card that is discovered occasionally when someone lands on “Chance”: “Return to ‘Go’-collect $200.” The irony of the directive is that in one respect it seems to penalize, but in another it rewards. And so it is with God. There may be no … Continue reading →

The modern world has had far too little understanding of the art of keeping young. Its notion of progress has been to pile one thing on top of another, without caring if each thing was crushed in turn. People forgot that the human soul can enjoy a thing most when … Continue reading →

Very few of us [Christians] could say with Paul’s conviction, “For me to live is Christ.” If we experienced this as a transforming joy, a life-bearing truth, we would not be so generally passive about it. —John Garvey quoted in Context (May 1, 1990). Christianity Today, Vol. 35, no. 7. … Continue reading →