Monthly Archives: August 2015

“There are many of us who are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do the little things.” —Dwight L. Moody, quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 3, no. 5. – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Matthew 20:16 (NIV)  “So the … Continue reading →

When Henry James, the great old fuddy-duddy and American novelist, was saying good-by once to his young nephew, Billy, son of his brother William, he said something the boy never forgot. Of all the fancy, labyrinthine, impenetrable things that fancy, labyrinthine, impenetrable old novelist could have said, what he did … Continue reading →

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” —Theodore Roosevelt, quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 4, no. 2, (March/April 2001). Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Psalm 19:7-11 (NLT) 7  The instructions of the LORD are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the … Continue reading →

What is largely missing in American life today is a sense of context, of saying or doing anything that is intended or even expected to live beyond the moment. There is no culture in the world that is so obsessed as ours with immediacy. In our journalism, the trivial displaces … Continue reading →

“A faithful friend is one of life’s greatest assets.” —Anonymous. Men of Integrity, Vol. 2, no. 4. – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5. Job 2:11 (NIV)  When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon … Continue reading →

What will it mean in practice for me to put God first? This much at least. The 101 things I have to do each day and the 101 demands on me which I know I must try to meet will all be approached as ventures of loving service to him, … Continue reading →

“The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.” —Omar Bradley, Leadership, Vol. 1, no. 1. – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4. Romans 2:14-16 (CEB) 14  Gentiles don’t have the Law. But when they instinctively do what the Law requires they … Continue reading →

“Community… means people who have to learn how to care for each other.” —Eugene Peterson, Leadership, Vol. 2, no. 1. – Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4. Genesis 13:8 (NIV)   So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, … Continue reading →

“It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.” –Dorothy Sayers, Leadership, Vol. 3, no. 4. Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4.Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT) So all of us who have had that veil removed can see … Continue reading →

I used to think it strange that the Bible keeps talking about the cleansing power of the blood (1 Peter 1:2). It seemed to me that blood was messy stuff. I needed to wash my white lab coats if they became stained with blood.  Today, I love the analogy; it … Continue reading →