Monthly Archives: September 2015

If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay that way, but if you treat him as if he were what he could be, he will become what he could be. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS … Continue reading →

“Jesus Christ alone founded his empire upon love, and at this hour millions of men would die for him.” —Napoleon Bonaparte, Christian Reader, Vol. 33, no. 6. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “KINGDOM”. Luke 22:29-30 (NIV) … Continue reading →

“Criticism is easy; achievement is more difficult.” —Winston Churchill, Churchill on Courage. Christianity Today, Vol. 42, no. 1., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “MURMURING (COMPLAINING)”. Acts 20:32 (MSG) “Now I’m turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose … Continue reading →

“When you rule your mind, you rule your world.” —Bill Provost. Men of Integrity, Vol. 2, no. 4., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “MIND”. Acts 4:32 (ESV) Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart … Continue reading →

Those who live by mercy will always be disposed to practise mercy, especially to a human being which is so dependent on the mercy of others as the unborn child. —Karl Barth in Church Dogmatics: The Doctrine of Creation (III:4). Christianity Today, Vol. 43, no. 5., Today’s Best Illustrations – … Continue reading →

“Marriage is meant to point people to God. The family is God’s laboratory where his grace and provision are put to the test.” —Margie Zacharias, wife of Ravi. Marriage Partnership, Vol. 15, no. 2. , Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, … Continue reading →

Number of consecutive hours that a Maryland man spent kissing a motorboat in order to win it in a contest: 59. —Harper’s Index (May 1998). Leadership, Vol. 20, no. 1. , Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “MATERIALISM”. Psalm 119:37 … Continue reading →

“Becoming a Christian is not making a new start in life; it is receiving a new life to start with.” —Anonymous, from Men of Integrity, (September/October ’99)., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “NEW MAN”. Psalm 33:3 (NIV) Sing to … Continue reading →

London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, Clegg took pains to … Continue reading →

“Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.” —Vince Lombardi. quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 59., Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: … Continue reading →