October 29, 2017
Go About Your Business
When Temple Hall, London, was built, the Masters of the Bench ordered a handsome clock to be placed there with an appropriate motto for it. For many days the skillful mechanic waited for the motto,...
October 15, 2017
Finding Fault
Sid and Barney head out for their usual 9 holes. Sid says, “Let’s make the time worth the while, at least for one of us, and bet $5 on the lowest score for the day.” Barney...
October 08, 2017
Reading the Bible
The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading...
October 01, 2017
Members Support Each Other
“And the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’; nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ No, much rather, those members of the body...
September 24, 2017
A Mirror for the Soul
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror, for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth...
September 17, 2017
Discipleship Demands Self-Denial
Jesus once said, “If any man desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24 NKJV). Thus, discipleship demands self-denial. That means putting God above...
September 10, 2017
True Wisdom
Do you want to be wise, or at least wiser than you are now? For years the Bible has been on the “best seller” list. However, it is sad that although the Bible is one of...
September 03, 2017
Close To, Round About, or Nearby
One Sunday, the Minister was giving a sermon on baptism and in the coarse of his sermon he was illustrating the fact that baptism should take place by sprinkling and not by immersion. He pointed...
August 27, 2017
"The Survey Says…"
There is (or was) a game show in which the game host would give the answer to questions by, “The Survey Says . . .” A survey is one of the most used devices in...
August 20, 2017
A Monkey and a Typewriter
How long would it take lifeless chemicals under ideal conditions to evolve into a living protozoan? Answer: it could never happen! Let’s simplify the problem. How long would it take a monkey, pounding irrationally and...