My father was born in 1902 and lived through two world wars and the Great Depression. I was born in the middle of that Depression. Life in the little East Texas sawmill town of Weirgate in Sabine County where I grew up was hard scabbed, and the Depression colored its citizens' thinking for the rest of their lives. The scriptures say, “Owe no man anything except...
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The Christian faith is given to us in the Bible full and final, complete and unchanging. Nothing to be added to it or subtracted from it. You may ask, “Am I to believe the same thing my grandfather believed?” Oh yes! Your grandfather may not have known a computer chip from a potato chip, but if he understood the Bible correctly you can believe the same thi...
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A man once asked a lady, “How old are you?”
She retorted, “My age is my business. Why do you ask?”
He replied, “You look like you’ve been in business a long time.”
Truth be told, a lot of us have been in business a long time. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 the world's population aged 60 and...
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One of the great problems of society is the problem of human suffering. In the face of it many have concluded that there is no God. They reason this way: “If God is both good and all-powerful why does he allow things like cancer, earthquakes, and heart attacks to happen? If he is good he surely doesn’t want them to happen, and if he is all-powerful h...
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In this season of Thanksgiving, it's good to remember that the greatest American ideas are rooted in a Bible heritage and faith in God. I mean ideas like the dignity of people and equality before the law. I know that our forefathers were not saints. I know that many were not even Christians. However, they were greatly influenced by biblical faith. The repeated mention...
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Self-control is a sure mark of a strong character, while a lack of self-control is evidence of weakness. The Bible expresses this truth vividly when it says, “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls” (Proverbs 25:28).
In the days before gunpowder and airplanes the chief strength and defense of a...
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The English historian Lord Acton once said, “Mastery is acquired by resolved limitation.” It is the man who, like the Apostle Paul says, “This one thing I do” who succeeds.
This is the key to success in sports. Ben Hogan was one of golf’s immortals, but he did not become great by accident. He did it by resolved limitation. Jimmy Demaret...
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The diplomacy of the White House in the days of Theodore Roosevelt was “Talk softly but carry a big stick.” In life there are times when it is necessary to carry a big stick—but there are also times when it is good to talk softly.
The Bible says, “A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous [harsh] words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)...
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Why do people suffer, especially good people? Why do evil people prosper? These questions are as old as humankind but as current as today. Is there any answer to them?
The explanation of the prosperity of the wicked is easy. It is due to the indiscriminate love of God. He loves all people, even those who hate him and he bestows his blessings on all people alike. (Mat...
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