... grim duty, then the happiness of giving vanishes. The old TV personality Art Linkletter once asked a little girl named Debbie, “What is salt?” Debbie answered, “Salt is what spoils the potatoes when you leave it out.” (4) Great giving is motivated by a ... him to ride with him in a horse-drawn wagon to the town of Cleveland to buy supplies. Just before they got to town Mr. Allen gave Charles a dime, the first dime the boy had ever had. His father told him he could spend it any way he liked. Now back ...
... someone they love. Mark Cruikshank is a big, burly man who owns two transmission repair shops in the Chicago area. Last year, Mark's wife, Debbie, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As Mark watched the woman he loved suffer, he tried to think of some way he could help her. Finally ... the San Jose Mercury News, December 19, 1987, p. 12D. 2. The Broadman Bible Commentary Vol. 8. Clifton J. Allen, ed. (Nashville: Broadman, 1970), 140-141. 3. The 12 Dazes of Christmas (& One Holy Night) by Charlene Anne Baumbich ( ...
... robbers?” David thought a moment, then replied, “I want to stay right here.” (1) Sounds like a smart little fellow. Maybe little Debbie was not the ideal evangelist. But her heart was in the right place. It’s a wonderful thing to help people find Jesus ... the time the magazine was printed. The book was titled Staying Married and Loving It. It was written by a Dr. Patricia Allen and Sandra Harmon. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Staying Married and Loving It. Maybe so, but consider this fact: the co-authors ...
