... with their nets, but they had caught nothing. Ability was not the issue. Availability was. I've never told you about my brother, Lloyd. He was two years older than me, twin brother to my sister, Lois. He had spent 20 years in the military. During those ... to do what we have done too often, exhorting others to be brave and faithful when we ourselves are shaking in our boots." (Donald Shelby, "God Rides the Lame Horse", Feb. 6, 1983). Despite that kind of awareness, God calls us just the same. The beginning of a ...
... with their nets, but they had caught nothing. Ability was not the issue. Availability was. I've never told you about my brother, Lloyd. He was two years older than me, twin brother to my sister, Lois. He had spent 20 years in the military. During those ... to do what we have done too often, exhorting others to be brave and faithful when we ourselves are shaking in our boots." (Donald Shelby, "God Rides the Lame Horse", Feb. 6, 1983). Despite that kind of awareness, God calls us just the same. The beginning of a ...
... board. At the time the story was released it had not been determined why the message was played, but it was likely a human error. An investigation was already under way. Passenger Lloyd Pople, from Reading, England, said passengers were "in a state of shock." "To be told you're about to die is not a pleasant experience," he said. No, it is not. But ... 702. 4. THE APPLAUSE OF HEAVEN. Found in THE GREATEST MOMENTS by Max Lucado (Waco: Word, 1995), 69. 5. Donald Russel Robertson, DEAR YOU, Word Publishing 1989.
... contest which cannot possibly do me any good because all it offers if money. Who needs it when (one) has life -- and I don't mean your magazine." (Lloyd John Ogilvie, Let God Love You. Do you know what the doctor is talking about? Our wealth does not consist in what we have in the way ... words which constituted his biography: "I died the day I received my exemption papers." (Donald Shelby, "Be Responsible") It's a parable. None of us are exempt from life, from giving and serving. When we think we are, we die. We ...
... child not his own. The purpose of adoption was to give the person doing the adopting a legal heir. The person who was adopted was treated as having all the privileges of an only child. Donald Grey Barnhouse in his book, Let Me Illustrate, explains the Pauline concept of adoption by citing an illustration from The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas. A character named Lucia tells about a ceremony which was held for her older brother in which he was acknowledged publicly as the son of his father. As they all assemble in ...
... not seen.” (3) If you believe that with all your heart, then you know the secret of our confidence, and you’re ready for Thanksgiving! (1) Moore, James W., When All Else Fails…Read the Instructions, (Dimensions for Living: Nashville, 1993), p. 11. (2) Williams, Donald M., Psalms 1-73, Vol. 13 of The Communicator’s Commentary, Lloyd J. Ogilvie, General Editor, p. 183. (3) Moore, James W., When You’re a Christian, the Whole World is from Missouri, (Dimensions for Living: Nashville, 1997), p. 74.
Some time ago I read in the paper that the United States Treasury has a "conscience fund," which was created for those who have lied, cheated or stolen, and who now wish to salve their consciences by returning to someone the money which they had gotten dishonestly. The "Conscience Fund" was established by Congress in 1811 when an anonymous donor who claimed to have defrauded the government sent five dollars to the Treasury Department. He said that he could not live with his conscience until he had paid the ...
The Feeding of the Five Thousand may well be the most difficult miracle in the Gospels with which we have to deal. And yet it is the one miracle that is most firmly anchored in the Gospels. Of all the miracles which Jesus performed, only this one appears in all four of the Gospels! There must be some strong tradition behind it. The least one can say is that Jesus was the kind of Man about whom His friends could hardly talk except in terms of miracles. Presbyterian Kenneth Foreman, commenting on this ...