Money is like manure: It’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.
Author: Jay Jones
Funny, Isn’t it? Or is it?
Isn’t it funny how $10.00 looks so big when we take it to church…..and so small when we take it to the store? Isn’t it funny how big 60 minutes are when serving God, but how small when we are fishing, or playing golf or basketball? Isn’t it funny how laborious it is to read… Continue reading Funny, Isn’t it? Or is it?
White Noise
A few years ago while I was working in the offices of General Motors, I was shocked at an inter-office memo I had received. The note was to explain about a new “noise filtering system” that was to be installed in the 1,000-plus employee complex within the coming weeks. It wasn’t the system alone that… Continue reading White Noise
Study finds friends at church make faith more satisfying
About 10 years ago on an Easter Sunday, Rebecca Keck and her family, of New Berlin, Ill., visited Berlin Christian Church with excitement and some feelings of awkwardness. It had been some time since Rebecca and her husband, Scott, had attended a church. That Easter Sunday was the first time they had gone to church… Continue reading Study finds friends at church make faith more satisfying
King James Bible’s 400-year reign
By Mark A. Kellner-The Washington Times Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Its cadence is found in the speeches of Abraham Lincoln and the lyrics of Paul Simon. Renowned narrator Alexander Scourby and country music legend Johnny Cash have recorded spoken versions of the text. It’s estimated that 1 billion copies have been printed since the first… Continue reading King James Bible’s 400-year reign
Quoted: Alexander Maclaren on Preaching the Word
The preacher who has steeped himself in the Bible will have a clearness of outlook which will illuminate many dark things, and a firmness of touch which will breed confidence in him among his hearers. He will have the secret of perpetual freshness, for he cannot exhaust the Bible!
Quoted: George G. Hunter III on Christian Influence in America
The United States, for instance, has at least 180 million functionally secular people who have never been substantially influenced by any serious version of the Christian faith. That makes the United States the largest mission field in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest on Earth. ~ The Apostolic Congregation: Church growth reconceived for a… Continue reading Quoted: George G. Hunter III on Christian Influence in America
Quoted: Omar Khayam, 13th Century Philosopher on Knowledge
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him. He who knows that he knows not is a student, teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep, awake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a teacher, follow him.
Feast of the Passover Thoughts
As you know, on the evening of the first Passover, the Lord visited Egypt as an angel of death. He took every firstborn – people and livestock included- exept where He found blood on the doorway. To understand the killing of the paschal (Passover) lamb, it’s important to know that in Egyptian society the lamb,… Continue reading Feast of the Passover Thoughts
Quoted: Rabindranath Tagore on Faith
Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.