Two women with a long-standing friendship had a serious falling out. As a result, for the next several years they refused to speak to one another. Ultimately one of the women became severely ill. Remembering her old friend, she invited her to her bedside and there they made amends. They buried the hatchet and forgave […]
An allegorical story is told of a meeting of the devils of hell. It was a strategy session and the issue was how to defeat Christians in their daily living. Many suggestions were made. Finally, a bright young demon came up with an idea recognized by all to be the key. He suggested slowly planting
A pioneer family was making its way West by covered wagon when they were suddenly surrounded by a band of Indians. With gestures and broken English they made the wife to understand that they wanted her to bake for them a pan of biscuits. After eating the biscuits, they rode away, never to be seen
One summer when still a student in seminary, I was serving as pastor of a little country church in Central Texas. To help pay off some bills and upcoming tuition for the fall semester, I hired out to a dairy farmer. I knew something about beef cattle, but very little about dairy cattle. So the
