Good Mind Food
"Memory," said Cicero, "is the treasury and guardian of all things." The little girl however, had a different idea when she defined memory as "the thing that I forget with." The human mind is a masterpiece of God's workmanship (Ps. 139:14)....
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Alas, It Was Borrowed
We understand a miracle to feed 5,000 or to raise the dead, certainly, but for a lost axe? The young man knew its importance. With the axe head gone, his means of serving the Lord and His people and being able...
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Good Samaritans
Since the world began, there never has been such a storyteller as Jesus of Nazareth. His parables are priceless. They are the most unique word pictures ever presented to the wondering eyes of the children of men. A parable is...
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Is Christ Your Focus?
More and more I am made to feel that Christ does not have His proper place among the children of God. He is not the object. It is either a doctrine, a dogma, a party, my experience--something beside Christ. We...
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The Alpine Meadow
The Big Stony River is just to the left. We are walking upstream on a well-worn game trail. Behind us, momentarily hidden in clouds, rises the massive bulk of Mount McKinley--North America's highest peak. Miles ahead, at the moment unseen...
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Serious Business
When life goes on well, self-sufficient complacency toward the Lord is apt to creep in. There is failure to feel the need for consistency in prayer. But when a critical issue looms, impossible to solve humanly, it results in a...
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The Heartsong
When we moved into a new house--new to us, at least--the place needed some fixing up. A friend offered to help. He was a retired businessman who found his joy in helping others. His name was James Pirrie, but his...
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Songs in the Night
"Hast not Thou made an hedge about him . . . ? Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" (Job 1:10; 3:23) Job asks how life can be considered worth living...
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Praise Changes Things
A booklet bearing the title Prayer Changes Things was written by Dr. S. D. Gordon. It has made a deep impression on multitudes of Christians. In many homes these words may be found as a motto. We are all aware...
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