Learning Through Prayer

I have often learned much more in one prayer than I have been able to glean from much reading and reflection.

Heaven Can Wait

When my five-year-old granddaughter returned home from a day at Children's Crusade, her brother asked her why she didn't go up to the altar when they ...

Useful Natural Principles

Principles Comenius Observed in Nature Applicable to Education:

1. Nature observes a suitable time.

2. Nature prepares the material, before she begins ...

Being Thankful

After a morning session at vacation Bible school, my grandson, Macky, complained to a friend that there weren't enough red crayons to go around and ...

Taking Care of Our Own Sins

At bedtime I tell our two grandsons a Bible story. One night I said, "Tonight we're going to talk about sin. Do you know what the word sin means?" ...

Offering of Joy

One Sunday morning, my 6-year-old son, Joshua, was busy getting dressed for Sunday school. When it was time for us to leave, he came out of his room carrying ...

Giving Fifty Percent

A young family regularly sits behind my parents during morning worship. Every Sunday when the offering is taken, the father gives each of his children ...

Bad Facts

These responses actually appeared on real science tests:

"The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects."

"Mushrooms always grow in damp ...

Faith Overcomes Our Limitations

Many years ago in the city of Minneapolis at Bethlehem Baptist Church they needed a Sunday school teacher for the junior boys. This class wasn't bad, ...

Experience the Best Teacher

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first, and the lesson afterward.