Take Action
It’s been said that knowledge will not change a negative emotion, but action will. I believe that is a true observation. Many people squander days, months or even years of …
Take Action Read MoreAuthor: Rick Grubbs
And he Died
Genesis 5 is the first of several chapters in Scripture devoted to genealogy. It gives us a list of the descendants of Adam down through Noah. We’re told for example …
And he Died Read More Punctuality
Have you ever noticed how those who arrive late for a meeting are usually a lot more jolly about their tardiness than those who have been kept waiting? That’s because …
Punctuality Read More Authorities Give Direction
A frantic mother was trying to calm her five year old boy who was throwing a temper tantrum as the crowded plane was preparing to leave. Seeing the mother’s dilemma …
Authorities Give Direction Read More Automobile Parts
There are approximately 14,000 individual parts in the average automobile. If you were to have all 14,000 parts spread out on the floor in a large room and began shoveling …
Automobile Parts Read More Being Proper
Some people just love for everything to be proper and their world comes unraveled when it’s not. I think that can be a tactic of the Devil at times to …
Being Proper Read More Bigness
The world’s largest aircraft carrier is 1,092 feet long with a crew of almost 6,000 personnel. The world’s highest bridge is in Colorado at 1,053 feet. The world’s largest cake …
Bigness Read More Bridge Cables and Self Control
Time management is all about doing what we are supposed to do when we are supposed to do it. That means we not only need to know what to do, …
Bridge Cables and Self Control Read More Toaster Settings
Have you ever wondered why they have such extreme settings on toasters? On the one end you have a setting so light it doesn’t begin to create toast. On the …
Toaster Settings Read More Busiest day of the Week
What day of the week do you think researchers have found to be the busiest? Maybe you guessed Monday because of all that piles up over the weekend. Or maybe …
Busiest day of the Week Read More Myth of Quality Time
In 1949 Popular Mechanics magazine wrote, “Computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 ½ tons.” As time passes it becomes obvious that …
Myth of Quality Time Read More Cottage Cheese Lunch
I once heard someone claim he had discovered the key to losing weight. “Just don’t eat cottage chess.” He said, “Because nobody but fat people eat the stuff.” I’m not …
Cottage Cheese Lunch Read More Two Steps to Creativity
An article by the Character Training Institute explains how creativity is actually a mental discipline that arises from two things: 1. How I view a situation 2. What data I …
Two Steps to Creativity Read More Dead Church Members
A reporter asked a paramedic, “What was your most unusual 911 call?” The paramedic replied, “Recently we got a call from that big white church downtown. A frantic usher was …
Dead Church Members Read More Diversions
A man approached the border on his bicycle with two large bags over his shoulders. The customs agent asked, “What’s in the bags?” “Sand,” he answered. The suspicious guard emptied …
Diversions Read More Diversity
There is only one way to Heaven. Jesus Christ said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” While that …
Diversity Read More Dress Rehearsals
Life is not a dress rehearsal. It’s the real thing. God gives us one opportunity to go through this life, so in spiritual matters we need to make sure we’re …
Dress Rehearsals Read More Endless Hope or Hopeless End?
I saw a sign in someone’s home recently that read, “Man’s way leads to a hopeless end. God’s way leads to an endless hope.” I thought that was a very …
Endless Hope or Hopeless End? Read More Fanatics
“He’s so heavenly minded he’s no earthly good.” You’ve probably heard that expression before. And I suppose there may be someone somewhere who that applies to. But how many people …
Fanatics Read More First Year of Marriage
In Duet. 24:5, God gave a commandment that after taking a wife, a husband was to be excused from work and military duty for one year simply to be with …
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