“Saving Private Ryan.” Filmmaker Steven Spielberg begins the film by battering his viewers with a 28-minute-long, no-holds-barred, total-immersion rendering of the invasion at Omaha Beach. Thanks to the level of realism that’s delivered by the film, you are there. No escape. You can squirm in your seat as much [...]
“Prepare the Way (Part 1 of 3):
Preparing The World for the Messiah”
Mark 1:1–8
“Prepare the Way”
Darrell Evans and Eric Nuzum. © 1999 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music/ASCAP.
From the Integrity recording The Smithton Outpouring (© 1999 Integrity Inc.)
He has come to bring light into the darkness
He has come to bring freedom to the captives
He has come [...]
Last Saturday, I thought I was really on top of things.
Christmas Day was coming to a close. I had just put the final touches on Sunday evening’s sermon, and had just finished looking over Sunday morning’s message. I wasn’t rushed, nor hurried. I wasn’t spinning into my usual “Saturday Evening Panic” [...]
The classic Lynn De Shazo chorus describes the preeminence that Christ ought to hold in the life, heart, and mind of the believer:
Lord, You are more precious than silver,
Lord, You are more costly than gold.
Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds,
And nothing desire compares to You.
The truth, though, is that it’s often easy [...]
Dale Carnegie is one of our culture’s most respected authorities on the subject of building relationships and gaining influence and respect in the eyes of others. His best-selling book, How To Win Friends and Influence People, continues to be the standard text in the field. [...]
Horror Story #1: A motorist pulls into a automotive service center and speaks her request to the attendant on duty: “Change my oil, please.” An hour later, she is summoned to the checkout counter— only to discover that, because of a miscommunication somewhere along the [...]
A two-year-old received a new dinosaur book as a gift. When it was time for his nightly bedtime story, his mother asked him if he wanted to read his new book.
“No, mama, don’t get the dinosaur book. Let’s read the Jesus book instead. Dinosaurs make me nervous.”
(As the hymn [...]