"When He was come near, He beheld the city and wept over it" --Luke 19:41 Have you ever seen a strong man weep? Powerful lessons can be learned from the tears of great leaders. Who can forget King David's moaning over the death of proud, rebellious Absalom: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
"Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart." --Luke 2:19 This last Sunday in December reminds us in the increasing rush of time that we are all a milestone closer to the grave, twelve months, which we can never again regain and relive, nearer eternity. Only a few more Christmases for most of
"I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth." --Romans 1:16 A few months before Charles Darwin, often called "the Father of Evolution," died, he was visited by Lady Hope. In a signed statement this titled English woman tells how she found the
"There was no room for them in the inn." --Luke 2:7 "Yet there is room." --Luke 14:22 Years ago, when the Germans invaded the Low Countries, the officials of a small Belgian community prepared to flee. Their village church contained a famous Van Dyck painting of Christ,, and to save this treasure, the burgomaster and his wife