How's Your Advertising?
The following are real advertisements designed to draw attention: Illiterate? Write us today, we can help. Auto repair service. Have your car repaired with us just once and you won’t go anywhere else. Man wanted for work in a dynamite plant. Must enjoy travel. Lunch special – Turkey, $7.95; Chicken/Beef, $6.95; children, $3. These ... read all »
Second Chances
Some unknown author once said, “If you wake up in the morning and are still breathing, congratulations! You have another chance.” I find that this saying is quite Biblical. How many times have you done something and said to yourself, “I would like another chance.” The truth is that God has not only given you another chance, He has given you h... read all »
Ignored Alarms
In the evening of April 26, 1986, two electric engineers tried an unauthorized experiment in a nuclear plant. They wanted to know how long a turbine could rotate after the electric current had been removed. To remove the electric current of a nuclear reactor is difficult and very dangerous because the engine becomes extremely unstable. To do such an experiment, it wa... read all »
What Ever Happened to so and so...?
In 21 years of preaching I have been asked this question many times. Members notice that a certain brother or sister hasn‟t been around for a few weeks or even months and they ask the obvious question, “What happened to so and so...?” Unfortunately the most frequent reply I give is that they have abandoned the assembly. For various reasons, including on... read all »
Respect and Consideration
I recently found this story which touched me so I decided to share it with you today. It’s the story of a small boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that each time he lost his temper he should hammer in a nail to the back of the fence. The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence. As the weeks went by the boy hammered i... read all »