Beauty: Real Beauty
Two fairly well-to-do women spent an afternoon at the local mall searching for "the perfect outfit." The following day was to be a special event and the two women wanted to look especially attractive. The two had their nails polished to a fine brillianc ... read more
Belonging, To Christ: Double Citizenship Denied
"No man can serve two masters." You cannot belong to two kingdoms at once. Lord Brougham grew to be so fond of Cannes that he sought to be naturalized as a Frenchman, but found it was impossible to be both a peer of England and a citizen of a French tow ... read more
Belonging, To Christ: God's Kingdom
The king of Prussia, while visiting a village in his land, was welcomed by the school children of the place. After their speaker had made a speech for him, he thanked them. Then, taking an orange from his plate, he asked: "To what kingdom does this belon ... read more
Belonging, To Christ: Mine Two Ways
There is a little story that illustrates the truth of this. A small boy, it is said, made a toy sailboat. He fashioned it with loving care and finally it was ready to sail. With what pride he surveyed it, brave in its fresh red and white paint. The little ... read more
Benevolence: The Miser Of Marseilles
The Miser of Marseilles (an illustration of how Christ's ministry and sacrificial death were maligned and misunderstood by his contemporaries) A man of the name of Guyo lived and died in the town of Marseilles, in France. He amassed a large fortune by la ... read more
Betrayal: The Vacant Niche
I was once a pastor at Schuylerville N. Y. where, on the Burgoyne surrender grounds, stands a celebrated monument. It is beautiful to look upon. On one side of it, in a niche, is a statue of General Schuyler, and on the other side, if I remember correctly ... read more
Bible, Divinely Preserved: Judson's Burmese Translation--Divinely Preserved
Twenty years after Adoniram Judson reached Burma the New Testament was translated into the Burmese tongue. In 1824, when war was waged between England and Burma, Mr. Judson was thrown into prison, and Mrs. Judson buried the precious manuscript, just ready ... read more
Bible, Divinely Preserved: No Better Book
A society of gentlemen, most of whom had enjoyed a liberal education, and were persons of polished manners, but had unhappily imbibed infidel principles, used to assemble at each other's house for the purpose of ridiculing the Scriptures, and of hardenin ... read more
Bible, Divinely Preserved: Survives Its Enemies
Ingersoll held up a copy of the Bible and said, "In fifteen years I'll have this book in the morgue." Fifteen years rolled by. Ingersoll was in the morgue, and the Bible lives on. Voltaire said that in one hundred years the Bible would be an outmoded a ... read more
Bible, Divinely Preserved: The Bible Often Speaks To Men
A woman whose husband was a confirmed drunkard led a most miserable life until one day a colporteur came to her poor home and brought her a Bible. She found much comfort in reading it and soon came to treasure it above everything. Her husband sneered and ... read more
Bible, Divinely Preserved: The Gospel Will Not Burn!
A woman had often been urged by Christians to receive the Lord. In spite of their persistent efforts, she continued to harden her heart. One day she threw into the blazing fireplace a Bible and several tracts someone had given her. One of the leaflets fel ... read more
Bible, Food For The Soul: Unable To Forage For Themselves
If you've ever been to Yellowstone National Park, you were probably given a piece of paper by a ranger at the park entrance. On it in big letters was the warning "Do Not Feed the Bears." You no sooner drive into the heart of the park, however, than you ... read more
Bible, Furnished A Light: Thomas Guthrie's Statement
Paul explicitly states that the sword of the Spirit is Scripture, the word of God. The Scottish pastor and writer Thomas Cuthrie said, "The Bible is an armory of heavenly weapons, a laboratory of infallible, medicines, a mine of exhaustless wealth. It is ... read more
Bible, Furnishes A Light: Cannibals Or Christians
The story is told of a college professor who visited the Fiji Islands. Being agnostic, he critically remarked to an elderly chief, "You're a great leader, but it's a pity you've been taken in by those foreign missionaries. They only want to get rich t ... read more
Bible, Furnishes A Light: Spurgeon's Gift Of A Testament
We can shine in the literature that we circulate. Spurgeon said: "I have very seldom found it to be a lost thing to give a present of a Testament. I was greatly astonished about a month ago. A cabman drove me home, and when I paid him his fare he said, ... read more
Bible, Guidance, Funny: GUIDANCE FROM THE WORD
Sister Taylor took out her Bible and decided she would let the Lord show her the specific verse she needed for the day. She closed her eyes, opened her Bible, and placed her finger on a verse. Opening her eyes, she read, "So Judas went away and hanged hi ... read more
Bible, Ignorance Of Perilous: To Neglect It, Is To Imperil One's Soul
A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire lookout. The ranger was so intent on telling the hikers about the flowers and animals that he considered the messages on his two-way radio di ... read more
Bible, Ignorance, Funny: What Is An Epistle?
What Is An Epistle?
A minister had just taken up the ministry in a new church, and was conducting his first Bible study. "Tonight," he said, "we are going to begin with the EPISTLES."
The Bible study group stared at him blankly.
"You DO know ... read more
Bible, Neglect Of: It Cost Him To Spurn The Bible
The only way we can really have the desire of our heart is by accepting and obeying God's Word. Those who spurn the Scriptures will someday discover this truth:
A young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was the custo ... read more
Bible, Neglect Of: Needed For The Voyage
A minister was once asked unexpected to conduct a service in a country home. He called for a Bible, but none could be found. At last, however, they found one in an old sea chest in the attic. Strange to say, on the outside of the chest were the words, "N ... read more
Bible, Powerful In Its Influence: Bread Sown Upon The Waters
The editor of The Dawn vouches for this incident, which he received from one of the persons concerned. Some years ago a steamer was wrecked. One of the crew succeeded in supporting himself upon a piece of wreckage, and the horror of his position awoke the ... read more
Bible, Powerful In Its Influence: Handbook To Heaven
When a Soviet official was asked why a study of the Bible was frowned upon in his country, and why those who dared to print and distribute it were severely punished, he replied, "We find that the reading of the Book changes people in a way that is danger ... read more
Bible, Profitable For Teaching: Makes One Wiser Than Many Teachers
A little girl, being asked by a priest to attend religious instruction, refused saying it was against her father's wishes. The priest said she should obey him, not her father. "Oh sir, we are taught in the Bible, 'Honor thy father and thy mother.'" ... read more
Bible, Read: How It Should Be Read
supposed I knew my Bible, Reading piecemeal, hit or miss,
Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis;
Certain chapters of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third),
Twelfth of Romans, first of Proverbs, Yes, I thought I knew the Word. ... read more
Bible, Read: The Scriptures Praised In Ignorance
When Franklin was in Paris among the infidels and scoffers of that day, he was ridiculed for loving the Bible. He determined to find out how many had read the Book at which they scoffed. He informed one of the learned societies of which he was a member th ... read more
Bible, Reading: Time To Read The Bible
How much time does it take to read from Genesis to Revelation? If you would read the Bible at a standard pulpit speed (slow enough to be heard and understood), the reading time would be seventy-one hours. If you would break that down into minutes and divi ... read more
Bible, Versions: Lincoln reviews
Abraham Lincoln might be the one we should call on when selecting a Bible Translation to use. He wouldn't get mixed up in the discussions about the various texts, but would simply give this pithy remark about this or that version:
"For those who lik ... read more
Bible: A Good Reply
A skeptic in London said, in speaking of the Bible, that it was quite impossible in these days to believe in any book whose authorship is unknown. A Christian asked him if the compiler of the multiplication table was known. "No," he answered. "Then, of ... read more
Bible: A Little Girl's Investment
A little girl was lying sick, nigh unto death. Beside the bed her father was watching and weeping. "How much do I cost you, Papa, every year?" asked the dying child. Again and again she pressed the question, until her father named a certain sum, and ask ... read more
Bible: DIARY OF A BIBLE
an. 1 -- Read before my owner retired -- several chapters.
Jan. 15 -- Been resting quietly for a week. I suppose my owner has forgotten me.
Feb. 2 -- Clean up. I was dusted along with other things and put back in place.
Feb. 8 -- Owner used me fo ... read more
Bible: Finding God In His Word
Her mother was startled to find seven-year-old Karen going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word God where ever it appeared on the page. Stifling her urge to reprimand the child for defacing the book, the mother quietly asked, "Why are you ... read more
Bible: Grossly Errant Electronic Analysis
As an illustration of "learned" scholars tampering with the Scriptures, I quote from a newspaper article: "An electronic computer figures that St. Paul is the author of only four of the 14 epistles attributed to him in the New Testament. Two researcher ... read more
Bible: Grounds for Worry
It is said that two infidels were talking, and one said to the other, "There is just one thing that worries me. If it were not for that, I would be profoundly happy. But that one thing stands before me and haunts me day and night." "Pray," said the ot ... read more
BIBLE: HAS YOUR VERSE CHANGED?
A poor woman in one of Mr. Whittle's meetings in Glasgow was brought into the light by a little verse in the fifth chapter of John. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and s ... read more
BIBLE: HAS YOUR VERSE CHANGED?
There is the story of the girl who was reading her Bible. A man asked her why she spent her time reading that Book. "Because it is the Word of God," she
answered. "Nonsense!" he told her. "Who told you that it is the Word of God?"
"God Himsel ... read more
Bible: He Didn't Believe That Part
John Grant, about six years of age, is one of our very fine Sunday-school boys. He is a great lover of the church and the Bible. His father and mother have taught him the doctrine of longsuffering and not resisting. Recently he came in from school, report ... read more
Bible: He didn't know God
There was a young man in Russia who studied for the Orthodox priesthood. He applied himself to his studies to the point that he could recite the entire Bible from memory. But something happened and he entered politics. He worked his way up the political l ... read more
Bible: John Wanamaker's Bible
When John Wanamaker, the merchant prince, was eleven years old, he purchased a Bible. In later years he said of this purchase, "I have, of course, made large purchases of property in my time, involving millions of dollars; but it was as a boy in the coun ... read more
Bible: Love in the Bible
A converted African went to Robert Moffat, the missionary, and told him that his dog had torn his copy of the New Testament and swallowed some of the leaves of it, and that he was grieved about it, for the dog was very valuable. "But," said the missiona ... read more
Bible: Madagat
The Agta people in the northern Philippines recognize this. They use the word "madagat" to describe the Word of God. "Madagat" can mean stinging, venomous, or potent. A poisonous snake is "madagat." On the other hand, doctors have discovered that th ... read more
Bible: She Read, And God Remembered
A 91-year-old woman wrote, "I spend about one hour each day with my Lord, reading my Bible and Christian literature. When people ask what good all my reading does if I can't remember what I've read, my answer is always the same. I'm in pretty good hea ... read more
Bible: Unopened Bible
It is said that while Elizabeth Barrett Browning was in Italy for fifteen years, she wrote her parents letter after letter. They were very affectionate. She poured out her soul in tender affection to them, but for all those long years she never received a ... read more
Bible: Warm Yourself Twice
Henry Ford is credited with saying, "Cut your own wood and you warm yourself twice." What he meant was that the man who chops his own firewood not only enjoys the heat from the logs burning in his fireplace, but he also gets physically warmed from the e ... read more
Bibles, Dutch: Dutch Bible
The Dutch were a very important part of the reformation era, so it only stands to reason that they would have translated Bibles for their use. Although only one complete tranlation in Dutch was printed in the 15th Century, several portions appeared as wel ... read more
Bibles, English: Douay Bible
The Douay Bible was and to a great extent, remains the English language Bible of the Roman Catholic Church. With many Book names protestants are not used to, and some controversial notes, the Douay is still a readable version of the Bible, with the NT bei ... read more
Bibles, English: Great Bible
The great Bible, published in 1539, is essentially a revision of the Matthew Bible by the Scholar Miles Cloverdale. It is primarily built on the Cloverdale, Tyndale and Matthews Bibles. The difference is that Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Cromwell backed this ... read more
Bibles, English: John Wycliff
John Wycliff was a great English scholar and Bible student, and conceived the plan of translating the entire Bible into the common English language. He did the New Testament by 1380 and much more before his death. His work rested solely on the Vulgate Bib ... read more
Bibles, english: Miles cloverdale
Miles Cloverdale was a close friend of William Tyndale. He published a new Testament dedicated to Henery the eighth in 1535, basically based on Tyndale's New Testament. While he disclaimed his own Scholarship, he is known to have used the Vulgate, and ot ... read more
Bibles, English: William Tyndale
William Tyndale built a lot of his work on Wycliff's, but, as a Greek scholar, he was able to use both Jerome's wonderful latin text, as well as Erasmus' Greek text. Tyndale completed his New Testament in 1525 and his Pentateuch in 1530. It is an inter ... read more
Bibles, Italian: Italian Bibles of the Reformation
Work on an Italian Bible was begun in the 1530's by a man named Antonio Brucioli, but a protestant Italian Bible did not appear until 1562 at Geneva, and this was a revision of earlier translations. Giovanni Diodata, who was Beza's (the fellow who colab ... read more
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