SCARED OF SNAKES?
Most of us are scared to death of snakes and especially, poisonous ones. Well, the thought occurred to me that there is a snake that poisons everybody. It topples governments, wrecks marriages, ruins careers, damages reputations, causes heartaches, produces indigestion, spawns suspicion, generates grief and makes innocent people cry into their pillows.
Even its name hisses. It is called GOSSIP! Office gossip, shop gossip, family gossip, church gossip and even POLITICAL GOSSIP—it makes headlines and heartaches.
Before you repeat a story ask yourself:
- Is it true?
- Is it helpful?
- Is it necessary?
And if not, please keep it to yourself.
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NARROW MINDED?
Often the Christian may be accused of being narrow-minded because he insists that we MUST obey Christ completely. Yet, these same critics forget that all of life is narrow.
There is no room for broad-mindedness in the chemical laboratory. Water is composed of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen. Deviation is forbidden. There is no room for broad-mindedness in music. There are only eight notes in an octave. In the mathematics classroom, things are narrow. Geometry, calculus, nor trigonometry allows zero variation from accuracy. The solution to the problem is either right or it is wrong. On the athletic field the game is played by the rules.
How then, shall we expect that broad-mindedness shall rule in the realm of Christianity and morals?
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WHO’S HE KIDDING?
When a person claims he can’t find the time to read his Bible a while each day but never misses the newspaper, who’s he kidding?
When a person says the church pews are too hard to sit on but sits on a bleacher for hours and watches football players push each other around in the mud, who’s he kidding?
When a person says he doesn’t have the time for Christ and the church but spends evenings shopping, bowling or watching television, who’s he kidding?
When a person says he can’t afford to give to the Lord but lives in a comfortable home, drives a nice car and eats well, who’s he kidding?
Certainly not God!
Hillcrest Bulletin, Stephenville, TX