They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented; they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; for it becomes your destiny!!!

Theology is Anthropology.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature or do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

To all facts there are laws, The effect has its cause, and I mount to the cause.

Briefly, that teaching contains the following elements: (1) There is one living and true God (i.9); (2) Idolatry is sinful and must be forsaken (i.9); (3) The wrath of God is ready to be revealed against the heathen for their impurity (iv.6), and against the Jews for their rejection of Christ and their opposition to the Gospel (ii.15,16); (4) The judgment will come suddenly and unexpectedly (v.2,3); (5) Jesus, the Son of God (i.1O), given over to death (v.10), and raised from the dead (iv.14), is the Saviour from the wrath of God (i.10); (6) The Kingdom of Jesus is now set up and all men are invited to enter it (ii.12); (7) Those who believe and turn to God are now expecting the coming of the Savior who will return from Heaven to receive them (i.10; iv.15-17); (8) Meanwhile, their life must be pure (iv.1-8), useful (iv.11-12), and watchful (v.14-8); (9) To that end, God has given them His Holy Spirit (iv.8; v.19). (Continued tomorrow).

Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.

'T is a cruelty To load a falling man. -King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

When white and black and brown and every other color decide they're going to live together as Christians, then and only then are we going to see an end to these troubles.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And both, deep down, really believe the rules don't apply to them.

There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

The gods Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care, And must be yours, that guilty men escape not: As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.

The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.

If all else fails, read the directions.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.