Teaching by George Lewellyn (Page 63)

“Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only learned in a fiery furnace.” (Oswald Chambers, Run Today’s Race) In today’s lesson we will be talking about the gifts of faith…

There once was a young man who was being interviewed to be a pilot for a steamboat on the Mississippi River. The hiring supervisor was doubtful the man was experienced enough to navigate the dangers of the river, so he asked him if he could tell him where the rocks were that could sink a ship. The…

Famous business consultant and author Peter Drucker once wrote, “Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. Solving problems only guarantees a return to normalcy.” Drucker’s proverb is not only applicable to business, but also to the church. Today we begin our…

There is something very offensive to us about seeing someone on the news burning an American flag. But why? It’s only a piece of cloth. The reason it bothers us so much is because that cloth, Old Glory, represents the United States of America. Paul will warn us today, that the Lord is offended when…

The following hand-lettered signs were scattered throughout a particular drive-in fast-food place in Southern California: DO NOT BACK IN RESTROOMS ARE FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY (On the trash cans) NOT FOR DIAPER DISPOSAL OR AUTO TRASH LOCAL CHECKS FOR AMOUNT OF PURCHASE ONLY VANILLA FROSTIES ONLY DIPPED IN ONE SIZE ONLY PLEASE ORDER BY NUMBER OBSERVE ALL SIGNS (Fresh…

    Once the Devil was walking along with one of his cohorts. They saw a man ahead of them pick up something shiny. “What did he find?” asked the cohort. “A piece of the truth,” the Devil replied. “Doesn’t it bother you that he found a piece of the truth?” asked the cohort. “No,” said the Devil, “I will see to it…

Benjamin Franklin once noted that “he who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” How true! Excuses often are what keep us from doing the will of God in our lives, because when we repeat them often enough, they become self-fulfilling prophecies. The Israelites were told to go…

One day a lady criticized D.L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody’s reply was “You might be right. How do you do it?” The lady replied, “I don’t do it.” Then Moody responded, “Then I like my way of doing it better.” (Illustrations Unlimited, 178)…

Jay Carney is the current press secretary for President Obama. His role is to serve as the president’s ambassador to the media. Just listening to him talk, one would think that he is in perfect agreement with the president on every issue. But his job is not to express his own opinions, but to speak…

The story was told some years ago of a pastor who found the roads blocked one Sunday morning and was forced to skate on the river to get to church, which he did. When he arrived the elders of the church were horrified that their preacher had skated on the Lord’s day. After the service they held a meeting where the pastor explained that it was either skate to church…