By Mike Riley
A reporter once asked President Herbert Hoover, “Mr. President, how do you handle criticism? Do you ever get agitated or tense?” “No,” President Hoover replied, seemingly surprised at the question, “of course not.”
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By Mike Riley
Do you remember how as children we used to play like we were something that we were not? We’d say, “Let’s play like we’re cowboys,” or “Let’s play like we’re firemen,” or “Let’s play like we’re policemen.”
By Mike Riley
In all my years as a Christian, I’ve learned the following:
1) That you can do or say something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
By Mike Riley
In an experimental laboratory, a frog was placed in a container of water. The water was heated at the rate of 0.036 of a degree per second. The frog did not notice the change. When the water finally reached 140 degrees, the frog died. But, he had not been aware of any change in temperature. The frog died by degrees.
By Mike Riley
A song we often sing in our worship to God is, “Soldiers of Christ, Arise.” One verse of this song states, “Stand, then in his great might, with all his strength endued; But take to arm you for the fight, the panoply of God.” In singing this great song, I often wondered what the “panoply” of God was since I rarely saw or used that word at any other time.
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By: Mike Riley
In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Paul encourages us, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” In this upcoming New Year, we as Christians should be extremely thankful for the blessings that continually flow from God’s bountiful hand (Ephesians 1:3; James 1:17; cf. John 3:27).
The following are just some of the blessings this writer is thankful for: For the teenager who is washing the dishes and watching
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