Feed the White Dog

A story is told of a man who once asked an old Chief how how things were going with his spiritual life. The Chief answered, “It is like a White Dog and a Black Dog fighting.” The man asked him which dog was winning. The Chief replied, “The one I feed...

Attitude Check

  How do you like that picture? The kid is just a few weeks old, and already has attitude. Any of you who have been around babies know that it is true. We are born with attitude. It is part of the sin nature. Attitude can be a virtue, or a vice. When it is a...

Flattery

A Crow, having stolen a bit of meat, sat in a tree and held it in her beak. A hungry Fox, seeing this, envied the crow and wished to have the meat for himself. So he came up with a cunning plan. “How gracious you are,” he exclaimed, “how beautifully your feathers...

Humility

  Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944, and her father died 10 days later at...

Which Key Works?

I just counted how many keys I have on the key ring that I carry around in my pocket. Each key opens something different. Only one of them opens the door to my house. No matter how long I try to get into my house using one of those other keys, I won’t get in until I...