PHARISEE
PHARISEE
The trouble oftentimes with religious people is that they try to be more spiritual than God himself.
Frederick Buechner.
PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
Cicero.
PICNIC
PICNIC
Maybe the kettle takes longer to boil, and the ground isn't as soft as a chair. Maybe the butter runs soft in the sun, and the cake seems to w...
PLANNING
PLANNING
British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor notic...
PLEASING GOD
PLEASING GOD
How do we Please God?
1. By exalting Jesus Christ, His Son (Matt 3:17; Col 1:15-19)
2. By proclaiming the message o...
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance is not a verse composed by the Founding Fathers of our republic. It was written especially for children in t...
PLURALISM
PLURALISM
An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical reas...
POISON
POISON
A minimum lethal dose of botulism bacillus is .00003 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. That is almost the equivalent of a flea derailing a 10...
POLITICIAN
POLITICIAN
A fellow heard about an operation which would enable him to get a new brain. He went to the hospital where the surgery had been perfected and a...
POLITICS
POLITICS
An elderly gentleman was sitting on a park bench, basking in the sun, when another elderly fellow sat down. They looked at each other for a momen...
POLYCARP
POLYCARP
Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John and an early church leader whose life ended when he refused to betray his Lord. Asked one last time t...
POLYGAMY
POLYGAMY
Once when Mark Twain was lecturing in Utah, a Mormon acquaintance argued with him on the subject of polygamy. After a long and rather heated deba...
POPULARITY
POPULARITY
A friend who lives in a forested area found his home overrun with mice--too many to exterminate with traps. So he bought a few boxes of D-Con a...
POSITIVE
POSITIVE
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose Bierce.
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
A city in the Netherlands had a problem with litter. The sanitation department tried doubling the littering fine and even increasin...
POSITIVE THINKING
POSITIVE THINKING
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win bu...
POSSESSIONS
POSSESSIONS
I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
POSSIBILITIES
POSSIBILITIES
Meg. F. Quijano related the following incident that happened upon her return from a meeting of the National Organization for Women. Her five...
POTATO
POTATO
It is hard to believe now, but the potato was once a highly unpopular food. When first introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, newspapers pr...
POTENTIAL
POTENTIAL
In his book, The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok, one-time editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, tells a story about his grandfathe...