Criticism

It is Easier to Bark Than to Pull the Load (illustration)

It is very easy to find fault with people or things. I once heard a story on how a dog hitched to a lawn mower stopped pulling to bark at a passerby. The boy who was guiding the mower said, “Don’t mind the dog, he is just barking for an excuse to rest. It is easier to bark t …

Family Fussing About the Sermon Being too Long (illustration)

A typical American family was driving home from church. Dad was fussing about the sermon being too long and sort of boring. Mom said that she thought the organist played a little too loud during the second hymn we sang. Sis, who was a music major in college, said that the sol …

If Criticism is Just do Someting About it, if Not Forget it (illustration)

The late Robert A. Cook, former president of King’s College used to speak at Word of Life in New York. Once I heard him tell a story from the early years of his ministry. He had been receiving some rather pointed criticism, and he sought the counsel of a friend, pastor H …