Character

The Difference Between Anger And Anguish

David turned to his Lord for help and deliverance because he was in great need (vv. 21-25). He reminds the Lord of his sorrow, his sickness, and his scorners. He is frail and feeble and has headed for the hills with his life in danger. It seems that this may have been written in the early days of …

Jephthah’s Call to Leadership

The eighth judge of Israel was a man of great character, by the name of Jephthah. In his early life he was despised by his half-brothers as an illegitimate son of their father, and he became an outcast, exiled to the land of Tob (vv. 1-5). It was a normal practice to send away illegitimate children in …

IllustrationWhat we need is not anger but anguish

If you want to learn what a person is really like, ask three questions: What makes him laugh? What makes him angry? What makes him weep? I hear people saying, “The time has come to practice militant Christianity!” Perhaps, but “the wrath of man does not produce the …

IllustrationPhil Donahue – Mine disaster in West Va.

At a mine disaster in West Virginia, Phil Donahue, a young television reporter, arrived just as the local pastor arrived. He was rough-hewn and didn’t speak well but gathered all the families in a …