STOP AND THINK - Before you can know what authority is, you must first learn what submission is. (J. Robert Clinton, professor and author) To be an effective leader, your followers must understand and accept your authority, whether it’s from your position or gained...
STOP AND THINK - The test is not in the knowing but in the doing. (Jesse Deloe, teacher, editor) Most students are intimidated by tests, especially oral exams. In Western education, such tests are mostly about what facts you’ve learned and how they relate to each...
STOP AND THINK - If scholarship is about wisdom as much as truth, then it is about practice as much as knowledge. (Chris Gehrz, college professor) Learning is important for all of us. But it’s more than just memorizing the facts. It’s essential to view the facts with...
STOP AND THINK - All who would win joy must share it; happiness was born a twin. (Lord Byron, 19th century English poet) Joy and happiness are emotions to be treasured. But they are not to be held on to jealously. When your joy is shared with others, it not only...
I have been blessed with four-year-old twins that are incredible. I do the best I can to raise them with an understanding of Jesus and how special and valuable they are, not only to me, but to God. They are a large part of my heart. As a parent, I never want anything...
STOP AND THINK - The fear of death is engrafted in the common nature of all men, but faith works it out of Christians. (Vavasor Powell, 17th century Welsh puritan) The fear of death seems to be almost universal. We don’t talk about death much, unless we or someone...
STOP AND THINK - Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, 20th century U.S. Supreme Court justice) The 19th century French writer, Victor Hugo, said, “No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose...
STOP AND THINK - Backslappers help us feel better about ourselves, but we don’t actually profit by them. (Ted W. Engstrom, late evangelical leader and author) It’s nice to be congratulated and applauded, isn’t it? But there’s a danger in thinking too highly of those...
STOP AND THINK - If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility. (D.A. Carson, theologian and professor) We all know how difficult it is to be criticized or corrected—even when we know it’s well deserved....
STOP AND THINK - We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. (John Maxwell, motivational speaker and author) Millions—maybe billions—of dollars are spent every year on cosmetics and surgery to make our faces prettier or to...
STOP AND THINK - There are three kinds of giving: grudge giving, duty giving, and thanksgiving. (Robert Rodenmeyer, author, educator) Rodenmeyer defines the types of giving: “Grudge giving says, I have to; duty giving says, I ought to; thanksgiving says, I want to.”...
STOP AND THINK - Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. (G. K. Chesterton, English writer and Christian apologist) The more often we hear something that at first seems strange, the more acceptable it may become. Yet, falsehood doesn’t...