By James W. Adams Someone has said, “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world.” On the same subject, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: Fame is the scentless sunflower,With gaudy crown of gold;But Friendship is the breathing rose,With sweets in every fold. Inspiration immortalizes Friendship by having recorded upon its pages the …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Reverence For God
By Dusty Owens There is a saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Sometimes, the best of friends will become enemies because they spend so much time together. They begin to take one another for granted. Often, we grow weary of eating at the same restaurant, playing the same game, or wearing the same clothes. Whatever we do, we …
Joining With Other Disciples
By Daniel H. King When Paul made his way back to the city of Jerusalem in Acts 9:26, he was entering into a new phase of his life. According to the parallel material found in Galatians 1:17ff, he had spent some time preaching the gospel in Arabia and Damascus, some three years to be specific. It …
Few There Are That Will Endure A True Friend
By Jimmy Tuten Someone has said that there are three friendships which are advantageous and three that are injurious: friendship with the upright, friendship with the man of much observation and friendship with the man who is courteous. These are advantageous. However, friendship with the man of specious airs, or one who is insinuatingly soft, and …
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