Category Archives: Fillers
Some kind of ghost
I recently listened to a lecture of G. K. Wallace, recorded in the 1980s. He said he was in Paragould, Ark., holding a gospel meeting. Walking down the sidewalk one day, he heard footsteps approaching from behind, and a man tapped him on the shoulder. The man asked, “Are you saved?” Wallace said, “Yes I am. I am preaching the gospel down the street here, and I hope that you can come and hear me.” “Well, I’m sorry to bother you,” the man replied. “But the Holy Ghost told me to ask you that.” Wallace said, “That’s odd. The Holy Ghost KNOWS I’m saved. Some kind of ghost has got hold of you, friend, but it isn’t the HOLY Ghost!”
—Kippy Myers
Tarzan on the vine
In my second year of teaching, I stopped by the office of gospel preacher Dorice E. Mitchell, my father-in-law, to share my exciting news. “Father-in-law, I refused my teaching contract today for next year. I’m going into full-time preaching!”
He looked me straight in the eye and said, “Really. Do you have a place in mind to preach?”
“Not a clue,” I said.
The Lord knows
Back in my school-teaching days I gave an exam and asked each student to sign an honor system pledge at the end. One student wrote, “I didn’t get any help on this test, and the Lord knows I couldn’t give any.” —Leon Cole
Souvenir from heaven
When one of our boys was in kindergarten, some friends of ours brought him a souvenir from Israel. His mother cautioned him to be very careful with it because it came from the Holy Land and that it was so far away we would never be able to go there. He took it to show-and-tell. He told the teacher, “This is from heaven, and that’s one place our family will never go.” —Leon Cole
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Two billion heard the Bible read
About two billion people worldwide watched Prince William and Kate Middleton marry Friday morning in London. During the ceremony, most or all of the 12th chapter of Romans was read aloud. It is rare to hear any portion of Scripture read on secular television, but about 30% of the world’s population heard Romans 12 that day. Let’s pray that indeed the Lord will bless the reading of his word (Isaiah 55:11).
–John Gaines, on the GospelPreachers Yahoo email list
Quotes on photographic memory, submission, more
“My photographic memory was overexposed and it’s washed out now.”
“And the final word, akolytos (‘without hindrance’) reminds us that neither the one who was sent to proclaim release to prisoners (Luke 4;18) nor his Spirit-led followers were hindered by imprisonment or even death.”
– Dennis Hamm, commenting the last word
of the book of Acts (New Collegeville Bible Commentary, 435).
“Submission is offered not because of some office held but because of the service performed.”
– Everett Ferguson, The New Testament Church
“God’s immutability is not immobility, but His unswerving determination to fulfill His promises, no matter what. Yahweh is not bound by the past; rather, He has bound Himself to a future of His own choosing.”
Two sides of the coin
When I was about 12 years old, I went home with a friend after church, the son of one of the elders. Before going home, we went out to eat lunch at a local cafe. As the elder paid for our meal, he said to the cashier, “It’s too bad you have to work on Sunday.” The cashier looked at the elder and said, “It’s too bad you have to eat out on Sunday.”
–Ray Allen Reed, Modesto, Calif.
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QBT: Don’t waste time
Don’t waste time with people who aren’t interested. Go find someone who wants to know. “From now on I will go to the Gentiles!” Ac 18.6 NET
If I had married him
Thomas Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company tells a good story on himself. He says that while he and his wife were out driving he noticed they were low on gas. So he pulled off at the first exit and came to this dumpy little gas station with one pump.
There was only one man working the place, so he asked the man to fill it up while he checked the oil. He added a quart of oil, closed the hood, and he saw his wife talking and smiling at the gas station attendant. When they saw him looking at them, the station attendant walked away and pretended as if nothing had happened.
