What God’s Looking For
A railway conductor began taking tickets one morning and discovered that the first passenger had the wrong ticket. “I’m sorry, sir,” said the conductor, “but you’re on the wrong train. You’ll have to change trains at the next station.” He took several more tickets and found that these passengers were also carrying wrong tickets. It […]
The Devil’s Most Useful Tool
It was once announced that the Devil was going out of business and would offer all his tools for sale to whoever would pay his price. On the night of the sale, they were all attractively displayed. Malice, hatred, lust, envy, and all the other implements of evil were spread out, each marked with its […]
The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus
There are nine or ten different individuals or groups of individuals whose conversions are recorded in Acts. In the case of Cornelius (the first Gentile, Acts 10-11) there are two separate accounts of his conversion. In the case of Saul of Tarsus, there are three different accounts: the first is the account of the historian, […]