Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov famously introduced classical conditioning to the world through the salivation of his dog.  His research showed that certain behaviors could be controlled and dictated through certain provocations.  Anytime he would introduce his dog to a particular stimulus, be it a bell or a drum beat, he would give the canine some food.  Over a period of time, the dog began to associate the bell and the beat with the food that his master gave him.  Eventually, through the conditioning process, the dog would salivate just by the ringing of the bell or the beating of the …

“Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details.”  -William Feather, Sr.

“How few there are Who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”  -Benjamin Franklin

“Thousands of engineers can design bridges calculate strains and stresses and draw specifications for machines, but the greater engineer is the man who can tell whether the bridge or the machine should be built at all where it should be built and when.”  -Eugene Grace

“We can’t hope to understand heavenly concept without having a heavenly perspective” –Richard Swenson

“It’s not what you know, but what you

Pride is an ironic altar where those who are consumed with glory bow down to themselves.  It is there the parishioner trades his sacrifice, his humility, his service for a pompous seat upon a throne –one engraved with the intricacies of arrogance and conceit.

Ironic indeed.  For at this shrine, the god and the worshiper are one and the same.  Pride is idolatry in its purest form.  Pride is the love of self, the embrace of “all things you.”  Benjamin Franklin said, “There is perhaps not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, …

Intention is the heartbeat of the Christian life. Our motive in serving Christ is equally, if not more so, important than the actual service. It is possible for the unregenerate man to perform the same external duties and operate in the same peripheral fashion as the saved. It is also possible for the backslidden individual to so calibrate his life that he runs at the same speed with the zealous. The difference, however, in their service and performance is motivation. What is the intention, the aim, the overarching drive behind the service? When you discover that answer you will discover …