Sometime back it was reported that a seminar was held for ministers in training. One of the motivational speakers scheduled to address the crowd approached the speaker's stand and said, “The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman that wasn't my wife!” The crowd of prospective preachers were shocked until he went on to say, “And that woman was my mother!” The crowd burst into laughter.

By Greg Gwin When it comes to sports — we do it. In business — we do it. In almost every field of endeavor, we look for role models. We try to find others who have been successful, and then we imitate them. God's word tells us to do the same thing in spiritual matters.

By Dee Bowman

In the introduction to the Proverbs, Solomon uses several words that have a similar connotation, each having to do with wisdom. Listen to them: “To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding. To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity. To give to the young man knowledge and discretion...”

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This is the Westside church of Christ in Salem, Virginia offering of the fruit of our lips to the true and living God.