Magazine / Circuit Rider

  • ​Be Kind To Each Other

    Robert Harris
    October 2017
    Every person who has lived long in this world has heard the descriptive term “black sheep”. Perhaps it is a reference to the sheep that left the fold and wandered into the desert that the shepherd had to leave the ninety and nine and go out and s...
  • ​“Before You Jump, See The General”

    Robert Harris
    September 2017
    There was a time in England’s history when suicide was at a high rate and the famous London Bridge seemed to be the designated place for committing the act. And when General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army heard of the suicides, he com...
  • ​To Get Into The Tomorrows, We Must Pass Through Today

    Robert Harris
    August 2017
    Often when people ask me, “How are you?” I respond by saying, “I’m scared to death.” And they ask me, “What are you scared of?” And I say, “I’m scared to death that everything is going to be alright.”Most people are scared to de...
  • ​God’s Protection Is Often Disguised

    June 2017
    I read once of a circuit riding preacher who divided his time between working and preaching. He finally decided he would go into the store business. He clerked in the store until the person who was writing of him said, “He experienced a successfu...
  • ​Give Flowers While They Live

    Robert Harris
    May 2017
    An undertaker was called back to a home where he had delivered a body to be kept overnight before the funeral. When he reached the home, a family member asked, “Will you help us to put Daddy back into the casket?” The undertaker asked, “What�...
  • ​Prayer Might Not Change Things, But It Can Change You

    Robert Harris
    April 2017
    The Book of Job gives an utterance all of us should hear. The writer said, “War and changes are against me.” If he compared making a change to fighting a war, you may be sure there is a contest, but whenever there is contest, there is also vict...
  • ​We Often Lose In Our Struggles Because We Have Quit Trying

    Robert Harris
    March 2017
    We are in a world where people try hard to achieve. Most of the time they are defeated because they give up too quickly. “Be thou faithful until death and I will give thee the crown of life.”Many a man has given up the race just before he reache...
  • ​A Wise Doctor Treats The Patient, Not The Disease

    Robert Harris
    February 2017
    How many times have you asked yourself this question, “What is wrong with me?” You have to be careful whom you ask that question to. If you ask our enemies, they will tell you right quick what’s wrong. Your enemy can point out ever hair that ...
  • ​Bitterness Must Be Put Aside By God’s People

    Robert Harris
    January 2017
    The world is filed with bitter people. Sometimes bitterness comes because of disappointment. At other times, it comes because of mistreatment. Too frequently, bitterness is in the picture because of the lack of self-confidence. The bitterness of po...
  • ​Renewal Is Necessity

    Robert Harris
    December 2016
    A great preacher told of a sacred experience. He heard an Irish preacher preaching on Naaman, the leper. The preacher and the message were both lifeless and very dry. He spoke to his companion who was listening with him and said, “Our brother who...
  • ​Carrying A Load For Christ Strengthens You

    Robert Harris
    November 2016
    You can put only so much into a bag and then you have to do one of two things: either empty the bag or get more bags. Now, that’s a crude parable, but it is typical of life. So many people say, “I can only do so much,” and they wind up doing n...
  • ​Why Worship God?

    Robert Harris
    October 2016
    When one is told to worship God it is only reasonable that he/she ask, “Why?” This is not a new question. Even Pharaoh in the Old Testament asked, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice?”There are four answers to that question. God ...
  • ​Accept Life’s Disappointments As God’s Appointments For You

    Robert Harris
    September 2016
    You will not live long in this life before you meet with disappointment.Sometimes disappointments drive people to despair. We have our heart set on the stars and we wind up with mud in our hand.We want to go all the way and find we can’t get out o...
  • ​It Pays To Remember That Time Moves On

    Robert Harris
    August 2016
    It seems useless for a spider to try spinning his web on the hands of the town’s clock. Time moves on. There’s something said about the spider in the Bible. It simply says, “He gets into the King’s palace.” He has more wisdom than to try ...
  • ​Christian Success – Having Strength To Help Others

    Robert Harris
    July 2016
    Everyone who lives long in this life reaches the place where he can’t help himself.It is said of Jesus Christ, He could save others, but himself, He could not save. It is likewise said of the Apostle Paul, he healed many people, but could not heal...
  • ​Mankind Should Respect The Seasons

    Robert Harris
    June 2016
    The Bible teaches that we should respect the seasons. For instance, in the First Psalms it is said that the righteous man “Shall bring forth his fruit in his season and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”But the mistake many of us make is trying...
  • ​Why The Righteous Suffer

    Mike McGough
    May 2016
    “Why do the righteous suffer?” It’s a question that has been asked since the earliest of time. The greatest sufferer in the world, apart from Jesus Christ, was Job and he questioned “why do the righteous suffer?” Volumes of books have bee...
  • ​Your Steps Should Lead In A Different Direction

    April 2016
    A little boy was converted by reading the New Testament. One day his dog tore a page from his New Testament. The boy told his preacher about the dog eating the page, explaining that he was worried.The preacher explained, “If that dog can other be...
  • Circuit Rider

    Robert Harris
    March 2016
    A Monkey’s View Of Evolution TheoryWe have two theories about the origin of man.We have the evolution theory and we have the Biblical theory. The sincere and genuine stays with the Bible. The evolution theory is only a theory and only a thought.L...