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DENIAL
DENIAL "You don't go look at where it happened," said Scott Goodyear, who starts 33rd [speaking of race-car drivers who have been killed in crashes a...

DEPENDABILITY
DEPENDABILITY For an extraordinary pitcher he performed few extraordinary feats. Though a veteran of 21 seasons, in only one did he win more than 20 games...

DEPENDENCE, on God
DEPENDENCE, on God Sign seen in a textile mill, "When your thread becomes tangled, call the foreman." A young woman was new on the job. Her thread became ...

DEPRAVITY
DEPRAVITY Dear Abby: I am 44 and would like to meet a man my age with no bad habits. Dear Rose: So would I. Dear Abby. ...

DEPRESSION
DEPRESSION One of England's finest preachers was C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892). Frequently during his ministry he was plunged into severe depression, due...

DESIRE
DESIRE Driving up from Beersheba, a combined force of British, Australians and New Zealanders were pressing on the rear of the Turkish retreat over arid d...

DESPAIR
DESPAIR During the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night a...

DESTINATION
DESTINATION Former Senator Dwight W. Morrow searched in vain to find his railroad ticket as he was on a train leaving New York City. "I must find that tic...

DESTINY
DESTINY Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. Italian proverb. ---------------------...

DETAILS
DETAILS Success is often reached through the little stuff. When Pat Riley coached the Los Angeles Lakers from 1982 to 1990, the team won four NBA champion...

DETERMINATION
DETERMINATION Someone once asked Paul Harvey, the journalist and radio commentator, to reveal the secret of his success. "I get up when I fall down," said...

DETERRENCE
DETERRENCE It was 1804. Napoleon Bonaparte stared with frustration across the English Channel toward his nemesis. Behind him was the invincible Grande Arm...

DETOUR
DETOUR The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One ...

DEVIL
DEVIL (see also SATAN) God indeed has the Devil in a chain, but has horribly lengthened out the chain. Cotton Mather.

DEVOTION
DEVOTION The motto of every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be "Devoted for life." Adoniram Judson in To t...

DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSIS A severe rash prompted a man from a rural area to come to town to be examined by one of my colleagues. After the usual history-taking followed b...

DIARIES
DIARIES I think of David Livingstone, the pioneer missionary to Africa, who walked over 29,000 miles. His wife died early in their ministry and he faced s...

DIETING
DIETING There's one thing to be said for a diet--it certainly does improve your appetite. E. Wilson. ------------...

DIFFERENCE, MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, MAKING A (see also DISAGREEMENT) Making a difference...In his book, The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok, one-time editor of th...

DIFFICULTY
DIFFICULTY An old woodsman gives this advice about catching a porcupine: "Watch for the slapping tail as you dash in and drop a large washtub over him. Th...