STEPPING STONES OR STUMBLING BLOCKS

Sometimes the answers to simple questions can be just beyond our reach. As we search for those answers through our lives, they either pull us forward or hold us back. If you need a place to start your journey, take the first step by reading these short topical Bible studies. If you are already on your way and are waiting for your enrollment in WBS to be processed, these studies can help you focus on the clear path ahead.

Don't have time to study a Bible course today? Waiting to for your enrollment to be processed? Read one of these short inspirational stories to help you along your way.

Planting
More than a Millionaire
Point of View
The Carpenter
Declaration of Independence
Orphans
Hiking
Shelter
Just a Glimpse
Good Night
Today
The Hardest Part
How Much?

Clapping, excitement, anticipation! Millions of us sit on the edge of our seats, watching our TV screens, hoping a player on one of the most popular television programs in America, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" will win the game. What a great idea! To have a chance at gaining enough money to live on comfortably for the rest of your life!

How is the game played? A person is chosen from the studio audience and is asked a series of questions. If he answers them correctly, he wins! The creators of the game not only want the each player to win and they help him win. This makes the game even more exciting!

If the player is not sure, the game show host suggests three options to help him find the correct answer:

1. He may ask the people in the audience and take a vote. (Many people simply choose the way of the crowd.)

2. He may eliminate two wrong answers. (Sometimes people randomly select an answer after eliminating the worst choices. This is a risky option.)

3. He may call a trusted friend on the Life Line. (Prior to playing the game, people carefully choose the person in whom they will place their trust and hope.)

Imagine you are chosen to play a similar game called, "Who Wants to Be More than a Millionaire?" The host of the game show asks you a simple spiritual question, "What must you do to be saved?" You think for a moment without answering, as you realize stakes of the game. You feel like you know the answer, but you are not 100% sure. Then you are reminded you have three options for help.

1. Will you choose to take a vote of the people around you and select the popular answer?

2. Will you choose to ask the host to eliminate two wrong answers and guess which remaining answer is correct?

3. Will you choose to ask a trusted friend on the Life Line? Will you choose a Friend who knows the correct answer because he wrote the answer book?

It is not a game. It is life. Do you want to be more than a millionaire? Here's your question: "What must you do to be saved?"

Why not ask the Friend and read the Answer Book?