Book excerpt: Living Words from the Living Word is a collection of short teaching vignettes taken from a lifetime of preaching. The two-fold goal of each one is to stimulate hunger for God's truth contained in His living Word and to foster its practical application to the circumstances of daily life. The author's prayer is that, when read thoughtfully and prayerfully, they will be a source of spiritual nourishment and provide a window through which the reader can glimpse something of the heart of God.