Down Home Wit and Wisdom

Truth You've Heard but Never Paid No Mind To

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• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9780736963534
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Theology & Religion

"e;The bobber won't bounce if it ain't in the water."e; This homespun adage and more like it were birthed in the hills of Tennessee, the lake country of West Virginia, and the backwoods of a place near you. Bestselling author Steve Chapman shares more than 70 of his favorite and distinctive quips, including: Sometimes you have to let your feet do the talkin' for your heart. Bad friends help you sow, but you do the reaping. Don't mistake love for stupidity. Garnered during his years as a traveling musician with a band and, later, with his family, each entertaining proverb is followed by a true story that reveals the down-home wisdom in action. Clever, insightful, and entertaining, these maxims will make you smile...and think a bit.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Simple Words, Profound Truth
• 1. Don’t Shoot the Horse You’re Ridin’ On
• 2. Sometimes You Have to Listen with Your Eyes
• 3. The Bobber Won’t Bounce If It Ain’t in the Water
• 4. The Hungrier You Are, the Harder You’ll Hunt
• 5. Maintaining a Happy Marriage Is a Matter of Math
• 6. True Character Is Who You Are When Everyone Is Looking
• 7. Be Better Than Your Old Self
• 8. Courtesy for Cash Means Strings Attached
• 9. Being Needed Is Almost as Good as Being Wanted
• 10. A Great Man Fights for Freedom Even When He Knows He Might Not Live to Enjoy It
• 11. A Clean Barn Means Nothin’s Goin’ On at the Farm
• 12. Test Your Children’s Social Skills by Inviting Friends Over During TV Time
• 13. Change the Unacceptable; Accept the Unchangeable
• 14. Never Brag Before the Battle
• 15. Don’t Mistake My Compassion for Stupidity
• 16. God Feeds the Birds, but He Doesn’t Put Food in Their Nests
• 17. Givedends
• 18. God Is the Maker, Man Is the Mixer
• 19. Everything Said Should Be True, but Not Everything True Should Be Said
• 20. The 200 for 100 Rule
• 21. People Are like Flowers, and Some Are Better Suited to Shade
• 22. The Less You See, the More You Hear
• 23. Having a Good Reason Doesn’t Mean It Should Be Done
• 24. One Man’s Junk Is Another Man’s Junk
• 25. A Heart Will Never Be Right Until It’s Right at Home
• 26. Play or Not, Your Chances of Winning Are the Same
• 27. If Church Is Comfortable, You Might Need to Move Along
• 28. There Is No Grace for Borrowed Sorrow
• 29. The Pews Aren’t Sitting in Church; the Church Is Sitting in Pews
• 30. Greatness Isn’t Found in Perfection; It’s Found in Recovery
• 31. Life Is Rigged; We Can’t Do It Right Without God
• 32. Sometimes You Have to Let Your Feet Do the Talkin’
• 33. The Masters Tournament Isn’t the Place to Learn to Play Golf
• 34. Confession Is Good for the Soul—Even If It Sends the Body to Jail
• 35. “Win or Lose” People Will Never Be as Happy as “Right or Wrong” People
• 36. Friends Help Sow Bad Seeds, but You Reap Alone
• 37. If You Don’t Want It Repeated, Make Sure Kids Aren’t Listening
• 38. Sometimes You Have to Turn a Third Cheek
• 39. What Others Think About You Is None of Your Business
• 40. Renaming Sin to Avoid Spiritual Stink Is like Painting an Outhouse
• 41. Percentages Don’t Have to Add Up to Reveal Important Truths
• 42. If You Keep Giving, Don’t Be Surprised When They Want More
• 43. Let ’Em Be Boys
• 44. God’s Gifts Are Meant to Be Given Away
• 45. Just Between You and Me and the Fence Post
• 46. “Goodbye” or “I’ll See You Again”?
• 47. God Made Babies Cute for a Reason
• 48. It Takes a Penny to Make a Dollar
• 49. Good Tired vs. Bad Tired
• 50. Little Boys and Big Hammers Are a Dangerous Combination
• 51. If They Believe in You, They’ll Invest in You
• 52. It’s Hard to Like Someone You Need When You Don’t Like Why You Need Them
• 53. You Can’t Be Pitiful and Powerful at the Same Time
• 54. You Just Never Know What a Day Will Bring
• 55. You Can’t Eat Everything in Sight and Still Like the Sight in the Mirror
• 56. Why Pay Retail When You Can Pay Yard Sale?
• 57. Your Fishin’ Boat Won’t Sink Unless You Let the Lake In
• 58. Some People Just Need Someone to Listen
• 59. The Narrow Road Is Narrower Than We Think
• 60. You Know You’re Gettin’ Old When You Eat Cheap and Then Brag About It
• 61. Never Start a Home Repair After the Sun Goes Down
• 62. If You Fight with a Pig, You’ll Both Get Dirty
• 63. It Doesn’t Cost a Dime to Dream
• 64. If You Don’t Sharpen Your Ax, You May Fall Before the Tree Does
• 65. You Choose What You Want to Do, but You Don’t Get to Choose What Happens Next
• 66. Good Health Is the Slowest Form of Death
• 67. Refusing to Fear God Eventually Results in Fearing God
• 68. Some of Something Is a Lot More Than All of Nothing
• 69. If We Break God’s Laws, They’re Gonna Break Us
• 70. We Pick Our Own Poison
• Notes