In his book Spirit Life, D. Stuart Briscoe writes, "When I moved to the United States, I was impressed with the number of total strangers who visited my home to wish me well…they all sold ins...
When our Lord said that even the hairs of your head were numbered, He probably did not mean to be taken literally. The number of hairs varies from person to person. A dark haired person has about 100,...
A number of years ago, Newsweek magazine carried the story of the memorial service held for Hubert Humphrey, former vice-president of the United States. Hundreds of people came from all over the world...
In his Jan. 11, 2004, column, George Will points out that despite the hand-wringing found in much of the media, life in America continues to improve on a material basis. He draws on date from Gregg Ea...
If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter? If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from? Why do they put Braille on the number pads of drive-through bank machines?...
If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter? If corn oil comes from corn where does baby oil come from? Why do they put Braille on the number pads of drive-through bank machines? ...
A survey published in American Sociological Review revealed that in 2004 one out of every four Americans had no close friends....
According to a recent “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” column, a man named Nicael Holt of Australia sold himself for $5,875......
According to a Ripley’s column, the country of New Zealand rejected the following names for babies: ...
The Sultan of Brunei owns 500 Rolls Royce automobiles, seven airplanes and two helicopters. His palace is the largest residence in the world with 1,788 rooms and 257 bathrooms—but it pales in comparis...
At our local crematorium families are given the chance to chose the music CD they would like to enter the service to. One family asked to enter to Elvis Presley's hit, "Love me Tender." Well the day o...
The Harris poll recently discovered that nearly half of Americans are not sure God exists.The survey records that 42 percent of adults in the United States are not "absolutely certain" there is a God....
A famous minister was delivering a speech at a banquet. He wanted to repeat the stories he had told at an event at a church in town the following day, so he asked members of the press to omit those st...
William Howard Taft entered the White House with the approval of the retiring president, Theodore Roosevelt. They had a falling out, and Roosevelt ran against his former protegee in the next election....
Earlier this year, an urban church in Bristol, England, developed an interesting response to the high crime rate in its neighborhood. It developed "Prayer Patrols" that take place three times daily. V...