According to the book Signfica, by Irving Wallace, a man named William Phelps Eno can be called the father of traffic safety. When he was born, there were no automobiles, but Eno watched as horses gav...
Joe Foss was a bonafide hero. After a good, long life of 87 years, he passed away on January 1st 2003....
Corrie Ten Boom in The Hiding Place relates an incident which taught her this principle. She and her sister, Betsy, had just been transferred to the worst German prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensb...
Duty of Parents Conveying Christian Values 1. Acknowledge that your child is a gift from God (Ps. 127:3). 2. Dedicate your child to the Lord to be used in his service (1 Sam. 1:11) 3. Make a personal...
"When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song," tenor Luciano Pavarotti relates. "He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in ...
In the first Men in Black movie, Will Smith (“J”) at first refuses to believe Tommy Lee Jones (“K”) that the earth is playing host to thousands of creatures from other planets. K dismisses J’s “knowle...
Howard Hendricks shares this insight about the value of learning: When I was a college student - I worked in the college dining hall, and on my way to work at 5:30 every morning I walked past ...
When their son left for his freshman year at Duke University, his parents gave him a Bible, assuring him it would be a great help. Later, as he began sending them letters asking for money, they would ...
House Church. For pastors, the mere term once conjured up images of angry men and women gathered around a kitchen table, condemning the mistakes and failures of the traditional church they had left f...
Basketball players dress simply: shoes, shirts, shorts, and sweatbands. But life is not so simple for football players – and what about ice hockey players? Besides clothes, the athletes in these two s...
An item by Sally Cunnech in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. She wrote, "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young s...
"The TV is my shepherd, my spiritual growth shall want.It maketh me to sit down and do nothing for His name's sake,It keepeth me from doing my duty as a Christian; because it presenteth so many good p...
A 2002 regional survey by the Delaware Council on Gambling Problems (DCGP) found that more than 30% of all high school students gamble periodically," according to a July 22 story in Agape Press news s...
Rigby In the late 1800's and early 1900's, Alexander Whyte pastored a large church in Edinburgh. During that time, a salesman by the name of Rigby would travel to Edinburgh regularly just to hear h...
Someone has defined tact as "dealing with others as we would have them deal with us." The word comes from the Latin term tactus and means "to touch."...
David Jeremiah points out that, "The Dead Sea is so salty it contains no fish or plant life. Why? There are absolutely no outlets! A great volume of water pours into it, but nothing flows out. Many in...
Communion Reward Faith honors God and God honors faith! If we abide in His will and trust Him implicitly the Lord will reward our confidence. An incident from the lives of Robert and Mary Moffat under...
his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed hi...
Whenever we face a communication challenge, telling a story is a good option, and sometimes it is the very best option....
Does that startle you? I have been an avid football fan, but now I've had it. Let me list the reasons for my decision never to attend another football game. 1. I was taken to too many games by my par...