According to a fairly reliable anecdote, W. C. Fields, who had been a life-long agnostic was still concerned as his health deteriorated and death approached. He was concerned about not making it into...
Parental Duty W.C. Fields had a philosophy about raising kids… When they are children, put them in a box with cut out holes in the sides… Whey they become youth, plug up the holes! ...
In the 1830's Alexis de Tocqueville toured America. When his tour had been completed, he made this observation (and I paraphrase): I have toured America, and I have seen most of what you offer. I've s...
Recently an American archaeologist, Arthur Demerest, was in Guatemala walking across what he thought was a hill. He fell through the heavy vegetation and nearly fell in to the courtyard of an ancient ...
In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. These 300 subjects had made it to the top. They ...
Philip Anschutz was in his mid-20s when his father took ill and turned over to him the oil-drilling business. For awhile, every hole was a dry hole. ...
How large of an impact does random or targeted kindness have on others?...
In a recent sermon called “Would a Loving God Send People to Hell?” John Ortberg began with this illustration: ...
More and more churches are responding to the call of short-term missions. Traditional missionaries invested their lives in one mission field, learning the language, absorbing the culture, and eventual...
We live in exciting days of evangelistic possibilities. Like never before, people are searching for spiritual answers to meaningful, eternal questions. And though many of these answers are misguide...
Studies have shown that many pastors and church staff are burning out. The current state is taking its toll....