If a child is the first person in a household to become a Christian, there is a 3.5 percent probability everyone else in the household will follow. If the mother is the first to become a Christian, th...
A little girl answered the phone in her house and a salesman said, “Little girl, may I speak to your mother?” The little girl replied, “She’s busy right now.” The salesma...
Different subjects are difficult for some, while we excel in others, including thinking on our feet....
In 1799, fifty years before the California gold rush, gold was discovered in North Carolina. At Stanfield in Cabbarus county a 12 year old boy found a nugget weighing 17 pounds. His father, John Reed,...
Recently newspapers carried the story of two women who had the same first, middle and last name, were born on the same day, and had the same Social Security number! It took a while to straighten out t...
According to an old story attributed to Aesop, a man married off his two daughters. One married a gardener, and the other married a brick maker......
One of Rabbi Ben Jochai's scholars once asked him, "Why did not the Lord furnish enough manna to Israel for a year all at one time?" The teacher said, "I will answer you with a parable. Once there was...
Like Father, Like Son Father's do influence their children. Abbie Hobbman was arrested 53 times, lived underground for six years and never ran out of causes. When he died last week, at 52, he was reme...
For many people, the highlight of the Winter Olympics is pair's figure skating with its split-second timing and precision choreography. For some element, both skaters perform the same move with per...
Earthly fathers make plenty of mistakes rearing their children, but our heavenly Father never makes a mistake with us....
Robert Falconer tells the story of his witnessing among destitute people in a certain city and of reading them the story of the woman who wiped Jesus' feet with her tears. While he was reading he h...
Sacrifice of health leads to identifying with others for the sake of ministry and the gospel....
Writing in Southern Living magazine Jennifer Greer recounted a visit she made to the old family cemetery in Nelson County, Kentucky. She had talked there with her cousin who cared for the cemetery as ...
“The early church father Tertullian wrote of the connection of Christ’s love to the marriage relationship: How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, ...
A large family of seven children moved to a new city. The parents didn't want to buy a home immediately, preferring to rent a townhouse until they could get a feel for the area and choose a home where...
Only a Cobbler William Carey, sometimes called "the father of modern missions," always seemed to have a humble spirit. In young manhood he had a job repairing shoes. As the years went by, honors we...
Some years ago I was told of a young Jewish man from the United States who decided to go to Israel and live. After working there for two years he was required either to serve in the army for a...
David Jeremiah wrote: “When missionary Amy Carmichael went to India, she suffered from acute, prolonged loneliness and homesickness. The other missionaries tried to be kind to her, but they were busy ...
God works wonderfully through the faithfulness of people in many different vocations. It isn't just through the clergyman that our Father providentially cares for and speaks to us. It isn't just in a ...