Perhaps one of the hardest aspects of the Christian faith to understand is the Incarnation. How can Jesus be fully divine and fully human? There is nothing else like this in all the universe-infini...
According to USA Today, a 56-year-old man in Paraguay wants to adopt 1,000 poor foreign children. The man is a German citizen, which would enable the children to benefit from German social services...
On Friday April 14, 2000 the stock market took a dramatic fall. Hardest hit were the technology stocks. In that one day Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the world's richest man, lost eleven bi...
Rimsky-Korsakov's fourteenth opera was about the legendary Russian city of Kitezh. The legend is that long ago Tartar invaders were coming to destroy the city. A woman named Fevronia prayed that God w...
Isaac Asimov tells the story of a rough ocean crossing during which a Mr. Jones became terribly seasick. At an especially rough time, a kindly steward patted Jones on the shoulder and said, "I know, s...
Barbara Walters called her one of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 1995. She's been on David Letterman's show and invited to appear with Oprah Winfrey....
According to the People’s Almanac, there was a shower of several thousand rubles that fell in the Gorki region of Russia in 1940. No one has ever been able to completely explain the phenomena. One p...
Billy Gets Nervous Too! Billy Graham's hands often go clammy and his knees shake before he preaches. While most would agree that standing in front of a crowd of people is probably not their favorite o...
According to the people at “Ripley’s Believe it or Not,” the cornerstone of the Washington Monument, which was laid on July 4, 1884, disappeared and has never been found. How could...
A conversation between a Christian missionary and a Muslim illustrates a great point. The Mohammedan wanted to impress the missionary with what he considered to be the superiority of Islam. So he s...
Missionary Susie Hobert believes that one of her main responsibilities as a mother is to instill in her children a burden for their lost fiends. And she has done a good job. Ten-year-old Ryan was driv...
A store clerk in California named Bill Capell has just found out that he is the next Earl of Essex in England. Due to inheritance law and custom, he now has an honorary seat in the House of Lords. ...
Though all other literatute is passing away, God's Word remains certain and secure....
"When Jesus came the first time, He came in a manger. When He comes again, He is coming in majesty. The first time, He shed His royal blood for our redemption. When He comes again, He is going to be d...
Adrian Rogers wrote: "When Jesus came the first time, He came in a manger. When He comes again, He is coming in majesty. The first time, He shed His royal blood for our redemption. When He comes again...
On one occasion Michelangelo turned to his fellow artists and said with frustration in his voice, "Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in ...
The greatest gift ever given was bestowed on the very first Christmas, but we all too often are a loss for what to do with such a treasure....
It was Easter Sunday and the pastor gathered the children at the front of the church to ask them about the meaning of Easter. The pastor was disappointed as he listened to the first response: "Easter ...
In her book, Sticking Up for What I Believe, Gwendolyn Mitchell Diaz answers questions that teenagers ask about God and life. Question #7 is "Isn't living a good life good enough?" Many people falsely...