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 ...
It is estimated that if the widow's mite had been deposited at the "First National Bank, Jerusalem" to draw four percent interest semi-annually, the fund today would total $4,800,000,000,000,000,00...
Someone published a book picturing the many shapes of the cross. It has been stylized in a dozen ways. There is a Latin cross, a Greek cross, an Egyptian cross, a Jerusalem cross, a cross of St. An...
Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq has built 50 palaces at a probable cost of two billion dollars. Each one has an underground bunker covered by concrete two feet thick reinforced with steel. They c...
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...
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...
In The Romance of the Last Crusade, British Major Vivian Gilbert told of his advance toward Jerusalem during World War I. He stopped one night to visit a field hospital. He stayed by the bedside o...
Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq has built 50 palaces at a probable cost of two billion dollars. Each one has an underground bunker covered by concrete two feet thick reinforced with steel. ...
In Peggy Noonan’s book When Character Was King, she tells about a meeting between President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. It was their first meeting as world leaders and Bush ...
Although most of us are familiar with the story of Christ's birth, realizing the wise men (probably many more than three) are a staple of nativity scenes and stories, many of us don't realize they did...
When silent film star Rudolf Valentino died, nine thousand people passed by his casket every hour and the viewing lasted for three days! The Lord Jesus knew no such homage. Those who passed by His cro...
King David was an enormous benefactor for the first temple, always remembering his wealth came from the hand of God, to whom it should be returned....
David Jeremiah writes: “The Diamond Wedding Gown, offered exclusively by a chic bridal salon in Beverly Hills, can be yours for only $12 million. It's the most expensive wedding dress in the world, an...
Robert Shannon tells the story of the Waldensians, a small Protestant group greatly persecuted in Europe in the seventeenth century. In 1686 they were exiled to Switzerland where they remained until 1...
Robert Shannon tells the story of the Waldensians, a small Protestant group greatly persecuted in Europe in the seventeenth century. In 1686 they were exiled to Switzerland where they remained until 1...
I had an epiphany while listening to Johnny Cash that transformed the way I preached the Psalms. ...
It is inevitable in a lifetime of preaching that we shall all make mistakes in our preaching. Sometimes these mistakes become embarrassingly more than we intended. I, too, have flubbed by saying somet...