The famous jockey, Willie Shoemaker, once lost a race because he thought he had won it. He mistook a marker for the finish line and stood up in the stirrups. The horse took this to mean the race was o...
The great racehorse Native Dancer won every race he ever entered except one. That was a race on the first Saturday in May in Louisville, KY, called the Kentucky Derby! The one his owners wanted......
When the unsinkable Titanic sank… warning after warning had been sent to tell them they were speeding into an ice-field. But the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent...
Athletes often have a perseverance and determination Christian should envy....
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...
C.S. Lewis called pride "spiritual cancer," which eats up love and contentment. It is actually a sign of our own insecurity and feelings of inferiority. Spurgeon poetically warned us not to be proud o...
There is an old story about the Greek Marathon. Muscular, conditioned runners paced nervously near the starting line for the long-distance race. The time was near. They "shook out" their muscles, inha...
All Thoroughbred race horses have the same birthday. No matter what day of the year they were born they are considered to have been born on January first. With regard to the new birth, all Christians ...
All thoroughbred race horses have the same birthday. No matter what day of the year they were born they are considered to have been born on January first. With regard to the new birth, all Chr...
Albert Mohler
Will this generation of gospel ministers finish the race? It will require gospel faithfulness at every turn....
Stradivarius violins are known as the best violins in the world. Famous musicians love to play them. These violins can be strong and powerful, soft and expressive, energetic and brilliant. Said one pe...
Everybody hails the runner who finishes first. Who pays any attention to the runner who finishes last? One reporter did at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. The runner was John Stephen Akhwari of...
Economist Richard Layard believes that although people are getting wealthier and living more comfortably, they’re not getting happier. He argues in Happiness: Lessons from a New Science that a “zero-s...
Runner does not cry about lost gold, but celebrates the win of bronze....
On May 3, 1987, the story of Gary Hart's fling with blond model and actress Donna Rice finally erupted into a national scandal. As it unraveled, the tale included accounts of her visit to his town hou...
Happiness is...running? OK, perhaps it has more to do with diet, exercise and gr-attitude...
Satchel Paige was a baseball legend. His promotion to the major leagues was delayed because of the infamous color barrier. He came to the majors at the age of 42 and pitched in a game when he was 59. ...
Sin Costs! While being entertained in the home of a fine Christian architect, I was surprised when he told me that his next project was a jail! He remarked that the cost of construction for such a bui...