A convention was called in 1787 in America to revise the Articles of Confederation. For weeks delegates reviewed ancient history and analyzed governments of modern Europe in search of insights...
Blood is central to Scripture. A quick search of the New International Version of the Bible finds the word blood in more that 350 verses. Why is blood such an important part of the message of the Bibl...
refrigerators, people used icehouses to preserve their food. Icehouses had thick walls, no windows and a tightly fitted door. One man lost a valuable watch while working in an icehouse. A small boy wh...
Edison's Light On October 18, 1879, a young inventor by the name of Thomas A. Edison sat in his laboratory. He was weary from 13 months of repeated failure in his search for a filament that would stan...
A tragic story was carried by the media about a Shelton, Washington woman who was found smothered under a pile of clutter—clutter of her own making. Sixty-two year old Marie Rose suffered from obse...
Communicating with clarity is a challenging endeavor. Consider these supposedly true citations and responses between airline pilots and mechanics: P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement...
Dear Mom, Our Scout Master told us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only two of our tents and four sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us dr...
Dick Walton of a very successful company called Wal-Mart says, "It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stock boys." Walton stories have become legend...
Walter Lee Price, a church elder, former FBI agent and lawyer, has an interesting story in his book, 100 Years at the Bar. In Carter County, TN, a church engaged an attorney to help them in a new proj...
What Man Will Do For Fun Dinosaurs had brains the size of walnuts. Horses have to be forced to leave a burning barn. Our cat is so dumb it'll climb up a tree and not know how to get back down. But whe...
"Learn the power of quoting Scripture. It's to our souls what a sword is to a soldier.”...
Another reason for where our young people are today is the lack of intimacy. A little over a year ago I debated the co-founder of Playboy on television for three hours. He agreed with me on this point...
More than 25 religious and scientific leaders have signed a new "manifesto on biotechnology" that calls for the banning of all human cloning and legislation that will prevent discrimination based on g...
The age of the computer brings much ease and expertise to the preparation of the worship folders/bulletins. Some churches which use the same basic format each week can simply call up the form on the c...
Acres of Diamonds Many people are not content with the work they are doing because the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. They are dissatisfied even when their circumstances ...
An optimist sees the best in the world, while a pessimist sees only the worst. An optimist finds the positive in the negative, and a pessimist can only find the negative in the positive. For example, ...
Dear Mom, Scoutmaster Webb told us to write our parents in case you heard about the flood and got worried. ...