A 5-year old boy ran across the kitchen floor to answer the phone. “Hello, is your mother home?” asked a woman on the other end. “I’m sorry; she is changing…
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In a classic scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Inspector Clouseau walks into a German hotel and notices a small dog by the counter. “Does your dog bite?” he asks the hotelier. “No,” the old man answers. When Clouseau goes…
Two Sundays ago I watched the Chiefs and Bills, which was one of most unbelievable games in NFL history! Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen put on quite a display, especially…
Sometime back the Associated Press carried this dispatch: “Glasgow, Ky.–Leslie Puckett, after struggling to start his car, lifted the hood and discovered that someone had stolen the motor.” The man…
In Matthew 17, we see what is called the Transfiguration. We read this in vs. 2: “As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like…
A number of years ago the Department of Social Services in Greenville County, South Carolina, sent the following letter: “Your food stamps will be stopped, effective immediately because we received…
The Great Wall of Gorgan is one of the most impressive structures ever built. Constructed 1,500 years ago to protect the Persian Empire from enemy raiding parties, it stretches for…
In September 2010, a single security certificate was turned over to the Missouri Treasurer’s office as unclaimed property. The staff identified it as highly valuable and searched for the rightful…
When I was growing up, I remember the inflatable plastic punching dummy. It was about as tall as I was and had a smiling face painted on it. The challenge…
Before we see where joy is found, we want to see where it is not found. It is not found in unbelief. Voltaire was a well known unbeliever, and he…