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…
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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…
In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he…
One of my favorite portions of Scripture is Romans 5 through 8. In Chapter 8, Paul describes the earth as groaning as it waits for the Lord to redeem it….
Our eyes have more than two million working parts, and approximately half the brain is engaged in the act of seeing. They are the second most complex organ after the…