Billy Bray was a Cornish miner who
accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour in 1823 at the age of 29. He lived a life
of drunkenness and debauchery before his salvation, but he became such an
outgoing witness and testimony for God that he became...
In late September 1864
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was leading his troops north from
Decatur, Alabama, toward Nashville. But to make it to Nashville, Forrest would
have to defeat the Union army at Athens, Alabama. When the Union...
In 1896, Norman “Kid” McCoy was the welterweight
boxing champion. In one of his fights, he learned that his opponent was deaf. McCoy
finally discovered this; and as they were nearing the end of the third round, McCoy stepped back and pointed to...
Sin
at the door of your life is more persistent than a Jehovah’s Witness, more
tenacious than a vacuum cleaner salesman, more widespread than girl-scouts
selling cookies and more intrusive than a burglar. Sadly, sin has more takers,
meets a...
When an English robber called Captain Thunderbolt escaped the law and
moved to the eastern US in 1818, he began practicing medicine. He took
on the name Dr. John Wilson. Often he wore three suits of clothes to
escape recognition by making...
“The term Stockholm Syndrome first occurred
in 1973 at an attempted bank robbery in Stockholm,
Sweden. A man
tried to rob a bank, and the police caught him inside. He took three female
hostages and one male hostage and held...
The devil can cite Scripture for his
purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!—Shakespeare
A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a
large bear. When he was about to pull the trigger, the bear spoke in a soft
soothing voice, “Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot? What do you want? Let’s
negotiate the matter.” Lowering his...
A Japanese soldier by the name of Shoichi Yokoi lived in a
cave on the island of Guam to which he fled in 1944 when the tides of war began
to change. Fearing for his life, this man stayed hidden for twenty-eight years
in the jungle cave, coming...
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; He promises honor
and pays with disgrace; He promises pleasure and pays with pain; He
promises profit and pays with loss; He promises life and pays with
death.—Thomas Brooks...