On February 3, 1943, a troop ship named The Dorchester was
carrying more than nine hundred soldiers and military personnel across the
North Atlantic. A German U-boat spotted the convoy and fired three torpedoes at
the ship. Only one...
The Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the heart of the Gaza Strip was a
point of much conflict with militant Palestinians for several years. The
conflict was so great that the settlement was evacuated in 2005.
Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical college in India on Matthew 5:16: “Let your
light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your
Father which is in heaven.” In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with...
One Sunday
a lady was inviting children to come to Sunday school when she met a boy and
asked him why he went so far, past so many Sunday schools to get to his own. “There
are plenty of others,” said she, “just as good.”
On
January 1, 2010 a law went into effect in Texas that requires Department of
Public Safety clerks to ask all driver’s license applicants if they wish to
become an organ donor. The result of the new law more than doubled the number
of registered...
B. F. Mills, a preacher from a
generation ago told the following story: “I remember going down stairs in a
hotel about midnight, with some letters in my hand that I wished to mail. The
clerk was not in the office, but a policeman was there, and...
Timothy Stackpole was a New York Firefighter, who was severely
burned in a 1998 fire. After he recovered, he returned to the force despite the
advice of some friends and family and the fact that he could retire comfortably.
A
man came up to Moody once and criticized him for the way he went about winning
souls. Moody listened courteously and then asked, “How would you do it?” The
man, taken aback, mumbled that he didn’t do it. “Well,” said Moody, “I prefer
the way I...
A Dutch diamond collector was seeking for a very rare diamond. A dealer
in New York by the name of Mr. Winston heard of this inquiry and contacted him
letting him know that he believed he possessed the diamond he was looking
for.