· Cities writhing with rage· Wars, catastrophes, and rumors of wars· Financial instability· Mob rule running rampant· Christianity under siegeThe ancient world was on fire, and who could have predicted the surprising resilience and massive growth of Christianity in the...
Don’t let pain define you. Let it refine you. I believe in the suneven when it is not shiningI believe in loveeven when I feel it notI believe in Godeven when He is silent (unknown) His Hebrew...
As a struggling young preacher, E. V. Hill had trouble earning a living. That led him to invest the family’s scarce resources, over his wife’s objections, in purchasing a service station. Eventually, the station went...
The familiar refrain of the Mother Goose nursery rhyme goes like this:Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.As far...
The inventor of dynamite opened his newspaper one morning in 1888 and was shocked to read his own obituary. His brother had died, and a careless reporter had put the wrong man in the story....
Fear has a way of paralyzing us--during his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of Joseph Stalin. Once, as he censured Stalin in a public...
"What can you tell me about this Frederic Remington portrait of Lea Febiger that's been stored in your attic for decades?" the Antiques Roadshow appraiser asked her guest during an airing on March 29th, 2015."Well,...
Americans' repulsion at the thought of being ruled by a king can be seen in Virginia's State Flag, where the Roman goddess Virtus is depicted holding a sword and a spear; underneath the foot of...
A working-class guy living just outside Detroit got stranded with a broken-down car. A limousine pulled up, and its well-dressed owner offered to help. "Yeah, right," the man snickered to himself but reluctantly agreed, saying,...
GETTING PICKED LAST OR NOT GETTING PICKED AT ALL - At least initially, Cindy thought she got picked last or not picked at all due to her being a girl. That was until girls were selected to...
