Dr. Harold C. Urey, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, was walking along a sidewalk one day across the university campus when he ran into another professor. They stopped, exchanged pleasantries, and…

Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary and founder of the China Inland Mission, was once complimented by a friend on the impact of his mission work in the Far East. Taylor, known as a very humble man, answered…

Science tells us that the body needs on average about three quarts of water a day to operate efficiently. Water helps break up and soften food, making it the most critical chemical in the digestive process. In fact, the blood in your body is about 90 percent water and carries nutrients throughout the body…

You’ve very likely heard about the Pony Express, the historically famous mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and the West Coast…

Americans are getting warned all the time. Any cursory look at most packages today and you’ll find a host of warnings about misusing the product…

One night in 1875, Ira Sankey was traveling on a steamboat down the Delaware River when he was recognized by some passengers. Sankey, who was the song leader for the famous evangelist D.L. Moody, was asked by the passengers to sing a hymn on the main deck so everyone could hear…

A story is told of a man who, after his fiancée broke off their engagement, received the following letter…

There was once a preacher who, wanting to make a point, asked a new mother in his congregation, “Madam, are you taking care of your baby? Are you feeding him when he needs food and keeping an adequate home for him?”…

A story is told from the Middle Ages about a certain monk who announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” The next Sunday evening…