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New Testament scholar A.M. Hunter relates a story in one of his books about a dying man who asked his Christian doctor to tell him about the place he was heading.

What does it mean to be happy?

Dennis Wholey, author of a book called Are You Happy?, reports that according to experts, only about 20% of Americans today are happy.

Something was different about the little village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France. Unlike most communities across the country, this town hid their Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

An elderly widow was eager to serve Christ, but was severely limited in her activities. So she talked to her pastor who told her, “Find what you love to do and do it for Jesus.”

A lady answered a knock at her door one day to find a man with a very downcast look on his face. Concerned, she asked, “Can I help you?”

Clarence Jordan, the author of The Cotton Patch Gospel New Testament translation, was getting a red-carpet tour of a brand-new church.

A church decided to do some major renovations on their decades-old building, so they called together a group of members to do the internal demolition.

A little boy had fallen ill and stayed home from school one afternoon. His mother was concerned he’d get behind, so she taught him the lesson for the day at home.

One day a mother was trying to teach her daughter a lesson about giving. So she gave the little girl a quarter and a dollar bill before going to church and told her, “Put whichever one you want in the collection plate and keep the other for yourself.”