There’s a traditional Hebrew story about Abraham that tells of a time when he was sitting outside his tent one evening when an old man, weary from age, came toward him.
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Not long after arriving in the South Pacific to begin work as missionaries, John G. Paton and his wife Mary had a baby son.
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The famous 19th-century professor and naturalist Louis Agassiz was once invited to address the members of a learned society…
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During World War II, the British Secret Service broke the Nazi code and informed Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the Germans were getting ready to bomb the city of Coventry.
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On February 17, 1791, the famous preacher John Wesley preached his very last sermon. The text he preached was Isaiah 55:6…
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According to a survey of the general American public, most perceive the status of “rich” to be attained when a person has between $1 million and $5 million in assets.
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Clarence Jordan, the author of The Cotton Patch Gospel New Testament translation, was getting a red-carpet tour of a brand-new church.
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Author Jay Kesler told a story of his first car accident. He had just gotten his driver’s license and was driving too close to the middle of a narrow road.
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The Boston Globe newspaper carries a daily column dedicated to answering questions from its readers. Some years ago, the paper listed the top ten unanswerable questions it had received.
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A man named Milt Rood worked for years in Spokane, Washington as a car salesman. He was also very active with the Union Gospel Mission, working to help better the lives of juvenile delinquents.
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