When he was appointed as the pastor a church in Cambridge,
England, in 1783 Charles Simeon was...
On January 13, 2012, the massive Costa Concordia cruise ship with more than
4,200 passengers and...
Marla Runyan gave her all to qualify for the Olympic Games in
1996, but her best time finished...
When a
man asked George Mueller the secret of his service, Mueller responded:
“There was a day...
In May of 2001, Erik Weihenmayer accomplished something that
only about 150 people per year do—...
In May 2013, thirteen-year-old Arvind Mahankali correctly spelled the word “knaidel”
(a German-...
There were 128 runners in the field for the cross country race
at the 1993 NCAA Division II Track...
Pierre Barlot was a gunner in the fort of Mont Valerin during the Prussian
siege of Paris. One day...
A missionary to Africa told the story of an elderly woman who
was reached with the gospel. Though...
Though he would later be acclaimed as one of the greatest
inventors of history, Thomas Edison’s...
For more than thirty years, archaeologist Howard Carter searched the deserts of Egypt for something...
It
took less than ten seconds for Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt to cover the one
hundred meter...
It takes 90 gallons of water to baptize a Christian and only 9 drops of rain to keep him at home!...
Charles Peace, a notorious criminal in England, was executed on February 25,
1879. Just before his...
When
James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands,
the ship captain...
The Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the heart of the Gaza Strip was a
point of much conflict with...
Often when we ask for a person’s signature, we will call it their “John
Hancock.” This is because...
The famous and very successful football coach Bear Bryant often
told reporters, "I’d croak in a...
“Commitments are sustained through strong inward motives.”—Unknown
This is my church. It is composed of people just like me. It will be
friendly if I am. It will do...
