A Far Side cartoon pictures God as a white-bearded old man seated at his computer. On the screen we see a hapless young man walking down the street. A piano is suspended by a rope over his head. God's finger is posed over a button labeled "Smite." All too often this caricature is how many peopl

Whales really do communicate with each other. One whale sounded the following caution to his dear mate: "Better watch it; when you get to the top and start to blow, that's when you get harpooned!" What's true at sea is also true in our world.

Writing in The Sunday School Times many years ago, Newman Hall told about a Christian friend who was invited to debate publicly with some men who had no use for the Lord or the church. The believer said, "When you can find me twelve families who were once Christians but by embracing your views h

The Great Wall of China was erected in the third century B.C. as a defense against raids by nomadic peoples from the north. Throughout succeeding centuries, especially during the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644) the Great Wall was repaired and extended in length, finally stretching for 4,500 miles.

No Time to Brag From Mongolian folklore comes this helpful little fable of the boastful frog. Two geese were about to start southward on their annual autumn migration, when they were entreated by a frog to take him with them. On the geese expressing their willingness to do so if a means of conveya

J. Wilbur Chapman often told of the testimony given by a certain man in one of his meetings: I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a tramp, and for a year I begged on the streets for a living. One day I touched a man on the shoulder and said, "Hey, mister, can you give me a dime?" As soon as I

Someone asked a pastor who had a rather sizable pulpit blister, how he got that fat. He said, "I don't know, it just snacked up on me."

Blood is central to Scripture. A quick search of the New International Version of the Bible finds the word blood in more that 350 verses. Why is blood such an important part of the message of the Bible? What should this blood mean to us today? For believers, the blood sacrifice of the Old Testament

It's time to diet when… * You can see the pot at the end of the rainbow - and it's yours. * You take a shower, and nothing below your waist gets wet. * You get your shoes shines, and you have to take the guy's word for it. * The couch gets up when you do. * A Peeping Tom begs you to pull your

When C.H. Spurgeon was under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, he had a clear sense of the justice of God, and sin became an intolerable burden. He didn't fear hell as much as he despised the reality of his own wrong doing. He said, "All the while I had upon my mind a deep concern for the honor of