There is a story from the history of Kentucky about a man named Sam Holmes who was in jail for the charge of murder. He was visited by a childhood friend named Lucien Young. Young was a man of bravery who had been honored for rescuing people from a wrecked ship. It was because of Young's pleading that the governor decided to reconsider the case and gave him a signed pardon for his friend.

Elias Boudinot was the first president of the American Bible Society and was also the president of the United States Continental Congress in 1783. His gravestone in Burlington, New Jersey, refurbished by modern admirers, says of him, "His death was the triumph of the Christian faith, the consummation of hope, the dawn and pledge of endless felicity."

A missionary came up with a great strategy to share the gospel. He would go to a village, sit with the people around the fire and ask, "What has your god done for you?"

Recently the Charlotte Observer carried the story of one church's unusual beginning for a capital campaign. Instead of taking an offering, Elevation Church gave $40,000 to the congregation to spend on doing good deeds.

Many perhaps remember several poignant quotes from Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. We remember the opening words, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

There is an old fable from Aesop about a man who called his sons to his sick bed. "I am about to die," he said. "In my vineyard lies a treasure. Dig and you will find it." Not long after that, the man dies. The sons busily went to work digging in the vineyard. After they finished their repeated digging, they concluded there was no ...

According to the book Work to Live,if you live in the following nations, a certain num­ber of vacation days are mandated by law: Spain: 30 France: 30 Ireland: 28 Japan: 25 Belgium: 24 Norway: 21 United Kingdom: 20 Germany: 18 Canada: 10 United States: 0

According to a recent "Ripley's Believe it or Not" column, a man named Nicael Holt of Australia sold himself for $5,875...