Earl Allen told the story of how King Ptolemy decided to commission the building of a huge lighthouse. He ordered Sostratus to construct it. The lighthouse was called "The Pharos" Ptolemy required that the structure should bear his name, but Sostratus did not think the king should be given sole...

Ivan S. Prokhanov was an evangelical preacher in Russia in the early part of this century. He was arrested at gunpoint. Several times he was put in prison. During the Bolshevik reign of terror he nearly starved to death. One winter he nearly froze to death. He wrote a book, In the Cauldron...

According to the book, The Twentieth Century, the invention of typing correction fluid was the product of necessity. Betty Nesmith (incidentally, the mother of former "Monkee" Michael Nesmith) had made so many typing mistakes she created a concoction that would cover the...

Someone said, "Marriage is like the army. Everybody complains, but you'd be surprised how many re-enlist." Hollywood stars seem especially prone to it. Zsa Zsa Gabor has been married nine times, Mickey Rooney eight, Liz Taylor eight, Jerry Lee Lewis six and Billy Bob Thornton...

For Susie Lockheed, beauty is more than skin deep. The press carried reports of Susie who is the owner of a dog names Sam. He is a three time winner of the "World's Ugliest Dog Contest" Sam is a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested. He is an unusual breed to begin with, but he...

Lyman Bryson wrote: "The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute for intelligence." Doesn't that point up the fact that we need both young and old in our churches? We need the optimism...

Have you seen any of these words of wisdom from bumper stickers? "He who laughs last thinks slowest", "Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now", "All generalizations are...

Something strange happened near Istanbul, according to Turkish media. Nearly one thousand sheep jumped off a cliff while shepherds who had left the herd having their breakfast. 450 sheep died in the bizarre incident. The financial loss for the families who owned the sheep is astounding...

What is the smallest country in the world? Some would answer Monaco and others would answer Vatican City. Even though it is disputed some would answer "The Sovereign and Military Order of Malta." The SMOM does have some characteristics of an independent nation and many...

A famous minister was delivering a speech at a banquet. He wanted to repeat the stories he had told at an event at a church in town the following day, so he asked members of the press to omit those stories from their newspaper accounts. A young reporter rushed his account to his...