When The Bad Must Yield To The Good

Acts 9: 36-43 It has puzzled human beings from the beginning of time itself. Why does God allow bad things to happen? The question is asked in one of the oldest books of the Old Testament, the book of Job, as well as the New Testament's last book, the book of...

Optimism

A college student was always bragging about his hometown. It was an obscure place, unknown to most of his colleagues. His friend thought it a backwater place with little to distinguish itself. Finally a friend asked, "Come on. What's so special about your...

Influence

Rivers gain more attention than the little streams that create them. You can name the great rivers of the world, but you cannot name their tributaries. However, without the tributaries, there would be no river. And it must be remembered that...

Heaven

In the book, Salt, the author describes a fictional character (thought based on fact) who left the southern Appalachians to live and work in Kansas. When she became ill she said she wanted to go back to North Carolina to die. She got on an eastbound train, but died before...

Family

Finding Nemo is the most popular animated feature of all time. What is the secret of its success? Much of its appeal is in the amazing technical and artistic features that helped produce a wonderful underwater world. Others might...

Failure

The great racehorse Native Dancer won every race he ever entered except one. That was a race on the first Saturday in May in Louisville, KY, called the Kentucky Derby! The one his owners wanted...

Courage

In Darwin, Australia, a 19-year old Australian man was loading wild geese into his boat when a 10-foot crocodile grabbed him and took him into the water. His 53-year-old aunt came to his rescue. She told the Northern Territory News and her story was...