During the 1840's in the Fiji Islands of the Pacific, a man was worth $7. You could buy a man for a musket. After you bought him, you could starve him, work him to death, whip him or eat him. (Cannibalism was very popular in those regions.) But if you visited the Fiji Islands 40 years later, you cou

In her book Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn describes her experience at the 1987 Vancouver World's Fair, where the Christian pavilion's presentation utilized glitzy double-reversed photography and flashing lasers. "When I tried to explain my qualms about the production to an attendant

Chuck Swindoll has said, "Dad is not perfect; he would be the first to admit it. Nor is he infallible, much to his own disappointment. Nor altogether fair … nor always right. But there's one thing he is-always-he is your dad … the only one you'll ever have. Take it from me, there's only

You don't get a well fed church from serving fast food. -Bill Hybels

Another reason for where our young people are today is the lack of intimacy. A little over a year ago I debated the co-founder of Playboy on television for three hours. He agreed with me on this point. My statement was this - we have not been through a sexual revolution. We have not. What we have b

If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers;If you wish to enrich years, plant trees;If you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others. -S. Truett Cathay

No Strings Eugene Cernan, one of the astronauts who enjoyed the exciting adventure of walking on the moon said with wonder, "Our world appears big and beautiful, all blue and white! You can see from the Antarctic to the North Pole. The earth looks so perfect. There are no strings to hold it up; th

Inseparable Twins A Christian man worked each day transporting tourists across a lake. On occasion he would present the Gospel and its implications for life in a most unusual way. He had painted the word FAITH on one of the oars of his rowboat and WORKS on the other. When they got quite far from sh

A General Electric ad raises the question: "What was Thomas Edison's biggest blunder?" The ad reveals that Edison opposed the theory of alternating current developed by Charles Steinmetz. The ad concludes by stating that Steinmetz was almost refused admission at Ellis Island as an unfit immigrant.

A church had gathered to pray for a needy family around Thanksgiving. The family needed food and concerned folks from the church got together to pray for them. While the prayer meeting was going on, a young boy came and knocked on the door of the home where members had gathered, entered into the ho