Christ Gives Freedom
Christ Gives Freedom Above the entrance to the concentration camp in Auschwitz, Germany were the words Arbeit Macht Frei. The words mean “Work makes free.” It was a boldfaced lie suggesting that if the prisoners worked hard, they would be given liberty. The promised freedom was a horrifying death. Many people believe that if they do […]
Converted through President Wolsey’s Singing
Converted through President Wolsey’s Singing When D. L. Moody visited New Haven in 1878, R. A. Torrey was a student in the University there. He said, “The ripest scholar in the University at the time, if not the ripest in America, was President Wolsey, Ex-President of Yale University. One night a young man went up […]
Celebrity or Servant?
Celebrity or Servant? From July 26 to August 7, 1971, the eyes of millions of Americans were on the Apollo 15 moon mission. You may remember the astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin, who landed on the moon and spent eighteen of their sixty-six hours there outside the spacecraft. They covered over seventeen […]
Christ Is Our Representative
Christ Is Our Representative “When Jesus died, He died as my representative, and I died in Him; when He arose, He rose as my representative, and I arose in Him; when He ascended up on high and took His place at the right hand of the Father in the glory, He ascended as my representative […]
Choose Your Words Carefully
Choose Your Words Carefully President Calvin Coolidge was famously known as a man of few words. His nickname was “Silent Cal.” His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, told the story of a young woman who sat next to her husband at a dinner party. She told Coolidge she had a bet with a friend that she […]
Confessing a Bank Robbery
Confessing a Bank Robbery In May of 1948 three men robbed a bank in Hoyt, Kansas, getting away with $1,000. Shortly thereafter two men were killed in a car wreck, and police thought they were the robbers and the case was closed. Four years later, however, something unusual happened. On a Sunday morning at the […]
Cheap Vacation
Cheap Vacation Even with escalating gas prices, Ward still took his family for a long trek out to California and up the Pacific coast. When he returned, friends were eager to hear how it turned out. Ward couldn’t have been more pleased. He said they made it all the way to Los Angeles before a […]
Changing Love
Changing Love The story of is told of a girl who regretted breaking her engagement and wrote this letter: “Dearest Tommy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll take me back. No one could ever take your place in my heart, so please forgive me. […]
Credit Card Humor
Credit Card Humor A man once said his credit card was stolen, but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did. A wife was reading the mail to husband. She said, “This little note came with your credit card bill. It says leave home without it.” Facebook […]
Chocolate Tasting
Chocolate Tasting One of England’s most exclusive grocery stores, Fortnum & Mason in London’s Piccadilly, advertised for a new chocolate taster, including a salary of $54,000 a year. This dream job consisted of traveling the world, sampling as much chocolate as possible, and selecting the very best for the store’s discerning customers. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]