Many will know the story of how, on New Year's Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played the University of California in the annual Rose Bowl football game. In that game a man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for California.Unfortunately he became confused and began running...
"A soldier in the American Third Army was sent to a rest camp after a period of active service. When he returned to his outfit, he wrote a letter to General George Patton and thanked him for the splendid care he had received. General Patton wrote back that for...
HTML clipboard Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27, RSV).I read how an American, traveling in Syria, saw three native shepherds bring their flocks to the same brook, and the flock drank there together. After a while...
"How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord [Jesus], was confirmed to us by those who heard him." Hebrews 2:3 (NIV)On Sunday I was having lunch in a restaurant where a humming bird had flown in...
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, unto which you are called. . . ." -- Paul (1 Timothy 6:12)I read how "On a commuter flight from Portland, Maine to Boston in 1987, the pilot heard an unusual noise near the rear of the plane. Henry Dempsey...
"For the Son of man [Jesus Christ] came to seek and to save the lost." -- Jesus (Luke 19:10 RSV)During the Christmas crush in a large shopping mall the Bernard Johnsons lost their four-year-old son. When they realized he was missing, they panicked. They quickly...
A four-hundred-year-old tree crashed to the forest floor. Over the centuries it had been struck by lightning fourteen times, braved great windstorms, and even defied an earthquake. In the end, however, it was killed by little beetles. Boring under the bark, they...