In his book, "Stories for Sermons," Arthur Tonne, tells how a famous organist was giving a recital in an eastern church. The instrument was not supplied air electrically; it had to be pumped by hand. A young boy was engaged to do this for the occasion.Everything was...
"A story is told about William Randolph Hearst, the late newspaper publisher. Hearst invested a fortune in collecting great works of art. One day he read about some valuable pieces of art and decided that he must add them to his collection. He sent his agent abroad to...
If I remember correctly the following story is about William Cowper, poet and hymn writer, who lived from 1731-1800 in England.Cowper suffered fits of meloncholy and frequent attacks of spiritual despair which led to two suicide attempts. On one of these occasions...
"Almost you persuade me to be a Christian." – King Agrippa (Acts 26:28)When Mahatma Gandhi was attending university in London, he became almost convinced of the validity of Christianity, seeing it as possibly the one true supernatural religion. After graduation, he...
Chuck Colson tells about one prisoner he met who had been on death row for fifteen years. His name was John Irving. John was allowed out of his cell for only one hour a day. The rest of the time he was studying to become a minister-- preparing to meet or serve...
Not long before a close friend of mine died of cancer, I asked him what it felt like to be forty-four and in his predicament. Among a number of things he said, "I feel angry because there was so much more I wanted to do with life. I feel bad about being so busy and...
An ad for St. Joseph's Episcopal Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads,"For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets."By Dick Innes, Daily Encounter www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used...