There was a very unusual military funeral in California in December of 2013. Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt, who fought in both World War II and the Korean War, was laid to rest. He had been captured in Korea in 1950 and died the following year. But his body was not returned for many years,…
A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and an easy fix was not to be found. The CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to hire…
I recently read an article written by a missionary to Africa who shared the story of an elderly woman who was reached with the gospel. Though she was blind and could neither read nor write, she wanted to share her new found faith with others. One day she pulled the missionary aside after the service with…
Here’s a rather useless fact that I find rather interesting. When we write letters we commonly end them with the words “Yours sincerely”. Have you ever wondered why we do this? The practice has its origins in ancient Rome. Roman sculptors often concealed cracks in apparently flawless marble statues with melted beeswax. When the…
There is a tale told of the great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: “I wish you would explain to me something.” You are appearing before crowds night after night with fiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching the essential and unchangeable truth, and I am not…
I’m sure all of us have daydreamed about what we would do if we suddenly were given a large amount of money we weren’t expecting. Let’s suppose that you suddenly found yourself with an extra $100,000. How would you spend it? Several years ago the editors of USA Today asked that very question The…
Charles Thomas (CT) Studd, was born into a wealthy English family in the latter part of the 19th century, educated at Cambridge and celebrated as one of that nation’s best cricket players, upon coming to Christ left it all behind to become a missionary first to China and later to India and Africa. When his…
Sir Edwin Landseer was one of the most famous painters of the Victorian era. His talent developed early, and he had the first showing of his work at the Royal Academy when he was just thirteen years old. He was commissioned to do a number of official portraits of the royal family, and even gave…
The weekend of December 7, 1941, started out to be another routine weekend. The aircraft carriers were at dockside and the crews were enjoying the day with rest and relaxation. The sky was clear, the sun was shining and the weather was beautiful. This was a perfect picture of peace, but something soon would happen…
Stanley Praimnath, Vice President for Fuji Bank, was in his office in the South Tower at the World Trade Center when his phone rang. “Are you watching the news?’ asked a woman in their Chicago office. “Are you alright?” “I’m fine” he said wondering why she had called. Just then he turned to gaze out…
