The great artist Doré created a dark and gruesome etching of her.  Kendall and Tennyson wrote poems named after her.  And William Cullen Bryant penned the following about her: Hear what the desolate Rizpah said, As on Gibeah’s rocks she watched the dead. The sons of Michal before her lay, […]

The story is told of a woman and her baby traveling on a train during a terrible snowstorm in the northeast. The blizzard created near whiteout conditions and she became more and more concerned about disembarking at the right stop. It was then that the man seated next to her […]

Someone cleverly came up with the poster that reads: Be Patient; God Isn’t Finished with Me Yet!  Oftentimes that saying is used for children who are still learning the ropes of growing up, but it could be used for most Christians as well. There are many Bible examples of people […]

Oh, blessed home, where man and wife Together lead a godly life, By love their faith confessing! There many a happy day is spent; There Jesus gladly will consent To tarry with his blessing. (from ”Oh, Blessed Home, Where Man and Wife” by Landstad) This wonderful hymn was written during […]

There probably isn’t any person who shaped history more than Pontius Pilate. In an earthly sense, this man held the power to make history in the palm of his hand. However, the hands that carried the powerful scepter of judgment were the same hands that were cowardly washed in a […]

It first happened in the city of Jerusalem. Near the beginning of the New Testament, a baby was born in the town of Bethlehem. An amazing star shone in the night sky that attracted the likes of wise men from the East, probably Persia, where remnants of the truth still […]

The story of Pastor Dudley Tyng is a sad one. Although he inspired one of Christianity’s greatest hymns, he never heard it sung. Pastor Tyng shepherded the Church of the Covenant in Philadelphia. He had a reputation as a popular preacher, and his rallies drew huge crowds, especially those aimed […]

It is interesting to see the many different personalities among the apostles. One of Jesus’ greatest miracles was to take this assorted group of 12 and turn them into missionaries who took the message of salvation to the ends of the earth. (Judas, of course, would be the only exception.) […]

Sweating, increased heart rate, difficulty breathing, an overwhelming desire to run away, and sometimes even the fear of the imminent danger of dying—this is the definition of a phobia. If you have a phobia, you know the panic it can cause. One web site lists over five hundred phobias or […]

Sometimes you just can’t win. A man worked in a post office as a processor of mail that was sent to illegible addresses.  One day a letter came to him addressed in shaky handwriting to God. He figured he better open it to see what it was all about. It […]