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There was once a square piece of paper put up into George Whitefield’s pulpit, by way of a notice, to this effect: “A young man who has lately inherited a large fortune requests the prayers of the congregation.” Right well was the prayer asked, for when we go up the hill we need prayer that we may be…

Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could…

Some of the old Roman walls are compacted with such excellent cement that it would be almost impossible to separate one stone from another. In fact, the whole mass has become consolidated like a solid rock, so embedded in cement that you cannot distinguish one stone from another. Happy is the church…

A man may fancy that he is prospering in business, and yet he may be going back in the world. If he does not face his books or take stock, he may be living in a fool’s paradise, spending largely when on the verge of bankruptcy. Many think well of themselves because they never think seriously. They do…

A “richly supplied” entrance has sometimes been illustrated in this way. You see yonder ship. After a long voyage, it has neared the haven, but is much injured; the sails are rent to ribbons, and it is in such a forlorn condition that it cannot come up to the harbor: a steam-tug is pulling it in with…

If any of you should be well assured that, in a certain line of business, you would make a vast sum of money, would that confidence lead you to refuse that business? Would it lead you to lie in bed all day, or to desert your post altogether? No, the assurance that you would be diligent and would prosper…

Every time an Israelite thought of the bones of Joseph, he thought, “We are to go out of this country one day.” Perhaps he was a man prospering in business, laying up store in Egypt, but he would say to himself, “I shall have to part with this; Joseph’s bones are to be carried up; I am not to be here…

I have sometimes thought of the contrast between the poor man’s funeral and the rich man’s funeral. When the poor man dies, his sons and daughters weep with real distress, for the death of the father brings sadness and sympathy into that house. The poor man is to be buried, but it can only be managed…

There were two brothers, one of whom had been diligently attentive to his worldly business, to the neglect of true religion. He succeeded in accumulating considerable wealth. The other brother was diligent in the service of the Master, and had learned both to distribute to the poor and for conscience’s…

Baseball card collectors saw several new record prices for the collectables in a short time during the pandemic. In August 2020, a Mike Trout rookie card sold for $3.93 million, and then nearly a year, later a spotless edition of the rare T206 Honus Wagner card produced between 1909 and 1911 sold for…

Sri Lankan authorities reported workers digging a well in a man’s backyard unearthed what could be the world’s largest sapphire cluster. Local authorities said the person digging the well, alerted them about finding some rare stones before they stumbled on the huge specimen. They reported the cluster…

A copy of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64 in the original sealed package broke a world record by selling for $1.56 million at auction. Texas based Heritage Auctions said the Nintendo 64 game was the first game in the series to offer a 3-D world and set the new record two days after a copy of another…

A silver coin that may be among the first ever struck by the U.S. Mint in 1794 is headed for auction after selling for $10 million in 2013. The coin known as the “Flowing Hair” dollar has the image of Lady Liberty with long flowing hair on one side and an eagle on the other. It is one of 1,758 coins…

When the novel coronavirus caused business to plummet, Johnny Perri decided to close the jewelry store his father had founded decades before. Rather than offer the remaining inventory at reduced prices, Perri created a statewide treasure hunt. He and his wife buried items across the state and let searchers…

A real estate website is seeking a job applicant to fly to Dubai and spend a week in a luxury apartment. The site announced that it is offering one person the opportunity to travel to Dubai for a week of sunshine, luxury, and testing a high-end apartment. The applicant would also be a finalist for a…

I guess we all dream at times of receiving the gift of a large sum of money, thus putting an end to all our financial woes and worries. As Ruth Balloon of Dallas, TX. was finishing her shift at Roma Boots, she decided to check her bank account at Legacy Texas Bank online, having recently made a foreign…

A New Zealand couple found a massive potato weighing more than 17 pounds when they cleared out the vegetable garden at the end of the season. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown said they were not sure what they had found under a few inches of dirt. The Craig-Browns think the potato might have been growing in…

Mindy Belz, writing in World Magazine says “Our present day ingratitude may have taken root during the 1950s, when we thanked ourselves for our new prosperity instead of God.” Somewhere along the way, our National day of Thanksgiving has changed. History teaches that we find Thanksgivings beginnings…

An intern at HBO Max mistakenly sent out a test email to a portion of their mailing list. The company followed up by apologizing for the mistake and threw the intern under the bus. The response from those receiving the message was supportive of the intern. One user wrote, “Once, when I was a junior copywriter,…

Painstakingly centered on the bricks of the entry into a parking garage in a Maldon, England are the words “NO ENRY.” The craftsman left out the “T” of the word entry. The Maldon District Council said the error would soon be corrected, but added, "If you're having a bad day... just know that someone…

Everyone makes mistakes. Some are caught on camera. Rodney King Jr., a Detroit resident order pizza for dinner. With anticipation, he was watching his front door camera to see when the pizza arrived. He was hungry and was ready to eat. Finally, the delivery driver arrived. However, the pizza fell out…

In the book, The God Who Knows Your Name Max Lucado writes, “Pop psychology can deal with depression. Pep talks can deal with pessimism. Prosperity can handle hunger. But only God can deal with our ultimate dilemma—death.” — Jesus: The God Who Knows Your Name by Max Lucado, pg. 160. 1 Corinthians 15:55…

For years a priceless vase sat in a French family’s attic, hidden in a shoebox. The family had received the heirloom as part of an inheritance, but stashed the boxes in the attic planning to deal with them later. When the owner opened the box, they were stunned by the shades of green, blue, yellow, and…

Attorney General William Barr speaking at the University of Notre Dame, talked about “militant secularists” who he says are seeking to destroy America’s “traditional moral order” by driving Judeo-Christian values from schools, government agencies, and “the public square.” Barr said that this secularism,…

A published study led by a facial plastic surgeon found a jump in the number of facial injuries caused by cell phones. Dr. Boris Paskhover of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said he reviewed 20 years of data and found an increase in injuries beginning in 2006, when smartphones entered the market. Researchers…