ISAIAH 12:4 From 1618 to 1648, Europe, and especially Germany, was devastated by famine, disease and destruction during the Thirty Years’ War. Martin Rinkart served as a German Lutheran clergyman during that period of war and plague. One year he conducted more than 4,000 funerals, including that of his wife. He is best known for the … [Read more…]
DEUTERONOMY 8:2 A lady once approached her pastor with a complaint. She told him she had noticed a lot of repetition in his sermons. “Why do you do that?” she queried. The pastor replied, “People forget.” Everyone forgets things; like a person’s name, where they left their keys, the ending to a movie, how to do … [Read more…]
MATTHEW 7:7-8 One of the longest postal delays in history lasted for eighty-nine years. In 2008, Janet Barrett, a guesthouse owner in Weymouth, Dorset, UK, received the letter mailed to a former resident of her address – an RSVP to a Boxing Day party invitation, which was posted on 29 November 1919. The reason behind its … [Read more…]
HEBREWS 11:1 The book of Hebrews was written with Jewish audience in mind. The Jews saw themselves as physical heirs of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Before hearing about Jesus, they identified with a visible land, city, and temple. Now, they were faced with the fears and unknowns of following Jesus, and some were having second thoughts. … [Read more…]
ISAIAH 41:10 I want to live for a least 120 years if Jesus tarries. How about you? South African Fredie Blom was born in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, and while he was still young he moved to Cape Town. A significant part of his family died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Blom spent most of his life … [Read more…]
ECCLESIASTES 3:7 Imagine life without our mobile phones, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, or microwave ovens. That is exactly the way life is in the small town of Green Bank, West Virginia, known as “the quietest town in America.” Green Bank is located within the National Radio Quiet Zone, which means that radio transmissions are heavily restricted by … [Read more…]
JOHN 2:19 After a demolition company pulled down the wrong building, investigators discovered that the owner of a house scheduled to be demolished nailed the numbers of his own address to a neighbour’s house to avoid demolition. Jesus did the opposite. He was on a mission to let His own “house” be torn down for the sake … [Read more…]
LUKE 6:38 The great British preacher Charles H. Spurgeon was once taught by God about giving. He had an orphanage and so did George Muller, his fellow preacher. He travelled to Bristol to preach, hoping to collect £300 for London’s homeless children. As his financial goal was reached, he bowed in prayer, only to be … [Read more…]
PROVERBS 7:1-3 In Germany, around 1450, goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which resulted in an increase in literacy and mass communication revolution. The printing press could produce up to three thousand six hundred pages per day compared to forty by hand-printing and a few by hand-copying. Gutenberg produced the first-ever printed version of … [Read more…]
GENESIS 4:9 The sea is vast and deep. It holds so many secrets for us to be able to fathom completely. Among the many giants of the sea, the whale is one that dominates the world under water. Something as huge as a whale definitely sounds scary. Marine biologist Nan Hauser was on one of her … [Read more…]
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