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All that is of nature’s spinning must be unraveled. The natural building must come down, lath and plaster, roof and foundation, and we must have a house not made with hands. It was a great mercy for our city of London that the great fire cleared away all the old buildings that were the lair of the plague;…

When we light a fire, we always put the straw and kindling at the bottom. When we first light it, there is flame and a great deal of smoke. But afterward, when the flame gets hold of the coals, there is not so much blaze, but there is really more heat. You may have lost some of your flame and smoke,…

Just as we sometimes see a strong and healthy person growing pale and wan, losing appetite and falling into sickness until he becomes a mere skeleton because a general sapping and undermining of the constitution has come upon him, so have I seen it with Christians. They do not lose life, but they do…

There have been some men who, puffed up with vanity, have in their hearts said, “I can do all things.” Their destruction has been sure, and near at hand. Nebuchadnezzar walks through the midst of the great city; he sees its stupendous tower threading the clouds. He marks the majestic and colossal size…

In the Battle of Salamanca, when Wellington told one of his officers to advance with his troops and occupy a gap that the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but first give me a grasp of that conquering right hand of yours.” He…

According to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol is now the second most lethal drug in the U. S. It is the second leading killer of the American people, following only tobacco. Deaths from heavy drinking have soared to their highest level in 35 years. All together, “alcohol…

In study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, suggests that when using social media, people need to be aware that the prevailing mood online is likely to influence them. The author of the study, James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California says…

Do you remember Pig Pen, the character from the Peanuts comic strip that walked around with a cloud of dust surrounding him? Well it turns out; we all have such a cloud surrounding us. “Every human body is surrounded by an invisible cloud of millions of microbes that is as unique as our fingerprints.”…

Speaking to a group of college students in the Spring of 2013, former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, told the crowd that regardless of what happens with his career, his main goal is to impact lives, whether he is on or off the field. Regardless of the controversy that surrounds him, a survey taken…

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “In physics, the definition of power is the transfer of energy. We measure the power of a lightbulb in watts. The higher the wattage, the more electricity is transferred into light and heat and the more powerful the bulb. Organizations and their leaders operate…

Researchers have found that certain types of behavior may be contagious. In an article published in the Harvard Business review, researchers found that when a supervisor is unkind at work, employees have a strong tendency to act the same way. The research encourages business leaders to be as positive…

In 2012, several students at Burns High school in Lawndale N.C. were looking for something to do. They decided to play a prank. Their target? The high school football field. Their weapon? Goats. That’s right. The students released a dozen goats on to the football field in the middle of the night. Because…

A 26-year-old man from North Dakota signed up to run a half-marathon. Mike Kohler was groggy from his early wake-up call and got in with the wrong group of runners at the Sanford Fargo Marathon. He missed the instructions and the directions he received were for the full marathon. He said he realized…

2014 marks 50 years since US Surgeon General; Dr. Luther Terry linked cancer to smoking. His efforts initiated a wave of change within the United States; resulting in the number of people smoking declining from 43% in 1964 to 18% in 2014. --Jim L. Wilson and Ron Williams -- http://www.voanews.com/content/tobacco-report-from-fifty-years-ago-has-changed-the-world/1831124.html…

Nine-year-old Dane Best took on the authorities in the town of Severance, Colorado and convinced them to rescind a century-old ban on snowball fights. The Colorado town gets a lot of snow and Best thought it was keep thinking about snowballs fights from the time he learned that the town had outlawed…

CCLI Song Number 7119315 Author(s): Jonathan David HelserMelissa HelserMolly SkaggsJake Stevens Recorded by: The Martin Family

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Island suffered from major power outages. One report said “The Electric Power Authority said it dispatched crews to investigate why a key 230-kilovolt line that connects the Island's northern and southern regions had failed for the second time in a week.…

Japan and China are exploring a new source of fuel hidden in the world’s oceans that supply enough power to meet global demand for hundreds of years. The fuel, known as “combustible ice,” is technically called methane hydrate, a frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas. The Chinese news agency…

Researchers often find that Americans do not like to say what influences their behavior, especially when it comes to politics. A survey conducted by the Barna Group suggests that religious beliefs do have a strong effect on voting habits. Approximately one-third of respondents said religious beliefs…

A new study shows divorce is contagious and spreads through family, friends, and co-workers. The research conducted by three universities is part of an ongoing look at 12,000 residents in Massachusetts that began in 1948. Results indicate people are 75 percent more likely to be divorced if someone they…