Charles Blondin—born Jean François Gravelet in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France—was the first man in history to walk on a tightrope across...

In my early teens, my younger sister and I had acoustic guitars. But I wanted an electric lead guitar. So, one day, I stole my sister’s...

From age 3 to 15, I lived among blind people. My mother was the principal of a residential blind school that housed 150+ blind people...

One story in the Gospels has puzzled scholars for centuries because, unlike other parables, one of the main characters in this story is...

The Hebrews called the written Law of Moses the Torah. They believed an Oral Torah existed in addition to the written Torah. It contained...

Long before paper, people wrote documents using fragile papyri (made of plant material) and enduring parchments (made from animal skin)....

The Lord Jesus was a master in using words with double meanings. For example, in his discussion with Nicodemus, he used the adverb άνωθεν...

When we lived in Ooty, India, one of our Hindu friends, Shashi, invited us to his house for dinner. When we reached a particular...

When I lived in India, a businessman told me, “I never deal with Christian businessmen; they can’t be trusted. They tell me one thing and...

It’s common in India for vendors to hike the prices of items, knowing that bargain hunters will haggle to bring the price down. Once,...

A sleight of hand refers to fine motor skills in someone’s performance that fool others. This is how magicians do most of their tricks....

I grew up thinking “prodigal” meant “sinful,” “adulterous,” “evil,” or “disobedient.” Only later did I realize prodigal meant “spending...

I begin this devotional with a confession: I lazily let the time elapse from doing this devotional. Singapore has been unseasonably hot,...

My younger sister and I spent a year with my maternal grandparents while our parents studied overseas. We were 9 and 10 years old....

The Harvard School of Public Health website says, “Salt flavors food and is used as a binder and stabilizer. It is also a food...

When my family moved to a place in India called “Ooty,” we rented a house that came with a helper who worked for the previous tenants...

In monarchial cultures, approaching a king required proper preparations. When King Xerxes disposed of his wife, Vashti, Esther was taken...

Ancient kings and queens often threw lavish parties for their vassal kings, queens, and nobilities. King Solomon celebrated the temple’s...

One of the Ancient and Asian cultures’ uniqueness is repaying goodness – If someone gives us $20 for our birthday, we must pay back a...

When a well-known theologian came to Singapore, a school invited me to join him and several others for lunch. Since I arrived earlier...