My friend Angus’s oldest son farms large fields in Australia. He sits on a tractor, turns the engine, and reads a book. The GPS-guided...

Sadhu Sunder Singh was born in a Sikh family in India, and his mother was a devoted Hindu. He heard about Christ in his Christian school...

As a missionary, I’ve stayed in many people’s homes as I attended mission conferences or raised funds. People have different ways of...

The above is an American expression to show something is out of sequence or contrary to nature. Usually, horses are before the carts...

Aladdin finds a lamp in a cave. To his surprise, it contains a powerful genie. Soon, he learns that the genie has phenomenal cosmic...

Inquisitive minds always want to know details, proofs, and evidence. One of our friends’ sons broke open any gift anyone gave him to...

All deaths are painful, but some leave us traumatized. Two weeks ago, we found out that one of Lori’s students died in the Maui fire. He...

We were newlywed and broke when we received a pamphlet saying we could get a free television, mixer, or such amazing gifts provided we...

It’s common in India for people to address others as “sirs” and “madams.” I grew up in that culture, and when I returned to India in my...

Why is a pony so quiet? He is a little hoarse. This pun is based on homophones – words that sound alike – horse and hoarse. This recipe...

Hyperbole is a figure of speech where a speaker exaggerates a situation to make a point. Rollie, one of the 101 Dalmatian puppies, said,...

While Lori and I studied in Israel, our team had several theologians with doctorates, one physician, and several young people. One...

A ‘trunk’ can mean the trunk of a car, a tree, an elephant, etc. Words have contextual meanings. Since the internet, words have new...

Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31, identical verses, are referred to as the Golden Rule. But it has been misquoted often, as in the following...

I was 17 when I first rock rappelled (or abseiled). My teacher, Doug Kennard, and his wife, Jan, took the dorm students camping and rock...

The expression, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” describes how children inherit their parents’ traits, characteristics, and...

Meritocracy is a philosophy in which economic advantages and political power are vested in people based on their ability, talent, and...

Upon the death of Herod the Great, his sons ruled the land of Israel. Antipas ruled Galilee in the north, and his brother Archelaus ruled...

In the United States of America, the Good Samaritan Law protects people who stop and help someone in distress, danger, or accident. It...

Once, a newly wedded couple splurged and bought a bone-in ham. Before the wife heated the ham, she trimmed the edges and set them aside....