Miscellaneous

By John Ecob Jesus warned the Jews of the great calamity that lay ahead. He foresaw the terrible desolations that would come upon Jerusalem and He warned the nation that Your house is left unto you desolate (Luke 13:35).  Five times in history the city of Jerusalem...

Charles Francis Adams was a political figure and diplomat who kept a diary of what he did with his time. One entry in his diary read, “Went fishing with my son today…a day wasted”. His son Brook Adams also kept a diary and on the very same day Brook Adams wrote in his...

Corrie Ten Boom was the author of a book after WWII, called The Hiding Place. In the Second World War, Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent to a Notorious Concentration Camp where they endured terrible conditions. Amidst sickness, sorrow and death Corrie and her...

A Father and his two young children were swimming in the Atlantic when the tide began to take them out to sea. The Father decided to get his son to the land and told his daughter Mary that he was going to shore for help. The father said “If you get tired, turn on your...

Wuan Ballestero was living off the coast of Portugal when the Coronavirus lockdown went into effect. Wuan wanted to visit his 90-year-old Father who lived in Argentina but traveling by plane was not an option for him. Instead of waiting out the pandemic in the...

Many Australians have had their lives disrupted by the imposed Corona Virus lockdown but fortunately with the computer technology we have available to us numbers of employees are being payed because they can still work from home. As distressing as it may be if a...

Leila James was born in 1929. At the age of four Leila was taken by her parents to the Barcaldine Railway Station in outback Queensland. Her mother got on the train and her father left Leila on the station platform but unfortunately that was the last time she ever saw...

by Vince Wall The horse is the one animal that has transformed civilization more than any other. Before modern machines the horse was integral in the development of many cultures throughout the world. As well as transportation, the horse has been used in warfare,...

At Christmas time pastors often turn to Luke Chapter 1 for their Christmas sermon. In Luke chapter 1 we read that the angel Gabriel came to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to the “Son of the Highest” who would be named JESUS (Luke 1:26-31)....

by Pastor Buddy Smith We are often slaves to the clock, rushing here and there, fretting if we are late for an appointment, planning to get a week’s work done in a day. And setting no time aside for devotions. The director of a large prison ministry told the following...