Years ago, there was family that was leaving Walt Disney World and began cleaning up the hotel room and throwing things away. They got on the bus and were headed to the airport, and that’s when they realized that the husband had thrown his wife’s engagement ring, wedding ring, and...
Years ago, a man names Ernest Hemingway wrote a story about a young boy named Paco and his father, who had a falling out. Paco ran away from home. His father desperately wanted to find him, bring him back, and forgive him. He searched all over Spain, but without any...
This coming weekend is Memorial Day weekend, when we remember those who gave the greatest sacrifice of all – their very lives for our freedom. For years off the coast of Florida, close to sunset on a Friday night, you could see an old man carrying a bucket of shrimp and feeding the...
This is the time of year when there are lots of exams, lots of graduations. Years ago, in the state of Texas, there was a student named Steve, who took a class in logic. It was the hardest class in the entire college, and everybody knew it. The professor was merciful, however, and...
This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day in which we honor moms around the world. Years ago, in Anaheim, California, there was a Mother’s Day miracle. Mavis Jackson, originally from the Midwest, moved to California, and every day she would walk past Robert Schuller’s...
Years ago in the hills of Tennessee, there was an elderly woman who lived by herself in a small cabin. The electric company noticed that here electric bill was extremely low. So, they thought there might be something wrong, they sent an electrician out there to check on it. He checked it...
Have you ever asked God for something, and God says, “No”? We need to trust the Lord, that he knows what’s best for our lives. Ruth Graham once said, “If God had answered all of my prayers the way that I wanted them answered, I would’ve been married to the...
People say that God answers our prayers in 3 different ways. Sometimes God says, “yes,” sometimes God says, ”not yet,” and then sometimes God says, “no” for our best in life. Garth Brooks wrote a song years ago, called “Unanswered...
In the next several weeks, I’m going to be teaching each Sunday on the topic of prayer, leading up to May 3rd, the National Day of Prayer. I think you’ll enjoy this story. A man's daughter had asked the local pastor to come and pray with her father. When the pastor arrived, he...
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of this weather. Only in Ohio can you wake up to snow the day after Easter, then have tornado warnings, torrential rains, winds up to 40 miles an hour….I’m ready for spring, are you? But don’t forget to say thank you to...