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My first summer job while in college was selling dictionaries door-to-door in New Orleans. Wow, did I learn a lot that summer,... — Updated 3/11/2019 Full story

Vance Havner reminded us of the uselessness of worry when he famously wrote, “Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you somethin... — Updated 2/8/2019 Full story

So, what do your new year’s resolutions look like? And, have you broken any of them yet? If you are like most Americans, your... — Updated 1/7/2019

It is said of Boswell, the famous biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson, that he often referred to a special day in his childhood when h... — Updated 12/6/2018 Full story

Jealousy has been called a lot of things. The Romans called it “the enemy of honor,” King Solomon referred to it as... — Updated 11/1/2018

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, loved practical jokes. As a joke, he once sent a telegram to... — Updated 10/8/2018 Full story

In 1962, Victor and Mildred Goertzel published a revealing study of 413 “famous and exceptionally gifted people” called... — Updated 9/8/2018 Full story

Some kids can really surprise you. Take the great inventor Thomas Edison for example. As a mischievous schoolboy, he was... — Updated 8/15/2018

One day the Rev. Chuck Swindoll received a challenging letter from a young man who had just started to attend his church. The... — Updated 8/8/2018

As World War I became more brutal, some young men in Britain found ways to avoid going to war. They were so despised that in... — Updated 7/9/2018 Full story