A good king in Spain known as Alfonso XIX learned that the boys who served in his court were forgetting to pray before their meals. So he decided to teach them a lesson. He gave a banquet and invited them to attend. Midway through the dinner, a ragged beggar came […]
During the reign of Frederick William III of Prussia, a count who plotted against the king’s life was imprisoned in the fortress of Glatz. He was a very irreligious man, but, since the Bible was the only literature available in the dungeon, he began to read it. The message of the
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“For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.” ~William Gurnall
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It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar. Cacao, the main ingredient of chocolate is the most pest-ridden tree in the jungle. America once issued a 5-cent bill. The average person can live 11 days without water.
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An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!” One day the king and his
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of Peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a
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Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark. Sweden has the lowest birth rate (1 in 100). There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year. Sweden has the least number of murders annually.
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Some years ago, I read a book in which the premise was that God has spoken the message of the gospel into every culture. Think of it, the good news is available to everyone in every culture. This is pretty profound stuff. For example, Japanese is a language where pictograms
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The authors of the Bible were from various walks of life, including; some prophets, some fishermen, a tax collector, a herdsman, a philosopher, a doctor, a king, a statesman, and a rabbi.
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A beggar lived
near the king’s palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside he palace
gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was
invited to the party.
The beggar went
on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed. Surely only kings
and their families wore royal robes, he thought. Slowly an idea crept into his
mind. The audacity of it made him tremble. Would he dare? He made his way back
to the palace. He approached the guard at the gate
“Please, sire, I would
like to speak to the king.”
“Wait
here,” the guard replied. In a few minutes, he was back. “His majesty
will see you,” he said, and led the beggar in.
“You wish
to see me?” asked the king.
“Yes, your
majesty. I want so much to attend the banquet, but I have no royal robes to wear.
Please, sir, if I may be so bold, may I have one of your old garments so that
I, too, may come to the banquet?” The beggar shook so hard that he could
not see the faint smile that was on the king’s face.
