The American Civil War threw up a number of spies of both genders; and Madame La Force was a spy helping the Confederates.
On June 28, 1861 the Confederate vessel St Nicholas sailed out of Baltimore, Maryland carrying on board a somewhat strange passenger. The passenger, a foreign lady named Madame La Force kept the passengers [...]

How great it was for such an unlikely character as was Rahab who illustrated God’s sovereign grace. Even in a corrupt city as Jericho, doomed to destruction, that a wicked person such as Rahab could experience grace by turning to God in faith. Such grace glorifies God and gives unnecessary attempts of several expositors to [...]

We live in a scientific age. Millions of young people study science, thousands of universities teach it, and hundreds of publications chronicle it. We even have a cable channel devoted exclusively to its wonders. We are immersed in technology rooted in its discoveries. But what is science, and who was its first practitioner?
Science is the [...]

Clement G. Hurd was an American illustrator of children’s books. He was born on January 12, 1908 and became best known for his collaborations with author Margaret Wise Brown, including Goodnight Moon in 1947, which has since sold more than two million copies. He also illustrated The Runaway Bunny (1942) and a number of books written [...]