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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Cara is a missionary in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. She, her husband, and their four children had been attending language school for several months when they decided to visit the country that would soon be their home. Only a few hours after arriving in the country, three men with weapons hijacked…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Pilot Ken McKenzie credits his faith and his military experience for getting himself and his wife out of a plane after it crash landed in the Everglades. McKenzie is an experienced pilot, who served in the Canadian Air Force. He says his training took over, but both he and his wife credit their faith…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
Tornados that struck the Dallas, Texas area the weekend after Christmas 2015 left a trail of death and destruction have become a symbol of hope for one church. The Oasis in Garland lost their building in the storms, but the pastor, Barney Huie, says the disaster that struck the church is going to be…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
“If I hear thunder fairly close by, I am off the water” states Ronnie Garrison, even though he is a competitive fisherman who fishes in all seasons and in all kinds of weather. He has fished when the water was fifteen degrees, dipping his rod to keep ice from forming each time he casts—fishing when it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 108 views
What are we afraid of? According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll our two greatest fears are a major terrorist attack and someone in our family getting Ebola (71% & 43%). A Gallup poll thinks we are afraid of cybercriminals, 69% worry our credit card information will be stolen while 62% fear they…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Eighteen-year-old Sam Ray says his cell phone’s voice recognition feature lead rescuers to him after his truck slipped off the jack and fell on him. Ray said he was pinned under the truck in a location where he couldn’t be seen or heard easily. He was trying to get free when he heard Siri activate. He…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
If you ask them, police in Portland, Oregon say they know it’s an old joke, but they really don’t know why the chicken crossed the road either. When they received a call, officers were dispatched to check on a report of a chicken crossing a local highway during rush-hour. The caller said the bird was…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 91 views
A California man, who was lost out of bounds at a ski area, says he credits the ski patrol and his faith in God for his rescue. Michael Nessi said that after he became lost, he had intermittent cell service and was finally able to text his wife, but no one knew exactly where he was. While waiting in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
When he was 40, Rod Wolfe was struck by lightning. His friends call him lightning Rod. Eighteen years later, Lightning Rod was working in his garden when it happened again. A lightning bolt hit a nearby tree. The shock flung Rod through the air and knocked him out cold. He was treated and released at…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
Police in Northbridge, Massachusetts say they began receiving strange phone calls in March, 2015. One caller warned them that there were a bunch of people fighting in Russell Square. The only problem was that there is no Russell Square in Northbridge. Police say they began trying to determine if what…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 13 views
In Ministering to Problem People in Your Church: What to Do With Well-Intentioned Dragons, Marshall Shelley writes, “According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 25 percent of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.” --Jim L. Wilson Ministering…
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New research suggests that teens that get too little or too much rest are more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as drunk driving. Researchers do not know is sleep issues cause the teens to take dangerous risks, or if they might indicate depression or other problems. They said the link is striking…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
A woman has developed incredible mental abilities after suffering a brain injury in a skiing accident. The unnamed woman has been diagnosed with ‘savant syndrome,” an extremely rare condition which leaves people with amazing musical, artistic, or mathematical abilities. Doctors believe it is due to the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 28 views
Kelly and Gareth Gravell found a 3-foot-wide metal ball on a Welsh beach while on a family outing. Erin, 6 and Ellis, 4 happily clambered over the object that their parents thought was a harmless barnacle-covered buoy that had washed up on the beach. A few days later local officials discovered that it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
Eva Lenfest made a wrong turn and drove down an unfamiliar rode covered in leaves, what she did not know is that it was not a road, it was a boat ramp. And since the surface of the water was also covered in leaves, she didn’t discover her mistake until the car was sinking. When Bryden Burlseon and Howard…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Joshua Venuthurapalli says he was a young man headed for trouble, but his life changed because Jesus answered his prayer and sent angels to protect him. Joshua’s father died when he was only a child. Though he was born into the Hindu high-caste Brahmin, without a father figure he soon became involved…
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A six year old boy who listened to the warning siren and insisted that his family get to a safe place probably saved their lives. Six-year-old Brevin Hunter was playing a game on his entertainment console, when he heard the warning siren go off. He immediately told his mother Lisa that they should go…
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A 13-year-old-girl who was hit by a stray bullet is recovering from surgery and working through her pain. Tiya Hudson was hit in the back when a bullet went through the side of her house. Several neighbors heard an argument outside, but no one is sure where the bullet came from. Hudson’s doctors think…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 33 views
After a tornado struck the community of Shawnee Oklahoma, a Bible found in the debris ministered to many people besides the original owners. A stormchaser, Brandon Heiden actually witnessed the twister strike the home of Lance Carter. Heiden shot video of the storm and then stopped to be sure everyone…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Some recent polls show that Americans are afraid of just about everything. 66% are concerned about global warming. 35% fear the use of unmanned aerial drones domestically. 59% worry about identity theft. 65% are afraid of another 9/11 type attack. And if those are not enough, 12% of Americans were actually…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Footage from surveillance cameras from two businesses located near each other show a man who tied to rob both of them came up empty handed. The suspect, a Hispanic man in his twenties, first walked into a convenience store and demanded money. He was holding a potato disguised as a gun. The thief fled…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 24 views
Yusuf Alchagirov is an 80-year-old Russia shepherd. While picking raspberries in a field near the Russian border with Georgia he was confronted by a large bear. Yusuf and the bear had a tussle with the shepherd continually head butting the bear. Finally the bear tossed Alchagirov off a cliff. The shepherd…
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A long-haul truck driver who works for Wal-Mart has received an award for driving 4 million miles without an accident. Warren Greeno of Loveland, Colorado accumulated the mileage by driving an average of 500 miles each working day for the last 31 years. To honor Greeno’s accomplishment, the company presented…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
One of the cities hit hard by a tornado outbreak in Spring 2012, was East Bernstadt, Kentucky. Five people were killed and more than 40 were injured when a twister swept through the area. Though everyone will remember the day, Jason Jackson says he will always look back on the way the Lord intervened…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
In the movie Taken, a sex trafficking ring kidnaps Kim while she is visiting Spain with a friend. Her father was an ex-CIA agent with an expertise in tracking anyone, anywhere. In the end, her father goes through utter hell to find his daughter, and ultimately finds and rescues her from her Saudi Arabian…