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Despite going through two years of hardship, a church in Cape Cod Massachusetts has plans to rebuild after an arsonist burned their old building to the ground. The church broke ground on a new and larger building exactly two years after the old building was destroyed. Pastor Myron Heckman told a local…

Peder Mondrup has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair, but that didn’t keep him from completing an Ironman Triathlon, with the help of his brother Steen. Steen swam 2.4 miles while pulling Peder on a raft. He cycled 112 miles on a custom-built bike with a wheelchair in tow. Then to finish…

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…

Twin brothers, David and Jason Benham were five weeks into filming their reality TV show when HGTV decided to pull the plug on the house flipping series. A liberal activist group said the brothers had spoken out in favor of traditional marriage and that their father was a pro-life activist. The brothers…

In almost every generation, true believers in Christ face persecution. Just before he died, Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George of Chicago put it simply. “It is likely that I will die in my bed. My successor will die in prison. His successor will die executed in the public square. His successor will…

Diana Nyad is a great exemplar of persistence. At the age of 28 she attempted to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. No one had ever done it before. She failed. Then she failed again, and again. She tried and failed 4 times. Finally on her 5th try at age 64 she succeeded. For 53 hours she…

Did you happen to read the recent article that claimed: “the Faster You Die, the More Popular the Game?” People enjoy a challenge. As it turns out, video game designers are purposefully making their games more difficult—and gamers love it! People who play these games post videos on their improvement,…

In his book, Quiet Strength: the Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life, Tony Dungy said he thought his skills and talents were good enough to get him immediately into the NFL. He was disappointed when it did not happen. “I was in shock after not being drafted into the NFL. Something about…

A British paintball company says they were surprised by the number of applicants for a job post they put up. The company is looking for a ‘bullet tester’ with a ‘relatively high pain threshold’ and has received about 10,000 applicants. They are looking for a person willing to be shot at to ensure that…

Maickel Melamed, with a time of “16 hours, 46 minutes” was the last person to finish the Chicago Marathon at 1:30 in the morning. No matter how long it took, this man was determined to finish the race. It didn’t matter that he was in last place. The point was to finish. After finishing the race, he said,…

Deep in the Maine wilderness on a January winter day, 57-year-old Nicholas Brown was in a snowmobile accident. The crash caused him to break his leg. With no possibility of help, Brown crawled on 2.5 miles on his elbows. The night was dark, the temperature was below freezing, but over the rolling hills…

Hiroo Onoda died in January 2014. Onoda was a lieutenant in the Japanese army stationed on the Philippine island of Lubang during World War II. When his commander left the island he ordered Onoda to stay and fight. He carried out those orders faithfully for the next 29 years. The Japanese government…

“I can understand Job’s victories and Job’s defeats,” Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb explained. He spent 20 years at hard labor in a Chinese coalmine. The pastor truly believed God used his suffering to prepare him for his ministry. Lamb is quoted as saying, “My dear wife died while I was in prison. I was…

A Welsh pastor plans to carry a 12-foot wooden cross across Wales in four weeks. Clive Cornish has set a goal of completed the walk within 4 weeks. Cornish plans to use the walk to pray for his home country and share his faith with the people he meets along the way. He did the same thing ten years ago,…

Before the end of the movie, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the Dwarf king, Thorin Oakenshield, has a choice to make. Will he stay in the Lonely Mountain protected by its massive stones gates or will he lead his Dwarven troops into battle and help the Men and Elves overcome the orcs that…

On February 3, 2013, 111.3 million people watched Super Bowl XLVII played between San Francisco 49er’s and Baltimore Ravens. It was a game of two half’s. The first half the 49er’s played very poorly and were completely dominated by the Baltimore Ravens and were behind 20-7. Then something happened after…

In Iran Christians are coming under extreme persecution for observing the Lord’s Supper. One received 80 lashes and others sentenced to less lashes. Their crime was drinking communion wine. It may not seem like it at the time, but when believers are persecuted for the Lord’s sake, they are really blessed.…

Forty years ago, a thirteen-year-old boy named Tim Taylor left a note on top of a peak in the Sierra Nevada range. The note simply said, “Tim Taylor climbed to this peak, Thursday August 17, 1972. Aged 13 yrs, Anyone finding this please write.” Taylor put the note in a metal film canister and left it…

Chinese pastor Samuel Lamb summarized his life and ministry: “more persecution, more growth.” Lamb was imprisoned in 1958 for refusing to register his house church with the government. Sentenced to 20 years of hard labor, he spent two decades working in the coalmines. He used the time to teach Christianity…

After 73 years of working at Macy’s department store in New York City, Rose Syracuse is retiring from her job as an accountant. She took the job when she graduated from high school in 1939. Rose is 92 now, and after falling and breaking a hip, she decided it was time to retire. “On her last day at the…

Steve Saint is no stranger to difficult times. His father was killed while trying to bring the Gospel to the Waodani people of Ecuador in 1956. Since then, Saint founded a ministry called I-Tec which is based on the idea of using the latest technological advances to bring the news of Jesus to untouched…

Life is rough. Sometimes, it is really rough. In those times, it is easy to want to quit—to just give up and go home. But the truth is the rough times gives us strong footholds to progress in life. Gospel singer Wintly Phipps says, “If the mountain was smooth, you couldn’t climb it.” --www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0…

A stray dog who survived an attempt to put him to sleep has become a canine celebrity. The dog named Wall-E was among several dogs abandoned when an Oklahoma shelter closed. Due to overcrowding, a vet tried to euthanize the puppy. The dog was found alive the morning after he received two does of a lethal…

In 2012, James Doggette celebrated his 101st birthday. If you ask the residents of his hometown of Beaumont, Texas they’ll say Doggette does not act his age, especially when he preaches. They say when he gets up to deliver God’s word, they often believe they are seeing a hearing a much younger man. Doggette…

Mark made a commitment back in 1989. It was not a commitment to devotionals though, it was a commitment to run. “The 55-year-old college professor from Mendham, N.M., says he has run every day since Dec. 31, 1989. Washburne’s streak has endured through illness, injury, ice storms, and a brief marriage.…