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U.S. citizen Andrew Brunson has served as a church pastor in Turkey for twenty-two years. In 2016, after a failed coup against the Turkish government, Turkish police arrested Pastor Brunson and held him in Turkish prisons since. He is facing 35 years in prison if the court convicts him. Even though Turkey’s…

Andrew Brunson, a Presbyterian Elder had been serving as the Pastor of a small congregation in Turkey since the 1990’s. After an unsuccessful coup in Turkey, Pastor Brunson was arrested in October 2016 as one of the conspirators. The US government was finally able to secure his release in October 2018.…

One of Austin Hermsen’s friends posted his phone number on a Craigslist ad for a free turkey giveaway. The ad stated he had thirty turkeys to give away to whoever called him. While it started out as a prank, it quickly became a real event. After receiving 100 calls for free turkeys, his group of Hermsen’s…

Maybe you’ve heard before that without a shepherd to follow, sheep will follow sheep, even if it kills them. That happened recently in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the sheep in front of them, one at a time, 1500 sheep jumped off a cliff. Where were the shepherds? They had left the flock to graze as they…

The US postal service creed says, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” but it doesn’t say anything about turkeys. Mail carriers in Ohio said a rafter of wild turkeys kept them from getting the mail to more than two…

Larry Riddle was expecting a citation for failure to signal a turn; instead, the Billings, Montana Police officer gave him a turkey, provided to the department by a local business person. Not getting a citation, something he deserved, was one thing, but getting the gift, something he didn’t earn, was…

In 2002 Constantin Reliu left his home in Romania to seek employment in Turkey. By 2016 a Romanian court ruled him deceased at the request of his wife who hadn’t heard from him since he left. In 2018 Reliu returned to find himself declared dead. He asked a court to nullify his death certificate since…

The Hittites were a culture that ruled much of modern Turkey during Biblical times. They were fierce warriors, known for their skill with war chariots. A new discovery may show another side to these people. Archeologists recently found and restored a 3,700 year old piece of ceramic that has what is believed…

Fethullah Uzumcuoglu and Esra Polat celebrated their wedding day in an unusual way. At the reception in the southern Turkish city of Kilis near the Syrian border they hosted 4,000 Syrian refugees. They took the money they had received as wedding gifts, borrowed a food truck from a local charity, and…

It’s Thanksgiving Day & the aroma of roast turkey fills Charlie Brown’s house. Snoopy, outside, lying on top of his doghouse, smells that aroma, & he is thinking, “It’s Thanksgiving Day. Everybody eats turkey on Thanksgiving Day.” So he lies there, watching the back door, eagerly awaiting his Thanksgiving…

News reports indicating the Mayan calendar is scheduled to run out at the end of 2012, has many people around the world concerned that the world could end within their lifetime. A new survey found almost 15 per cent of people worldwide believe the world could end in their lifetime, and 10 percent think…

[Dr.] Leon Bender became frustrated when he took a South Seas cruise and observed that the crew was more diligent about hand-washing than the staff at his own hospital. Frequent hand-washing by doctors and nurses is one of the best ways to prevent patient infections, and studies estimate that thousands…

For instance, several years ago a Scottish scholar named Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, while studying the writings of Luke, discovered what he thought to be errors in the book of Acts. He decided to travel throughout Turkey and the Middle East to prove the Bible wrong. However, in every point of dispute,…

Ducking into confession with a turkey in his arms, Brian said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I stole this turkey to feed my family. Would you take it and settle my guilt?" "Certainly not," said the Priest. "As penance, you must return it to the one from whom you stole it." "I tried," Brian…

By Paul Eisenberg If your travels ever take you to the United Kingdom, you may want to avoid sticking your index and middle fingers in the air with your palm facing toward you. “It’s the equivalent of giving someone the finger,” explains Heather Dickson, assistant publisher at Lonely Planet as well as…

When asked what they would do with a 25th hour each day, the largest number of Americans, 37% said they would use it for extra family time. Less than 10% of Americans said they would use it for more work time compared with 50% of Indians who would use it for work. In Italy and Turkey the largest number…

By Julie Weingarden Dubin Jean Twenge knew her daughter was too old for a pacifier but liked the comfort it provided — not only for her 3-year-old, but also for Mom and Dad. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego University and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic — Living in the Age of Entitlement,…

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Adversity comes to those who are making a difference for Christ. Missionary statesman Oswald Chambers once wrote, “Suffering is the heritage of the bad, of the penitent, and of the Son of God. Each one ends at the Cross. The bad thief is crucified, the penitent thief is crucified, and the Son of God…

Old Turkey: Around Thanksgiving a few years ago, radio commentator Paul Harvey shared a true story of a woman and her frozen Thanksgiving turkey. The Butterball Turkey Company set up a telephone hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking…

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES The command of the Lord Jesus to love our enemies is easy in abstraction, but somewhat more difficult in real life. Gregory Jones tells a true story of forgiveness and this kind of love in his book, Embodying Forgiveness. A Turkish officer raided and looted an Armenian home. He killed…

MUSIC During the stress filled days leading up to Christmas, British farmers are playing recordings to keep their turkeys calm, and hopefully increase profits. Farmers have long believed that covering up the sounds of farmyard life is good for the birds. There is already some evidence that turkeys and…

This morning we want to talk about food. That's a relevant subject for most of us. The two biggest sellers in any bookstore, according to Andy Rooney, are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it. Orson Welles…

GIVING Officials at the Louisiana Baptist Convention are used to receiving donations, but a recent gift was unexpected and extraordinary. A group of twenty men from the Island of Sumatra sent a gift of $854 to help those hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The men experienced the tragedy of natural disaster…

THANKSGIVING On Thanksgiving Day 2007, Monique White lived in a hotel and spent her time searching for a job. Things were different in 2008, she had a job and a home, but she still wasn’t satisfied. Remembering the sights, sounds, and feelings of busy Thanksgivings of her childhood made her long for…