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From Max Lucado, "A Gentle Thunder"

Construction crews tearing down an old middle school in Massachusetts found a 124-year old time capsule under the front steps. It had an April 28, 1894 date, which was the day the school was originally dedicated. The capsule contained two newspapers, remnants or military uniforms from the Civil War,…

Aveen Ismail was forced to flee Syria with her husband and three children during the civil war in 2011. Now nearly 600 miles from her home she has had to adjust to a foreign land. Aveen is one amongst the 11 million immigrants displaced by the Syrian war, her story is not unique. But what is unique is…

Leaders attending the GC2 Summit at a Chicago church urged believers to reach out to those in need such as Syrian refugees. They said that despite anxieties over differences of religion, reaching out to people is an opportunity to preach the Gospel. The GC2 Conferences stands for both the Great Commission…

Irene Triplett, the 84-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran is the last recipient of a Civil War Pension. She receives $73.13 each month from the U.S. Government. There are still 16 widows and children of veterans of the 1898 Spanish-American war receiving military pensions, and 4,038 widows, sons,…

At the end of 2014, 59.5 million refugees have been driven from their homes by war, conflict, and persecution according to the United Nations. 15 regional conflicts have either started or reignited in the years 2009-2014. The increase in refugees between 2013 and 2014 is the sharpest ever one-year increase.…

Mindy Belz, writing in World Magazine says “Our present day ingratitude may have taken root during the 1950s, when we thanked ourselves for our new prosperity instead of God.” Somewhere along the way, our National day of Thanksgiving has changed. History teaches that we find Thanksgivings beginnings…

The way the laws regarding aid to the families of U.S. military veterans are structured, has added millions of dollars to the cost of the wars the country has fought. The law states that surviving spouses can qualify for lifetime benefits when troops have a service-related death. Children under the age…

On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, wtih little more than an hour of daylight remaining, Colonel Isaac E. Avery of hte 6th North Carolina was mortally wounded as he led a brigade up the slope of Cemetery Hill. As he lost consciousness he scrawled a final message: " Tell my father I died with…

Sherman's quote about Grant's commitment to a plan “The chief characteristic of your nature is the simple faith in success you have always manifested, which I can liken to nothing else than the faith a Christian has in the Savior. This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. When you have completed…

When Ellie Hasbani lost his leg to a land mine during the civil war in Lebanon in 1975, he had no idea what he Lord would do with his life. During the war, Hasbani saw death and destruction all around him, and ended up hating his life because of what he had become. When the mine exploded, Hasbani was…

Bob Bakke, of National Prayer Advance, tells of churches of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and their experience of this kind of prayer. After the first Great Awakening, three churches in this community covenanted to follow the pattern suggested by Edwards. In each congregation, cell groups would meet weekly…

Published December 21, 2011 Born in Spain in the early 20th century, Jose Pascua and Antonia Patino - married to each other for 78 years - on Wednesday became an example of longevity and perseverance by both celebrating their 103rd birthdays. Antonia and Jose, neighbors in the central town of Hinojosa…

By John Blake, CNN President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit.…

FORGIVENESS An actor who starred in a new motion picture says he never imagined the role would reconnect him to God. Wes Bentley, who plays Manolo in the motion picture, “There be Dragons,” said his role helped him face the “dragons’ in his own life. “There Be Dragons,” is based on the life of Josemaria…

People used to say, "The United States are..." It wasn't until after the Civil War that you started to hear, "The United States is..." Under Lincoln we became one nation. And he paid for it with his life. This conversation describes the Church wonderfully. We usually hear "The churches are..." Sometimes…

During the Civil War, congress passed a bill and President Lincoln signed into law a commission to build a Railroad to the Pacific Coast. Stephen Ambrose tells the story in his book, Nothing Like It In The World. Building the Transcontinental Railroad was a dream, a call, a commission, a compelling goal.…

When Bulstrode Whitelock left as Oliver Cromwell’s ambassador to Sweeden in 1653, England was in shambles. A Civil war had lead to the execution of Charles 1, the former king. The result was a split between the army and the government that didn’t seem to be heading toward a resolution. Not only that,…

The number of people who claim no religious affiliation, meanwhile, has doubled since 1990 to fifteen percent, its highest point in history. Christianity is plummeting in America, while the number of non-believers is skyrocketing. A shocking new study of Americans’ religious beliefs shows the beginnings…

JESUS In his book, America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story, Bruce Feiler, makes the claim that America’s true founding father was Moses. Tracing the references to Moses’ words in American history, documents, and monuments, he builds a case that Moses was the model that led America to her greatness…

Environmentalism should be regarded on the same level with religion "as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity," according to a paper written two years ago to influence the future strategy of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the world's would-be environmental…

More than anything, this world needs this Everlasting Father. I found this poem that really sums it up: There was a boy who never knew the love a father gives, raised by his mom in anger for the man who left his kids. The moment came in growing up, when gates were opened wide; and the boy, whose heart…

WASHINGTON — For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History,…

In June, 1865, just two months after the Civil War had concluded, General Robert E. Lee attended church at St. Paul's Church in Richmond. The pastor invited the congregation to come to the chancel rail to receive communion. A former slave walked to the chancel rail and knelt to receive communion. A stunned…

"Man rises superior to every terror of nature as soon as he is able to give it a form, and can make it a definite object...He tears away the masks from the spectres which terrified his childhood, and they suprise him with his own image, for they are merely his own imaginations." --Schiller We stand together…