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God recently allowed me to see Jesus through the eyes of someone seeing Him for the first time. Having the advantage of knowing how the story ends, we can easily forget the cost of our redemption and the love of our Savior.

When traveling among the Alps in a dense mist, we have seemed to see vast lakes without a shore, crags that appeared like the battlements of heaven, and awful depths that thrilled us with horror. Yet much of that mystery was only caused by the mist. When we journeyed the same way on a bright morning,…

All things here pass away. I cannot tell you the strange joy I felt after the earthquake at Menton, France. I had been to see many of the houses that had been shaken down, and the two churches that were greatly injured, and I was full of the earthquake. I had quite realized its terrors and its power,…

On one occasion I turned in by reason of the extreme severity of the rain to a little lone cottage. I found a woman there with a child who seemed somewhat relieved when she had admitted me, but previously she had been crying bitterly with sheer alarm and terror. “Why,” she said, “this is a little round…

In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge the authors write about the importance of anticipating the ways external forces can shape a company’s future. They use a hypothetical planning session of fifteen executives of a major airline at the turn of the millennium doing long-range planning until the year…

Lt. Col. Daniel Thompson made a lot of adjustments to minister to the people he shepherds. During the quarantine he counseled people sitting six feet away and limited worship services to 10 people at a time. Thompson said his mission was especially important because the people he serves are fighting…

For safety, authorities in New South Wales passed a law to ban texting and driving. Australian police found an obvious violation. A 30-year-old man was using his mobile phone without a hands-free device. The man pleaded guilty to violating the law. The guilty man was traveling about 6 mph while he made…

Residents of Jackson Mississippi were at a loss to understand when bowls of mashed potatoes began appearing on their cars, porches, and mailboxes. Jordan Lewis said he found a bowl on his windshield when she went got into her car one morning. It was full of potatoes and rainwater, so she threw it away.…

Research indicates that the human brain is hard-wired to recognize facial expressions, and even see faces in the strangest places. As Hurricane Irma made landfall in northern Cuba, meteorologists say they thought they saw a face in the satellite imagery. Senior meteorologist Stu Ostro, from the Weather…

Kim Hyon-hui was a young student in 1987 when the North Korean government took her out of school and trained her for a special mission. After months of training, agents gave her a time bomb shaped like a radio. Her mission; put the bomb aboard a South Korean Airliner headed for Seoul then leave the plane…

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 45, made the extreme sacrifice when he gave his life that another might live. Radouane Lakdim, 26, a Moroccan-born French national went on a terror spree in the French city of Trèbes. Lakdim carjacked a car, killing one person in the process, and wounding another. He then tried…

During the 2017 shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX, Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife lost 26 members of their church family, including their own 14-year-old daughter. As the nation sat stunned at the news of the largest mass shooting in Texas history, the media requested a statement…

Sparks flew at the Sunday celebration remembering Dr. King’s legacy of non-violence at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City. Deeply disturbed by the shootings in Newtown and Aurora, church member Mike Martin learned blacksmithing so he could transform symbols of violence into symbols that give life.…

In 2016, Colin Kapernick, the 49ers quarterback, gained national attention by not standing for the National Anthem. His choice was a personal act of protest against recent acts of police violence against African Americans, but erupted into a national media controversy for the NFL. Kapernick has drawn…

The internet has opened up a vast world of knowledge and experience. It has also enabled the harassment of people for their views, experiences, appearances, or demographic backgrounds. Pew Research reports that, “Fully 40 percent of online users have experienced bullying, harassment, and intimidation.”…

Steven Felton, 34, was arrested for 10 armed robberies. Multiple security cameras caught his bare face with him holding a pellet gun and demanding money. In his defense he claimed his “evil twin” had carried out the robberies. Neither the jury nor the judge believed him and he was convicted by the jury…

In 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline received reports of 5,042 potential human trafficking cases. Almost one-third of the cases involved minors. The department of justice believes about 300,000 children in the United States are trafficking victims. Shannon Forsythe is the founder…

The 2012 movie, The Act of Valor, stars a group of active duty Navy SEALS and is inspired by true events. In one of the scenes, the SEALS are in hot pursuit of suicidal terrorists on a mission to kill thousands of Americans. The soldiers are carrying the heavy weight of their commitments to their country,…

Ob-Gyn doctor Camilla Hersh, founder and owner of Virginia Women’s Health Associates, explains why she is opposed to the incest exception to abortion. One patient, a pregnant 14-year-old, was brought to her. The pregnancy was the result of incest. In talking to the girl and her family the subject of…

Authorities arrested Tatiana Kudinova, a Russian businessperson, for arranging a hit on her daughter-in-law who had irritated her by making nonstop mother-in-law jokes. The feud began over who should pick up the tab for a family party. But Roxanne, the daughter-in-law, didn’t let it rest and continued…

A Florida woman was shot in the leg while sitting at a café on Independence Day, but didn’t know until doctor found the bullet five days later. Heather Charlebois told a local paper that she initially thought someone threw a firecracker at her. She felt pain, but didn’t see much blood, so she didn’t…

Christians living in Nigeria are under the constant threat of persecution by Boko Haram. In a recent video Abu Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram tells Christians, “We don’t care about that religion of yours.” At the end of the video the dances and chants, “Christians, you are in trouble; Christians you…

When 19-year-old Josh Lewis went out to deliver a pizza to a hospital emergency room team, he never dreamed he would soon become a patient, but that’s what happened. While delivering the pizza, an assailant stabbed him and stole his Jeep Cherokee. While recovering from a collapsed lung and torn muscles…

Police in Trenton, New Jersey say Dwaine Whitaker turned himself in to them after he appeared on a surveillance video trying to hold up a business at gunpoint. They say a friend apparently told Whitaker about the video, and after watching it, he turned himself in.—Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell. Police:…

Michelle Wilkins, a 26-year-old Colorado woman answered a Craigslist ad for baby clothes. When she arrived she was attacked by a woman who cut her seven-month fetus from her womb. The mother survived the attack, but the baby did not. The suspect faces eight felony charges, including unlawful termination…