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Rescued
In the book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, Piers Paul Read tells how 16 people escaped safely from an airplane crash in the Andes Mountains in 1972. ...
What Heroes are Made of
Hollywood heroes often capture our imagination because they symbolize something that we admire. For example, when we watch Charles Bronson in Death Wish, ...
The Generosity of God
Where others might dole out forgiveness piecemeal or in installments, Jesus blots out the whole debt of guilt at once. We can’t help but recall St. Augustine’s observation on this gospel: in the end only two persons remained representing misery and mercy, and mercy won the day.
A Season of Grace
Just before Christmas in 1985, our country was shocked by an air crash in Newfoundland, Canada. That crash killed more than 200 American soldiers on their way home for the Christmas holidays. A few months later, we were stunned by another tragedy when the space shuttle Challenger exploded only ...
Precious Stones
Precious stones have a magical quality about them, as anyone who has visited the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels can testify. One such stone is the exquisite and priceless blue topaz. Blue topaz is chemically a silicate of aluminum, which of itself has no beauty or brilliance. But under ...
Feelings and Forgiveness
Jesus is not asking for nice feelings, which we cannot control. He is asking us to want nothing but the highest good for someone. Sabrina Wurmbrand understood this. Her husband was unfaithful to her at one time. Although she condemned his infidelity, she would not condemn him.