Twenty long years passed before British journalist John McCarthy mdash a five-year hostage during Lebanon rsquo s grueling civil war mdash met the man who negotiated his release When McCarthy finally met U N envoy Giandomenico Picco McCarthy simply said ldquo Thank you for my freedom rdquo His heartfelt words carried great weight because Picco had risked his own life during dangerous negotiations to secure freedom for McCarthy and others We as believers can relate to such hard-won freedom Jesus gave up His life mdash enduring death on a Roman cross mdash to secure spiritual freedom for all people including [... more]