On this episode of Our American Stories our next story from Stephen Ambrose begins in early With America's first major defeat during the Second World War Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when the Brits and the U S decided to form the first allied command in history in order to defeat Nazi Germany why was their first ground battle Operation Torch against France in North Africa Here's the great Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories even before the U S British victory in the North African campaign in May there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis Eventually the U S and British political leadership reached a compromise in which both would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign Here's Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our next story from Stephen Ambrose begins in early America's first battle during the Second World War Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when the Brits and the U S decided to form the first allied command in history in order to defeat Nazi Germany and not the Japanese who just bombed Pearl Harbor why was their first ground battle Operation Torch against France in North Africa Here's the great Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories even before the U S British victory in the North African campaign in May there was disagreement among the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis Eventually the U S and British political leadership reached a compromise in which both would commit most of their forces to an invasion of France in early but also launch a relatively small-scale Italian campaign Here's Stephen Ambrose with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Somber eyes peer out from the painting Simon of Cyrene by contemporary Dutch artist Egbert Modderman Mark Simon was pulled from the watching crowd and forced to help Jesus carry His cross In the painting Simon rsquo s eyes reveal the immense physical and emotional burden of this responsibility Mark tells us that Simon was from Cyrene a big city in North Africa that had a large population of Jews during Jesus rsquo time Most likely Simon had journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Then he found himself in the middle of this unjust execution but was able to [... more]

Stu is talking with Nathan a recent graduate from Bob Jones University about his upcoming -month stint in North Africa where he will be working with Frontline Missions in their FX Internship program - and getting on the ground with missionaries in closed countries [... more]

Recently I read through a stack of World War II-era letters my dad sent to my mother He was in North Africa and she was in West Virginia Dad a second lieutenant in the US Army was tasked with censoring soldiers rsquo letters mdash keeping sensitive information from enemy eyes So it was rather humorous to see mdash on the outside of his letters to his wife mdash a stamp that said ldquo Censored by nd Lt John Branon rdquo Indeed he had cut out lines from his own letters Self-censoring is really a good idea for all of us [... more]

Welcome to Kingdom Pursuits where we explore the stories of men and women who take what they love and let God turn their passion into Kingdom Pursuits This week Robby is without a guest so he's taking the opportunity to share with his listeners his passion for the Kingdom of God We also have a sound bite from David Garrison author of the book titled A Wind in the House of Islam As always we have Robby's Dad Jokes and Riddles and so much more right here on Kingdom Pursuits [... more]