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Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

April 22, 2024

On December the US Civil War raged Union and Confederate troops camped seven hundred yards apart on opposing sides of Tennessee rsquo s Stones River As they warmed themselves around campfires Union soldiers picked up their fiddles and harmonicas and began playing ldquo Yankee Doodle rdquo In reply the Confederate soldiers offered ldquo Dixie rdquo Remarkably both sides joined for a finale playing ldquo Home Sweet Home rdquo in unison Sworn enemies shared music in the dark night glimmers of an unimagined peace The melodic truce was short-lived The next morning they put down their fiddles and picked up their [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

March 28, 2024

The History of Human Mobility: The Story of the Inventions That Changed the Way We Move

On this episode of Our American Stories Miles C Collier founder of the Revs Institute tells the story of inventions that took us from our own legs to wheels horses bikes and cars Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

March 19, 2024

Happy Trust

A woman rescued Rudy from the animal shelter days before he was to be euthanized and the dog became her companion For ten years Rudy slept calmly beside Linda rsquo s bed but then he abruptly began to jump next to her and lick her face Linda scolded him but every night Rudy repeated the behavior ldquo Soon he was jumping on my lap to lick my face every time I sat down rdquo Linda said As she was planning to take Rudy to obedience school she began to consider how insistent Rudy was and how he always licked her [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

March 07, 2024

Using What God Provides

The Brisbane City Hall in Australia was a dazzling s project White stairs boasted marble from the same quarry Michelangelo used for his David sculpture The tower reflected Venice rsquo s St Mark rsquo s Basilica and the copper dome was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere The builders intended for a massive Angel of Peace to adorn the pinnacle but there was a problem no money left Plumber Fred Johnson came to the rescue He used a toilet cistern an old lamp post and bits of scrap metal to craft the iconic orb that rsquo s crowned the tower [... more]

CBS Sunday Morning

Jane Pauley

March 03, 2024

Filmmaker Ed Zwick, Actor-Comedian Kevin James, The Trials of Donald Trump

Hosted by Jane Pauley In our cover story Kelefa Sanneh talks with the scientists whose research in messenger RNA and immunology led to the development of COVID vaccines for which they received the Nobel Prize Plus Jim Axelrod talks with stand-up comedian Kevin James Luke Burbank interviews Oscar-winning producer-director Ed Zwick who's just published a memoir of his decades in Hollywood Erin Moriarty dives into the federal and state criminal trials facing former President Donald Trump and Conor Knighton sits down with Grammy-winning musician and arranger Jacob Collier See Privacy Policy at https art com privacy and California Privacy Notice [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

February 23, 2024

Better Together

After another health setback I feared the unknown and uncontrollable One day while reading a Forbes magazine article I learned that scientists studied the rising of the ldquo Earth rsquo s rotation velocity rdquo and declared that the Earth ldquo wobbled rdquo and is ldquo spinning faster rdquo They said we ldquo could require the first-ever lsquo drop second rsquo mdash the official removal of a second from global time rdquo Though a second doesn rsquo t seem like much of a loss knowing that the earth rsquo s rotation could change seemed like a big deal to me Even [... more]

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

February 15, 2024

Fani Willis and Nathan Wade’s Trip Around the World

Bermuda Bahama come on pretty mama it's not a Beach Boys song it's the life of Big Fani Willis Fani's misconduct hearing in the Fulton County case may upend the entire legal offensive against President Trump Charlie plays several hilarious clips and slots Fani's follies into the wider lawfare situation For more content become a member at members charliekirk com Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

January 22, 2024

Scraps to Beauty

My wife Miska has a necklace and hoop earrings from Ethiopia Their elegant simplicity reveals genuine artistry What rsquo s most astounding about these pieces however is their story Due to decades of fierce conflict and a civil war that rages on Ethiopia rsquo s geography is littered with spent artillery shells and cartridges As an act of hope Ethiopians scour the torched earth cleaning up the scraps And artisans craft jewelry out of what remains of the shells and cartridges When I heard this story I heard echoes of Micah boldly declaring God rsquo s promise One day the [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

January 13, 2024

A Gaze Fixed on God

Nineteenth-century Scottish pastor Thomas Chalmers once told the story of riding in a horse-drawn carriage in the Highlands region as it hugged a narrow mountain ledge along a harrowing precipice One of the horses startled and the driver fearing they would plummet to their death repeatedly flicked his whip After they made it past the danger Chalmers asked the driver why he used the whip with such force ldquo I needed to give the horses something else to think about rdquo he said ldquo I needed to get their attention rdquo In a world overflowing with threats and dangers all [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

December 05, 2023

Saint Nick

The person we know as St Nicholas St Nick was born around ad to a wealthy Grecian family Tragically his parents died when he was a boy and he lived with his uncle who loved him and taught him to follow God When Nicholas was a young man legend says that he heard of three sisters who didn rsquo t have a dowry for marriage and would soon be destitute Wanting to follow Jesus rsquo teaching about giving to those in need he took his inheritance and gave each sister a bag of gold coins Over the years Nicholas gave [... more]

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

December 01, 2023

Newsom vs DeSantis + Matt Gaetz Calls Out the GOP...Again

Charlie is first joined by Kurt Schlicter to unpack DeSantis V Gavin Newsom and decide a winner as well as discuss the utter destruction of California Then Rep Matt Gaetz calls out his colleagues who were more focused on voting out George Santos than keeping their majority He also blasts the Minot Air Force base commanders who warned airmen to steer clear of a Turning Point Action event and why he plans to haul them before Congress Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

November 08, 2023

The RNC Teams Up with NBC with Mollie Hemingway and Alina Habba

The Republican primary should already be over but not only is it continuing the RNC is collaborating with the left-wing press to let them handle the debates Charlie takes the RNC to task joined by Rigged author Mollie Hemingway Then Trump lawyer Alina Habba explains how a judge in New York has already executed Donald Trump's business empire for reasons of political animus Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

November 07, 2023

Knowing the Shepherd’s Voice

When I was a boy living on a ranch in Tennessee I spent glorious afternoons roaming with my best friend We rsquo d hike into the woods ride ponies visit the rodeo arena and venture into the barn to watch the cowboys work the horses But whenever I heard my dad rsquo s whistle mdash that clear sound slicing through the wind and all the other clatter mdash I rsquo d immediately drop whatever I was doing and head home The signal was unmistakable and I knew I was being called by my father Decades later I rsquo d still [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

October 21, 2023

Headlong into Danger

In a resident with cholera accidentally transmitted the disease via the Elbe River to Hamburg Germany rsquo s entire water supply Within weeks ten thousand citizens died Eight years earlier German microbiologist Robert Koch had made a discovery cholera was waterborne Koch rsquo s revelation prodded officials in large European cities to invest in filtration systems to protect their water Hamburg authorities however had done nothing Citing costs and alleging dubious science they rsquo d ignored clear warnings while their city careened toward catastrophe The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about those of us who see trouble [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

October 07, 2023

Wisdom We Need

In his monumental book The Great Influenza John M Barry recounts the story of the flu epidemic Barry reveals how health officials rather than being caught off guard anticipated a massive outbreak They feared that World War I with hundreds of thousands of troops crammed into trenches and moving across borders would unleash new viruses But this knowledge was useless to stop the devastation Powerful leaders beating the drums of war rushed toward violence And epidemiologists estimate that million people died in the epidemic adding to the roughly million killed in the war rsquo s carnage We rsquo ve proven [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

September 21, 2023

Beautiful Restoration

In his wonderful book Art Faith A Theology of Making renowned artist Makoto Fujimura describes the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsugi In it the artist takes broken pottery originally tea ware and pieces the shards back together with lacquer threading gold into the cracks ldquo Kintsugi rdquo Fujimura explains ldquo does not just lsquo fix rsquo or repair a broken vessel rather the technique makes the broken pottery even more beautiful than the original rdquo Kintsugi first implemented centuries ago when a warlord rsquo s favorite cup was destroyed and then beautifully restored became art that rsquo s highly [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

August 31, 2023

God’s Epic Story

Life magazine rsquo s July cover displayed a horrifying photograph of starving children from Biafra in Nigeria during a civil war A young boy distressed took a copy of the magazine to a pastor and asked ldquo Does God know about this rdquo The pastor replied ldquo I know you don rsquo t understand but yes God knows about that rdquo The boy walked out declaring he was uninterested in such a God These questions disturb not only children but all of us Alongside an affirmation of God rsquo s mysterious knowledge I wish that boy had heard about the [... more]

Brian Kilmeade Show

Brian Kilmeade

August 29, 2023

Election interference? Judge schedules Trump Jan. 6th trial one day before Super Tuesday

Allen West Mollie Hemingway Sen Ron Johnson R-WI Simulcast with Varney Co on FOX Business Gen Philip Breedlove Ret Curtis Sliwa Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

August 23, 2023

The GOP Debate Preview with Mollie Hemingway and Noel Fritsch

Who is a serious GOP contender for Are there ANY serious contenders besides the one Republican not on stage Wednesday night Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist joins for a look at the imminent Republican debate plus a larger discussion of the left's plan to create yet another rigged election in Also Noel Fritsch joins with unbelievable interview revelations that point toward January being a planned Antifa inside job from the very beginning Support the show http www charliekirk com supportSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

August 14, 2023

Jesus Our Brother

Bridger Walker was only six when a menacing dog lunged at his younger sister Instinctively Bridger jumped in front of her shielding her from the dog rsquo s ferocious attack After receiving emergency care and ninety stitches to his face Bridger explained his actions ldquo If someone had to die I thought it should be me rdquo Thankfully plastic surgeons have helped Bridger rsquo s face heal But his brotherly love evidenced in recent pictures where he rsquo s seen hugging his sister remains strong as ever Ideal family members watch over us and care for us True brothers step [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

August 01, 2023

The Powerful and the Weak

Perhaps the most heartwarming tradition in college football happens at the University of Iowa The Stead Family Children rsquo s Hospital sits next to Iowa rsquo s Kinnick Stadium and the hospital rsquo s top floor has floor-to-ceiling windows offering a great view of the field On game days sick children and their families fill the floor to watch the action below and at the end of the first quarter coaches athletes and thousands of fans turn to the hospital and wave For those few moments the children rsquo s eyes light up It rsquo s powerful to see the [... more]

Brian Kilmeade Show

Brian Kilmeade

July 18, 2023

Can a Third Party Actually Break Through???

Allen West Mollie Hemingway Dr Todd Rose Varney Simulcast Mark Esper Jonathan Turley Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

July 15, 2023

Prayer and Transformation

In pastor Christian F uuml hrer began Monday prayer meetings at Leipzig rsquo s St Nicholas Church For years a handful gathered to ask God for peace amid global violence and the oppressive East German regime Though communist authorities watched churches closely they were unconcerned until attendance swelled and spilled over to mass meetings outside the church gates On October seventy thousand demonstrators met and peacefully protested Six thousand East German police stood ready to respond to any provocation The crowd remained peaceful however and historians consider this day a watershed moment A month later the Berlin Wall fell The [... more]

The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen

June 22, 2023

REShow: Mike Florio - Hour 3

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio and Rich discuss Stefon Diggs' mysterious beef with the Buffalo Bills why talented and proven running back like Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott are still without teams how the league should address the lure and ease of gambling for NFL players and who wins the ers QB competition this season and why Kirk Cousins could be reunited with Kyle Shanahan in To celebrate the anniversary of 'The Karate Kid' Rich lists his top five 's high school moves including 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High ' 'The Breakfast Club ' 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and more [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

June 15, 2023

God’s Unfailing Memory

A man owned more than million in bitcoin but he couldn rsquo t access a cent of it He lost the password for the device storing his funds and disaster loomed after ten password attempts the device would self-destruct A fortune lost forever For a decade the man had agonized desperately trying to recall the password to his life-altering investment He tried eight passwords and failed eight times In he lamented that he had just two more chances before it all went up in smoke We rsquo re a forgetful people Sometimes we forget small things where we placed our [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

May 15, 2023

Who Am I?

In Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States Norton had made mdash and lost mdash his fortune in San Francisco shipping but he wanted a new identity America rsquo s first emperor When the San Francisco Evening Bulletin printed ldquo Emperor rdquo Norton rsquo s announcement most readers laughed Norton made pronouncements aimed at correcting society rsquo s ills printed his own currency and even wrote letters to Queen Victoria asking her to marry him and unite their kingdoms He wore royal military uniforms designed by local tailors One observer said Norton looked ldquo every inch a [... more]

Brian Kilmeade Show

Brian Kilmeade

May 12, 2023

Disaster: Mass of humanity at border raises concerns, Mayorkas downplays

Geraldo Mollie Hemingway Daryl Johnston Shannon Bream Bill Browder Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

Brian Kilmeade Show

Brian Kilmeade

April 26, 2023

Has the Secretary of State Been Covering for Hunter Biden?

Douglas Murray Vivek Ramaswamy Mollie Hemingway Ben Domenech Jon Levine Martha MacCallum Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

April 03, 2023

At Home in Jesus

Several years ago we brought home an adult black cat named Juno from the local animal shelter mdash a feline familiar with living outdoors Truthfully I only wanted help thinning our mice population but the rest of the family wanted a pet The shelter gave us rigorous instructions for what to do the first week They told us how to establish a feeding routine so Juno would learn our house was his home the place he belonged and where he rsquo d always have food and safety This way even if Juno might roam he would always eventually come home [... more]

Brian Kilmeade Show

Brian Kilmeade

March 13, 2023

Two banks collapse, what is Biden doing to keep economy going; Benjamin Hall details his experience in Ukraine

Michael Goodwin Matt Taibbi Mollie Hemingway Benjamin Hall Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoices [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

March 04, 2023

God Knows Us

I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo rsquo s sculpture Moses in which a closeup view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses rsquo right arm This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky Michelangelo known as a master of intricate details paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted adding intimate features most everyone else would miss Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper mdash the soul the interior life of [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

January 31, 2023

Blessing in the Tears

I received an email from a young man in England a son who explained that his father only sixty-three was in the hospital in critical condition hanging on to life Though we rsquo d never met his dad rsquo s work and mine shared many intersections The son trying to cheer his father asked me to send a video message of encouragement and prayer Deeply moved I recorded a short message and a prayer for healing I was told that his dad watched the video and gave a hearty thumbs-up Sadly a couple days later I received another email telling [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

January 19, 2023

Love like Blazing Fire

Poet painter and printmaker William Blake enjoyed a forty-five-year marriage with his wife Catherine From their wedding day until his death in they worked side-by-side Catherine added color to William rsquo s sketches and their devotion endured years of poverty and other challenges Even in his final weeks as his health failed Blake kept at his art and his final sketch was his wife rsquo s face Four years later Catherine died clutching one of her husband rsquo s pencils in her hand The Blakes rsquo vibrant love offers a reflection of the love discovered in the Song of Songs [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

November 22, 2022

Trusting Our Future to God

In Laszlo Hanyecz made the first purchase with bitcoin a digital currency paying bitcoins for two pizzas In the value of those bitcoins would have been roughly million Back before the value skyrocketed he kept paying for pizzas with coins spending bitcoins total If he rsquo d kept those bitcoins their value would rsquo ve made him a billionaire sixty-eight times over and placed him on the Forbes rsquo ldquo richest people in the world rdquo list If only he rsquo d known what was coming Of course Hanyecz couldn rsquo t possibly have known None of us could have [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

October 05, 2022

Envisioning a Different Future

The nbsp three hundred middle and high school students of the small town of Neodesha Kansas filed into a surprise school assembly They then sat in disbelief upon hearing that a married couple with ties to their town committed to pay college tuition for every Neodesha student for the next twenty-five years The students were stunned overjoyed and tearful Neodesha had been hard hit economically which meant many families worried about how to cover college expenses The gift was a generational game-changer and the donors hope it will immediately impact current families but also incentivize other families to move to [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

October 03, 2022

Our Heart’s True Home

ldquo Bobbie the Wonder Dog rdquo was a collie mix separated from his family while they were on a summer vacation together over miles from home The family searched everywhere for their beloved pet but returned heartbroken without him Six months later toward the end of winter a scraggly but determined Bobbie showed up at their door in Silverton Oregon Bobbie somehow made the long and dangerous trek crossing rivers desert and snow-covered mountains to find his way home to those he loved Bobbie rsquo s quest inspired books movies and a mural in his hometown His devotion strikes a [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

September 10, 2022

Compassion Over Bitterness

When the World Trade Center towers fell on September Greg Rodriguez was one of the victims who died in the wreckage As his mother Phyllis and his father grieved they also carefully considered their response to such a horrific attack In Phyllis met Aicha el-Wafe the mother of one of the men accused of helping the terrorists Phyllis said she ldquo approached her and opened my arms We embraced and cried For Aicha and me there was an immediate bonding We both suffered on account of our sons rdquo nbsp Phyllis met Aicha amid shared pain and sorrow Phyllis believed [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

August 07, 2022

Discerning Right Paths

One writer referred to Brazilian skateboarder Felipe Gustavo as ldquo one of the most legendary skateboarders on the planet rdquo No one would have believed this would be Gustavo rsquo s future when he was sixteen Gustavo rsquo s dad believed his son needed to pursue his dream of skating professionally but they didn rsquo t have the money So his dad sold their car and took his son to the renowned Tampa Am skating competition in Florida No one had heard of Gustavo until he won And the victory catapulted him into an amazing career Gustavo rsquo s dad [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

July 29, 2022

Puddles of Sunshine

It was a warm summer day and my four-year-old granddaughter Mollie and I were taking a break from playing ball As we sat on the porch with our glasses of water Mollie looked out at the yard and said ldquo Look at the puddles of sunshine rdquo The sunlight was filtering through the thick foliage to create a pattern of light amid the dark shadows Puddle of sunshine Isn rsquo t this a beautiful image for finding hope in dark days In the midst of what can often be challenging times mdash when good news seems in short supply mdash [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

July 14, 2022

The Whole House

Wearing his striped jumpsuit James walked across the steamy jail gym and climbed into the portable pool where he was baptized by the prison chaplain James rsquo joy multiplied however when he heard that his daughter Brittany mdash also an inmate mdash had been baptized that same day in the same water When they realized what had happened even the staff got emotional ldquo There wasn rsquo t a dry eye rdquo the chaplain said In and out of jail for years Brittany and her dad both wanted God rsquo s forgiveness And together God gave them new life nbsp [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

July 09, 2022

Watching Out for One Another

Jose a seventy-seven-year-old substitute teacher had been living out of his car for eight years Every night the elderly man bunked down in his Ford Thunderbird LX carefully monitoring the car battery as it powered his computer for his evening rsquo s work Jose used the money earmarked for rent and instead sent it to numerous family members in Mexico who needed it more Early every morning one of the teacher rsquo s former students saw Jose rummaging through his trunk ldquo I just felt I needed to do something about it rdquo the man said So he launched a [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

June 18, 2022

Fatherless No More

Guy Bryant single and with no children of his own worked in New York City rsquo s child welfare department Daily he encountered the intense need for foster parents and decided to do something about it For more than a decade Bryant fostered more than fifty children once caring for nine at the same time Every time I turned around there was a kid who needed a place to stay Bryant explained ldquo If you have the space in your home and heart you just do it You don't really think about it The foster children who have grown and [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

May 29, 2022

Healing for the Whole World

Tucked into a remote gorge in western Slovenia a secret medical facility Franja Partisan Hospital housed an extensive staff that tended to thousands of wounded soldiers during World War II mdash all the while staying hidden from the Nazis Though avoiding detection from numerous Nazi attempts to locate the facility is in itself a remarkable feat even more remarkable is that the hospital founded and run by the Slovenia resistance movement cared for soldiers from both the Allied and Axis armies The hospital welcomed everyone Scripture calls us to help the whole world to be spiritually healed This means we [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

May 21, 2022

Something Deep and Binding

Amina an Iraqi immigrant and Joseph an American from birth attended a political protest on opposite sides We rsquo ve been taught to believe that those who are separated by ethnicity and politics carry unbridled animosity toward each other However when a small mob accosted Joseph trying to set his shirt on fire Amina rushed to his defense ldquo I don rsquo t think we could be any further apart as people rdquo Joseph told a reporter ldquo and yet it was just kinda like this common lsquo that rsquo s not OK rsquo moment rdquo Something deeper than politics [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

May 15, 2022

The Fierce Struggle

In an explorer named Carl Akely found himself in a remote section of Ethiopia chased by an eighty-pound leopard He remembered the leopard pouncing trying ldquo to sink her teeth into my throat rdquo She missed snagging his right arm with her vicious jaws The two rolled in the sand mdash a long fierce struggle Akely weakened and ldquo it became a question of who would give up first rdquo Summoning his last bit of strength Akely was able to suffocate the big cat with his bare hands The apostle Paul explained how each of us who believe in Jesus [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

April 20, 2022

Really Alive

Since it was the week after Easter our five-year-old son Wyatt had heard plenty of resurrection talk He always had questions mdash usually real stumpers I was driving and he was buckled into his seat behind me Wyatt peered out the window deep in thought ldquo Daddy rdquo he said pausing and preparing to ask me a tough one hellip [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

April 16, 2022

This Changes Everything

Today apos s Our Daily Bread Devotional [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

March 25, 2022

A Life of Integrity

Abel Mutai a Kenyan runner competing in a grueling international cross-country race was mere yards from victory mdash his lead secure Confused by the course rsquo s signage and thinking he rsquo d already crossed the finish line however Mutai stopped short The Spanish runner in second place Ivan Fernandez Anaya saw Mutai rsquo s mistake Rather than take advantage and bolt past for the win however he caught up to Mutai put out his arm and guided Mutai forward to a gold-medal win When reporters asked Anaya why he purposefully lost the race he insisted that Mutai deserved the [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

February 26, 2022

The Joy of Good News

One evening in the Great Alaska earthquake shocked and writhed for more than four minutes registering a magnitude In Anchorage whole city blocks disappeared leaving only massive craters and rubble Through the dark terrifying night news reporter Genie Chance stood at her microphone passing along messages to desperate people sitting by their radios a husband working in the bush heard that his wife was alive distraught families heard that their sons on a Boy Scout camping trip were okay a couple heard that their children had been found The radio crackled with line after line of good news mdash pure [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

February 13, 2022

The Power of Love

Two octogenarians one from Germany and the other Denmark were an unlikely couple They each enjoyed sixty years of marriage before being widowed Though living only fifteen minutes apart their homes were in separate countries Still they fell in love regularly cooking meals and spending time together Sadly in due to the coronavirus the Danish government closed the border crossing Undeterred every day at p m the two met at the border on a quiet country lane and seated on their respective sides shared a picnic ldquo We rsquo re here because of love rdquo the man explained Their love [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

February 08, 2022

Mortality and Humility

Ancient scholars Jerome and Tertullian referenced stories of how in ancient Rome after a general triumphed in an epic victory he would be paraded atop a gleaming chariot down the capital rsquo s central thoroughfares from dawn to sunset The crowd would roar The general would bask in the adoration reveling in the greatest honor of his life However legend has it that a servant stood behind the general the entire day whispering into his ear Memento Mori ldquo Remember you will die rdquo Amid all the adulation the general desperately needed the humility that came with remembering that he [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

January 12, 2022

A Ludicrous Investment

In as the US economy crashed millions of people lost everything But not Floyd Odlum As everyone else panicked and sold their stocks at cut-rate prices Odlum appeared to foolishly jump in and purchase stocks just as the nation rsquo s future disintegrated But Odlum rsquo s ldquo foolish rdquo perspective paid off yielding robust investments that endured for decades God told Jeremiah to make what seemed like an absolutely ludicrous investment ldquo buy the field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin rdquo Jeremiah This was no time to be buying fields however The entire country was on the [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

December 09, 2021

Rescued from Powerful Enemies

In at the age of ninety-four George Vujnovich was awarded the bronze star for organizing what the New York Times called ldquo one of the greatest rescue efforts of World War II rdquo Vujnovich son of Serbian immigrants had joined the US army and when word arrived that downed American airmen were being protected by rebels in Yugoslavia Vujnovich returned to his family rsquo s homeland parachuting into the forest to locate the pilots Dividing the soldiers into small groups he taught them how to blend in with the Serbs wearing Serbian clothes and eating Serbian food Then over months [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

November 29, 2021

A Great Light

During the COVID- pandemic many Singaporeans stayed home to avoid being infected But I blissfully continued swimming believing it was safe My wife however feared that I might pick up an infection at the public pool and pass it on to her aged mother mdash who like other seniors were more vulnerable to the virus ldquo Can you just avoid swimming for some time for my sake rdquo she asked At first I wanted to argue that there was little risk Then I realized that this mattered less than her feelings Why would I insist on swimming mdash hardly an [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

November 13, 2021

Powerful and Loving

In the Ecuadorian volcano Sangay erupted The BBC described the ldquo dark ash plume which reached a height of more than m rdquo The discharge covered four provinces about acres in gray ash and grimy soot The sky turned dingy and grim and the air was thick mdash making it difficult to breathe Farmer Feliciano Inga described the unnerving scene to El Comercio newspaper ldquo We didn rsquo t know where all this dust was coming from We saw the sky go dark and grew afraid rdquo The Israelites experienced a similar fear at the base of Mount Sinai as [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

October 24, 2021

The Testing

The first time I took my sons to hike a Colorado Fourteener mdash a mountain with an elevation of a least feet mdash they were nervous Could they make it Were they up to the challenge My youngest stopped on the trail for extended breaks ldquo Dad I can rsquo t go any more rdquo he said repeatedly But I believed this test would be good for them and I wanted them to trust me A mile from the peak my son who rsquo d insisted he could go no further caught his second wind and beat us to the [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

September 20, 2021

Truth, Lies, and Vigilantes

During the baseball season a Chicago Cubs coach wanted to give a baseball to a young boy sitting by the dugout But when the coach tossed the ball toward him a man scooped it up instead Video of the event went viral News outlets and social media skewered this ldquo brute rdquo of a man Except viewers didn rsquo t know the whole story Earlier the man had helped the young boy snag a foul ball and they agreed to share any additional balls that came their way Unfortunately it took hours before the true story emerged The mob had [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

August 07, 2021

Good Trouble

When John Lewis an American congressman and civil rights leader died in people from many political persuasions mourned In Lewis marched with Martin Luther King Jr to secure voting rights for black citizens During the march Lewis suffered a cracked skull causing scars he carried the rest of his life ldquo When you see something that is not right not just not fair rdquo Lewis said ldquo you have a moral obligation to say something To do something rdquo He also said ldquo Never ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good necessary trouble rdquo Lewis learned [... more]

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Various Hosts

July 18, 2021

Firm Refusal

When the Nazis drafted Franz J auml gerst auml tter during World War II he completed military basic training but refused to take the required pledge of personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler Authorities allowed Franz to return to his farm but they later summoned him to active duty After seeing Nazi ideology up close and learning of the Jewish genocide however J auml gerst auml tter decided his loyalty to God meant he could never fight for the Nazis He was arrested and sentenced to execution leaving behind his wife and three daughters Over the years many believers in Jesus [... more]

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Various Hosts

June 07, 2021

Divine Rescue

After being informed of a call from a concerned citizen a police officer drove alongside the train tracks shining his floodlight into the dark until he spotted the vehicle straddling the iron rails The trooper rsquo s dashboard camera captured the harrowing scene as the train barreled forward That train was coming fast rdquo the officer said ldquo Fifty to eighty per hour Acting without hesitation he pulled an unconscious man from the car mere seconds before the train slammed into it Scripture reveals God as the One who rescues mdash and rescues often at precisely the moment when all [... more]