In March the ldquo Ghost Army rdquo helped US forces achieve the Rhine River crossing mdash giving the allies a vital base to operate from on World War II rsquo s Western Front The soldiers were most definitely human not apparitions all part of the rd Headquarters Special Troops On this occasion the -man team imitated men by using inflatable decoy tanks blasting troop and vehicle sound effects over speakers and more The relatively small number of Ghost Army members led the enemy to fear what appeared to be a far greater force The Midianites and their allies also trembled [... more]

Bad memories and accusing messages flooded Sal rsquo s mind Sleep eluded him as fear filled his heart and sweat covered his skin It was the night before his baptism and he couldn rsquo t stop the onslaught of dark thoughts Sal had received salvation in Jesus and knew that his sins had been forgiven but the spiritual battle continued It rsquo s then that his wife took his hand and prayed for him Moments later peace replaced the fear in Sal rsquo s heart He got up and wrote the words he would share prior to being baptized mdash [... more]

God why is this happening Is this really your plan for us As a husband and a dad of young children those questions and more swirled in my mind as I wrestled with a serious cancer diagnosis What rsquo s more our family had just served with a missions team that had seen many children receive Jesus as their Savior God had been bringing forth evident fruit There was so much joy And now this Esther likely poured out questions and prayers to God after she was plucked from a loving home and thrust into a strange new world Esther [... more]

Since families and friends had been separated by the Berlin Wall Erected that year by the East German government the barrier kept its citizens from fleeing to West Germany In fact from to the day the structure was built it rsquo s estimated that more than million East Germans had bolted to the West US President Ronald Reagan stood at the wall in and famously said ldquo Tear down this wall rdquo His words reflected a groundswell of change in the region that culminated with the wall being torn down in mdash leading to Germany rsquo s joyous reunification Paul [... more]

He did many things well but there was a problem Everyone saw it But because he was so effective in accomplishing most of his role his anger issue wasn rsquo t adequately addressed He was never truly confronted Sadly this resulted in many people being hurt over the years And in the end it led to the premature close of a career that could have been something so much more for this brother in Christ If only I rsquo d chosen to confront him in love long ago In Genesis God provides the perfect picture of what it means to [... more]

In the powerful article ldquo Does My Son Know You rdquo sportswriter Jonathan Tjarks wrote of his battle with terminal cancer and his desire for others to care well for his wife and young son The thirty-four-year-old wrote the piece just six months prior to his death Tjarks a believer in Jesus whose father had died when he was a young adult shared Scriptures that speak of care for widows and orphans Exodus Isaiah James And in words directed to his friends he wrote ldquo When I see you in heaven there rsquo s only one thing I rsquo m [... more]

In an engineer with the ambition to shoot an arrow farther than anyone in history took aim at the record of feet While lying on his back on a salt flat he drew back the bowstring of his personally designed foot bow and prepared to launch the projectile to what he hoped would be a new record distance of more than a mile feet Taking a deep breath he let the arrow fly It didn rsquo t travel a mile In fact it traveled less than a foot mdash launching into his foot and causing considerable damage Ouch nbsp Sometimes [... more]

In his book Margin Dr Richard Swenson writes ldquo We must have some room to breathe We need freedom to think and permission to heal Our relationships are being starved to death by velocity Our children lay wounded on the ground run over by our high-speed good intentions Is God now pro-exhaustion Doesn rsquo t He lead people beside the still waters anymore Who plundered those wide-open spaces of the past and how can we get them back rdquo Swenson says we need some quiet fertile ldquo land rdquo in life where we can rest in God and meet with [... more]

My friend rsquo s eyes revealed what I was feeling mdash fear We two teens had behaved poorly and were now cowering before the camp director The man who knew our dads well shared lovingly but pointedly that our fathers would be greatly disappointed We wanted to crawl under the table mdash feeling the weight of personal responsibility for our offense God gave Zephaniah a message for the people of Judah that contained potent words about personal responsibility for sin Zephaniah ndash After describing the judgments He would bring against Judah rsquo s foes ch He turned His eyes on [... more]

The look on the young teen rsquo s face reflected angst and shame Heading into the Winter Olympics her success as a figure skater was unparalleled mdash a string of championships had made her a lock to win a gold medal But then a test result revealed a banned substance in her system With the immense weight of expectations and condemnation pressing down on her she fell multiple times during her free-skate program and didn rsquo t stand on the victors rsquo platform mdash no medal She rsquo d displayed artistic freedom and creativity on the ice prior to the [... more]

The crime was shocking and the man who committed it was sentenced to life in prison In the years that followed the man mdash in solitary confinement mdash began a process of mental and spiritual healing It led to repentance and a restored relationship with Jesus These days he rsquo s been allowed limited interactions with other inmates And by God rsquo s grace through his witness some fellow-prisoners have received Christ as Savior mdash finding forgiveness in Him Moses though now recognized as a great man of faith also committed a shocking crime After he witnessed ldquo an Egyptian [... more]

Jos eacute a young believer in Jesus was visiting his brother rsquo s church As he entered the sanctuary prior to the service his brother rsquo s face fell when he saw him Jos eacute rsquo s tattoos covering both arms were visible since he was wearing a T-shirt His brother told him to go home and put on a long-sleeved shirt for many of Jos eacute rsquo s tattoos reflected the ways of his past Jos eacute suddenly felt dirty But another man overheard the brothers rsquo interaction and brought Jos eacute to the pastor telling him what had [... more]

The Brooklyn Bridge was considered ldquo the eighth wonder of the world rdquo upon its completion in But a single slender wire strung from one bridge tower to the other was essential for the structure to come to fruition Additional wires were added to the first until a massive cable along with three others was woven together When finished each cable mdash composed of more than five thousand galvanized wires mdash helped support the longest suspension bridge in its day What started as something small turned into a huge part of the Brooklyn Bridge Jesus rsquo life began in a [... more]

Nokia became the world rsquo s best-selling mobile phone company in and saw profits rise to nearly four billion dollars in But by sales were diminishing and soon the failing phone brand was acquired by Microsoft One factor in Nokia rsquo s mobile division failure was a fear-based work culture that led to disastrous decisions Managers were afraid to tell the truth about the Nokia phone rsquo s inferior operating system and other design problems for fear of being fired King Ahaz of Judah and his people were fearful mdash ldquo shaken as the trees of the forest are shaken [... more]

Ever had a close encounter with a rattlesnake If so you might have noticed that the sound of the rattle seemed to get more intense as you moved nearer to the viper Research reported in in Current Biology reveals that the venomous reptiles do increase their rattling rate when they think a threat is approaching This ldquo high-frequency mode rdquo can cause us to think they rsquo re closer than they are As one researcher put it ldquo The misinterpretation of distance by the listener creates a distance safety margin rdquo People can sometimes use increasing volume with harsh words [... more]

As a teen I was driving way too fast trying to follow my friend to his home after a high school basketball practice It was raining hard and I was having a hard time keeping up with his car Suddenly my wipers cleared the watery windshield only to reveal my friend rsquo s sedan stopped in front of me I slammed on the brakes slid off the street and struck a large tree My car was destroyed Later I awoke in the comatose ward of a local hospital While by God rsquo s grace I survived my reckless ways had [... more]

In a devastating storm raged for days leading to widespread flooding in northern Europe Thousands of people lost their lives in the Netherlands Germany and Denmark History reveals an interesting and customary mdash for that time mdash response by at least one local government The provincial authorities of the Dutch city of Groningen called for a ldquo prayer day rdquo in response to the disaster A historian reports that the citizens gathered in churches and ldquo listened to sermons sang psalms and prayed for hours rdquo The prophet Joel describes an overwhelming disaster faced by the people of Judah that [... more]

While scuba diving in Jennifer rsquo s eyes fixed on a small green bottle at the bottom of a river She scooped up what she describes as ldquo a once-in-a-lifetime find rdquo The bottle contained a message written by a young man on his eighteenth birthday in The words requested that whoever discovered the message return it to him Jennifer used Facebook to locate a delighted family member of the man Although he rsquo d died in his once-hidden note brought joy to Jennifer and his family In Kings we read that Hilkiah made an extraordinary find when he ldquo [... more]

New York Liberty G F DiDi Richards and guest host Ben Lyons discuss the rise in popularity of the WNBA and more Golf Digest's Hally Leadbetter joins the show in-studio to discuss the Open Championship at St Andrews how LIV Golf will force the PGA Tour to change and adapt says what Michelle Wie's golf legacy will be once she retires and reveals which celebrities can and can't golf very well Learn more about your ad choices Visit podcastchoices com adchoices [... more]

Charla was dying and she knew it While she was lying on her hospital room bed her surgeon and a group of young interns poured into the room For the next several minutes the doctor ignored Charla as he described her terminal condition to the interns Finally he turned to her and asked ldquo And how are you rdquo Charla weakly smiled and warmly told the group about her hope and peace in Jesus Some two thousand years ago Jesus rsquo battered naked body hung in humiliation on a cross before a crowd of onlookers Would He lash out at [... more]