Drowning People Can't Cry for Help

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, every day about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes ...

Toys Lost at Sea Need Outside Intervention

In 1992, a cargo ship left Hong Kong, bound for the U.S. While in route, the ship hit rough seas, and several shipping containers were washed overboard ...

Tree Survives 9/11 and a Massive Storm

Naturalist Jane Goodall tells the true story about a Callery pear tree that had been planted near Building 5 of the World Trade Center. Since the early ...

Plane Passengers Rescue a Shipwrecked Man

It took a team effort to rescue one shipwrecked Aussie.

Mr. Glenn Ey, a 44-year-old Australian man, was lost at sea. What had been a relaxing two weeks ...

Trapped Chilean Miners Couldn't Rescue Themselves

In the fall of 2010, billions of people around the globe were captivated by the story of the Chilean miners. Trapped beneath two thousand feet of solid ...

Film 'Taken' Shows a Father's Relentless Pursuit of His Daughter

In the 2008 film Taken, Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative who determines to track down his teenage daughter after she's been kidnapped ...

Man Discovers He Was a Missing Child

Imagine one day discovering that you were a lost, missing child.

Marx Barnes—now named Steve Carter—born in 1977, had no inkling he was a lost, ...

Father Receives Scars While Rescuing His Son during a Tsunami

Wayne Cordeiro tells the story about a church member named Bully, a gentle man who got his nickname from his days of barking orders at construction sites. ...

Two Phases of Gratitude for Our Salvation

Jared Wilson defines "gospel wakefulness" as treasuring Christ more greatly and savoring his power more sweetly. He illustrates with the following: ...

True Faith Is Like Grabbing a Rope from Our Rescuer

Philosopher Nicholas Beale and scientist John Polkinghorne use the following story to illustrate the nature of biblical faith:

A philosopher, a scientist, ...