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Tapping into the Power of God, Max Lucado Part of the answer is illustrated in a story about a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century. She was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have…

There lived some few years ago in Perugia, in Italy, a man of the loosest morals and the worst conceivable disposition. He had given up all religion, he loathed God, and had arrived at such a desperate state of mind that he had conceived an affection for the devil, and endeavored to worship the evil…

If Niagara could suddenly be made to leap upward instead of forever dashing downward from its rocky height, it would not be such a miracle as to change the perverse will and the raging passions of men. To wash the Ethiopian white, or remove the leopard’s spots, is proverbially a difficulty, yet these…

Sometimes, when a physician has a sick man before him—suppose it is on board ship—he may have to say to him, “I think I could cure your disease if I could get such-and-such a medicine. But, unfortunately, I do not have the drug within my reach.” Or the doctor might have to say to the sufferer, “I believe…

In the Battle of Salamanca, when Wellington told one of his officers to advance with his troops and occupy a gap that the Duke perceived in the lines of the French, the general rode up to him and said, “My lord, I will do the work, but first give me a grasp of that conquering right hand of yours.” He…

Fashion brand Louis Vuitton was looking forward to his fall fashion show which was to be held in France at an outdoor venue. Worried about the weather, Vuitton hired a shaman to ensure that no rain would fall during the show. Something worked because there was no rain during the show. The unidentified…

As the twin-engine airplane descended to the runway at Orlando Executive Airport, an 11-foot alligator attacked it. The 500-pound gator was crossing the runway at when it snapped at wing of the low-flying aircraft. The alligator died instantly after making contact with the plane’s wing. An alligator…

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Island suffered from major power outages. One report said “The Electric Power Authority said it dispatched crews to investigate why a key 230-kilovolt line that connects the Island's northern and southern regions had failed for the second time in a week.…

Noise from strong winds prompted a Niagara Falls, New York resident to ask the local police to stop the wind from blowing. An audio recording released by the department reveals how a dispatcher handled the unusual request. She said, “All cars be advised, someone called to see if the police could stop…

When most people think of the Super Bowl, they think of football. In 2015, NASA added a bit of football-themed rivalry that focused attention on God’s handiwork. On February 1st, the day of the big game, NASA tweeted photos of supernovas all day, asking lovers of space and football to retweet the nebula…

Tornados that struck the Dallas, Texas area the weekend after Christmas 2015 left a trail of death and destruction have become a symbol of hope for one church. The Oasis in Garland lost their building in the storms, but the pastor, Barney Huie, says the disaster that struck the church is going to be…

Rosaria Butterfield, author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert is a former lesbian whose book talks of her conversion. She says this about what happened to her. “I wasn’t converted out of homosexuality. I was converted out of unbelief.” The Bible holds out hope to all. There are no sinners…

Physicists in Switzerland have announced that they have discovered a sub atomic particle that could change our understanding of the universe. Scientists using the large Hadron Collider say they have isolated the particle known as the Higgs Boson. The particle could explain why other particles have mass…

Author Anne Lamont said, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Just as unplugging a computer and re-plugging it allows the computer to reset and start over, it is important for us to unplug at times. God knew this in the beginning, he made us to unplug…

Astronomers first spotted an odd looking asteroid in September of 2013. At the time, it looked appeared to be an unusual fuzzy object in space. Two weeks later, closer observations reveal what appeared to be three bodies moving together in a cloud of dust roughly the diameter of the Earth. To get a better…

Katy Waldman writing in Slate.com reacts to the blame given for the horrific actions of humans. “Mostly, people see acts of violence and evil ‘through their personal viewfinders.’ It is the video games. No, its mental illness.” She was responding to the accusation that the Internet was responsible for…

“History teaches us about the cyclic rise and fall of civilizations, which, as they become more complex and interconnected, also become more vulnerable to collapse. The earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” –Camille Paglia We can think as highly of ourselves, our…

Long before the books closed on 2011, the year was one of the costliest in terms of natural disasters in the United States. During the first nine months of the year, there were ten natural disasters with losses of more than $1 billion or more. Though there have been single disasters such as Hurricane…

The power unleashed by a thunderstorm inspires awe and wonder. A storm on the planet Saturn has astronomers marveling at the power being unleashed in the heavens. The storm, known as a Great White Spot, first appeared as a tiny white dot in the planet’s atmosphere in December 2010. A few weeks later,…

From the beginning, humankind has sought ways to control the environment in which they live, including the weather. One of the miracles of Jesus reported by the gospel writers is his control over the wind and the storms. God, not humans, is in control of the winds, and our education and technology is…

Astronomers continue to find more wonders in the far reaches of outer space. Recently researchers in London announced they had spotted an exotic planet that might be a giant diamond racing around a tiny star. The planet orbits a dense neutron star in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun.…

An orbiting satellite recently captured an event on film that have never been observed before. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory witnessed the fiery destruction of a comet as it crashed into the sun. Officials said one of the solar imagers on the spacecraft spotted what is known as a sun-graving comet…

The 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater has produced a miracle that shows how uniquely God has made each person. Petra Anderson was hit by buckshot four times during rampage. Three pellets hit the woman in her arm, and a fourth passed through her nose into her brain and lodged in the back of her…

Fruit Farmers in California are turning to a new type of cannon to protect their crops. The cannons, called hail cannons, use explosive acetylene gas to shoot 200 mph sonic shockwaves into the air. In theory, the shockwaves break up hail in the clouds and turn it into extra rain before it hits the ground.…

A somewhat controversial new cosmic theory suggests that the end of the universe might be cataclysmic. The theory expressed by an astronomical study’s lead author Robert Caldwell of Dartmouth University suggests the universe could end as a “phantom energy” eventually rips galaxies, stars, planets, and…