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09/19/2026

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HIS PARACHUTE WAS DAMAGED AND HE PRAYED LORD YOUR WILL BE DONE ON THE WAY DOWN

Airman rescued in Iran has finally told his own story. In a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday with newly declassified rescue footage, an Air Force colonel identified only by his call sign "Bravo" described the 50 hours he spent evading capture in Iran after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in early April.

He was the weapons systems officer on a crew flying under the call sign Dude 44, striking industrial sites tied to Iran's drone and missile production near mountains south of Isfahan. An Iranian shoulder fired missile hit them. He said it felt like a freight train. He told Norah O'Donnell it had been just another day in the war until that moment.

His parachute was damaged. He fell fast, and he prayed, "Lord, your will be done." He landed with a broken back, a broken arm, a broken shoulder, a sprained ankle, and bleeding wounds on his head and face.

Then he got up and started moving away from the crash site. Over two days he treated his own wounds and climbed roughly 7,000 feet. When he found cover and got communications working, the message he transmitted to tell them he was alive was three words. God is good.

The pilot, call sign Alpha, was rescued in daylight within hours. Bravo's rescue took 155 aircraft. No Americans were lost.

09/19/2026

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FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT IN ONE DAY, THE MOST IN THE CHURCH'S ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS

Biltmore Church baptism record just got set in western North Carolina. On Sunday afternoon, September 13, people lined the shore of a mountain lake in Fletcher as 458 people waded in and were baptized at the church's annual outdoor baptism service.

Lead Pastor Bruce Frank called it the largest single-day baptism total in the church's 137-year history. He estimated nearly 4,000 people attended. Some were there to be baptized themselves. Some came to watch a husband, a wife, a kid go under. Some drove hundreds of miles just to be on that shore.

Frank posted afterward that it was a privilege and a joy to see 458 people professing faith in Jesus through baptism, and called the service very humbling and a visible picture of God at work.

Here is the detail that matters most. Frank said the majority of people being baptized at Biltmore are adults, and he credits church members personally sharing their faith with neighbors, coworkers and friends. Not a campaign. Not a program. Regular people talking to people they already know.

The church recorded 686 baptisms in 2025, its most ever in a single year. It is at 636 so far in 2026 and expects to pass 700. The stated goal for 2027 is 1,000.

09/12/2026

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08/13/2026

THE STORY BEHIND "AMAZING GRACE, HOW SWEET THE SOUND"

Few hymns have touched hearts across generations like “Amazing Grace.” Its message of redemption, mercy and transformation has made it one of the most beloved hymns in Christian history.

The hymn was written by John Newton (1725–1807), an Englishman whose early life was marked by hardship, rebellion and his involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

Newton worked aboard slave ships and later became a captain involved in the trafficking of enslaved Africans. His life, however, took a dramatic turn.

In 1748, while returning from a voyage, Newton’s ship encountered a violent storm in the Atlantic. As the vessel battled the waves, Newton cried out to God for mercy. The experience became a significant turning point in his spiritual journey.

His transformation was gradual. Newton eventually left the slave trade and devoted his life to Christian ministry. He later became an Anglican priest and served as a minister in Olney, England.

It was during his time in Olney that Newton wrote the words of “Amazing Grace.” The hymn was first published in 1779 in Olney Hymns, a collection Newton compiled with poet William Cowper.

The opening verse became a timeless declaration of grace:

“Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.”

The words reflect Newton’s own understanding of redemption , the belief that God’s grace can reach a person who is lost, transform a broken life and give hope where there was once despair.

Interestingly, the melody most commonly associated with “Amazing Grace” today was not the original tune published with Newton’s words. The familiar melody, known as NEW BRITAIN, became closely associated with the hymn in the 19th century and helped carry it around the world.

More than two centuries later, “Amazing Grace” remains a beloved hymn, sung in churches, concert halls, memorial services and gatherings across the world.

Its message remains as powerful today as when Newton first wrote it:

Grace can find us.

Grace can change us.

Grace can lead us home.

08/13/2026

He works all things for good!

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10/10/2025

“I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely
I will heal you.”

2 Kings 20:5

09/24/2025

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