‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.’ Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV) Memorial Day…celebrated every year, on the last Monday of the month. We attend parades, we take flowers to the cemeteries, ...
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The calendar brings us to Memorial Day, the most solemn of our national holidays. Memorials—like all great things—were God’s idea first. God commanded the use of memorials to the children of Israel, and woven throughout scripture are examples of memorials as celebration and worship. Like everything that God commands, it ...
Read More »Courageous Canine Reunited at Last
Former Marine corporal Deano Miller had been waiting four years to be reunited with the one friend who kept him going while serving in Afghanistan in 2010; his military yellow lab, Thor. The reunion took place at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Thursday May 22. The two had worked together ...
Read More »Army Sergeant Recieves Medal of Honor
On Tuesday May 13, 2014, Army Sergeant Kyle J. White was awarded by President Obama the Medal of Honor “for his heroic actions in Afghanistan in 2007” (CBS News) White earned the Medal while serving as a platoon radio telephone operator in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Nuristan Province. In ...
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