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Desmond Doss: The Soldier Who Saved 75 Men Without a Weapon
Okinawa· 1945
Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge without a weapon, praying "Lord, help me get one more." First conscientious objector Medal of Honor.
The Dog Who Knew Before the Seizure Hit
Cape Town· 2021-2022
A South African woman with uncontrolled epilepsy was matched with a seizure alert dog named Grace, who could detect seizures up to 45 minutes before they...
Three Days Inside a Fish: The Prophet Who Ran and Got Swallowed
Mediterranean Sea· c. 780 BC
The prophet Jonah ran from God's assignment to Nineveh, was thrown overboard in a storm, and was swallowed by a great fish for three days -- where the...
The Whale That Shielded a Surfer from a Great White Shark
Cook Islands· 2020
Whale biologist Nan Hauser was physically shielded from a tiger shark by a humpback whale off the Cook Islands in 2020, part of a documented pattern of...
The Missionary Who Slept While Cobras Guarded His Door
Tanna· 1860s
Missionary John G. Paton on the island of Tanna survived multiple assassination attempts in the 1860s, protected by what attackers described as shining...
The Guide Dog Who Led His Blind Owner Down 78 Floors on 9/11
New York City· September 11, 2001
Michael Hingson, a blind man working on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, was led down 1,463 steps to safety by his guide dog Roselle on September...
The Night the Lions Didn't Eat
Babylon (modern Iraq)· c. 539 BC
Daniel, an elderly statesman in his eighties, was thrown into a den of execution lions for refusing to stop praying.
The Dog That Wouldn't Board the Titanic
Southampton to North Atlantic· April 1912
Documented accounts of dogs exhibiting unusual distress before the Titanic sailed, alongside the story of pastor John Harper, who used his final moments...
When a Donkey Saw What a Prophet Couldn't
Moab (modern Jordan)· c. 1400 BC
The biblical account of Balaam's donkey, who saw the angel of the Lord and saved her master's life three times while he beat her for disobedience -- a...
Ernest Shackleton: The Fourth Man on the Ice
South Georgia Island· 1916
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his companions, crossing the unmapped glaciers of South Georgia after their ship was crushed in Antarctic ice, all reported the...
Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives
Calabar· 1876-1915
Mary Slessor left the slums of Dundee for the jungles of Calabar, Nigeria, where she spent nearly forty years walking barefoot through the rainforest,...
Jim Elliot: The Jungle That Became an Altar
Ecuador
Jim Elliot sensed his calling in the mountains of Oregon and found his deepest communion with God in the jungles of Ecuador, where he and four companions...