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Recently There Was An Article In The September 19 ... PRO
Contributed by Roger Nix on Jan 11, 2003 (message contributor)
Recently there was an article in the September 19 edition of the Washington Times entitled Aboard Flight 564.
It reads: As it was at most US Airports, last Saturday was the first near normal day at Denver International since the terrorist attacks. On United Flight 564, the door had just been locked and the plane was about to pull out of the gate when the captain came on the public address system. I want to thank you brave folks for coming out today. We don’t have any new instructions from the federal government, so from now on we’re on our own. The passengers listened in total silence. He explained that airport measures had pretty much solved the problem of firearms being carried aboard, but not weapons of the type the terrorists apparently used, plastic knives or those fashioned from wood or ceramics. Sometimes a potential hijacker will announce that he has a bomb. There are no bombs on this aircraft and if someone were to get up make that claim, don’t believe him. If someone were to stand up, brandish something such as a plastic knife and say, This is a hijacking or words to that effect here is what you should do: Every one of you should stand up and immediately throw things at that person_ pillows, books, magazines, eyeglasses, shoes _ anything that will throw him off balance and distract his attention. If he has an accomplice or two do the same with them. Most important: get a blanket over him, then wrestle him to the floor and keep him there. We’ll land the plane at the nearest airport and the authorities will take it from there.
Remember, there will be one of him and maybe a few accomplices but there are 200 of you. You can overwhelm them. The Declaration of Independence says We the people and that’s just what it is when we’re up in the air: we, the people’ and that’s just what it is when we’re up in the air: we, the people, vs. would-be terrorists. I don’t think we are going to have any such problem today or tomorrow or for a while, but some time down the road, it is going to happen again and I...
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Spurgeon (1) Wrote, " I Think I May Say To Every ... PRO
Contributed by Michael Raisbeck on Jul 18, 2003
Spurgeon (1) wrote, " I think I may say to every person whom I am addressing,-If you are yourself saved, the work is but half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ. You are as yet but half formed in the image of your Lord. You have not attained to the full development of the ...read more
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Do You Remember The Story Of Aron Ralston From ... PRO
Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 27, 2004
Do you remember the story of Aron Ralston from last year? Aron Ralston loves the outdoors, hiking and trekking in the mountains. Last May he was hiking alone when a boulder fell and pinned him by the arm. For five days he waited for rescue. Then, facing dehydration and death, he took an incredible ...read more
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For Example, In Late Fall Of 1777, General ...
Contributed by J. Martin on Apr 12, 2005
For example, in late fall of 1777, General George Washington and his rag tag army of militiamen suffered 2 defeats at the hands of the British at Brandywine and Germantown. He and his 11,000 men retreated to Valley Forge, PA to establish winter headquarters. It was a dark time for the revolution. ...read more
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Philip Yancey's Book The Jesus I Never Knew ... PRO
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 5, 2004
Philip Yancey’s book The Jesus I Never Knew (1995,p.188) picked up on this, and he noted, of the many biographies he had read, “few devote more than ten percent of their pages to the subject’s death – including biographies of men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who died violent ...read more
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C.s. Lewis, In Mere Christianity Says "The Real ... PRO
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity says “The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in ...read more
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