War games are a necessary part of any military, creating situations to which the military might be called upon to respond and giving the soldiers an opportunity to practice and hone their skills.  Such was the case on this day in 2000. The Russian nuclear submarine, Kursk, was scheduled to meet up with the Russian… Read More »

We’ve all had days where we thought we would snap – literally and figuratively!  Our job had gotten to us, and we wanted to walk out in dramatic, vindictive, retaliatory fashion.  We didn’t but on August 9, 2010, Steven Slater made national news for what he did. Slater had spent nearly 20 years in aviation,… Read More »

Today, we finish Dr. Michael Edwards message concerning the life of Caleb and the challenge it offers to believers today.  If you missed the first half, read yesterday’s devotional first. —- And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever,… Read More »

Dr. Michael Edwards planted the Heritage Baptist Church in Washington D.C. in 1981.  Beginning in a rented space at Potomac Senior High School, the Lord blessed and the church grew.   The church has since grown to an average attendance of seven hundred and has a Christian school with over three hundred students. Dr. Edwards preaches… Read More »

Happy Dollar Day!  Yes, today is National Dollar Day, commemorating the establishment of the monetary system by Congress on August 8, 1786.  The original document of the resolution says, “Resolved, that the standard of the United States of America, for gold and silver, shall be eleven parts fine and one part alloy …”1  The document… Read More »

Accomplishing something on our “bucket list” might be the very thing that causes us to “kick the bucket.”  This could have been the case for Philippe Petit. It was 1968 and Frenchman, Philippe, 17, was sitting in the dentist’s office waiting area with a broken tooth, thumbing through a magazine.  There it was – the… Read More »

The name Gabriel Hostin may not ring a bell but in a minute, you’ll connect the dots.  On June 16, 24-year-old Gabriel was out for an evening run in New Rochelle, NY, an inner suburb on NYC.  An athlete and former Junior Olympian, he frequently would go out running.  The problem on this day was… Read More »

On December 20, 2019, the government gifted us with an early Christmas present – the first addition to the armed forces since 1947.  The United States Space Force (USSF) was born. “The establishment of the USSF resulted from widespread recognition that space is a national security imperative. When combined with the growing threat posed by… Read More »

I have a question that I will pose to the readers.  Maybe someone has a good answer to the question.  I understand why we celebrate the 4th of July.  But there are two other dates that we never consider, one of which possibly overshadows the 4th. On July 2nd, 1776, “Congress … accepted a resolution… Read More »

Robert FitzRoy is a name lost in the obscurity of time.  However, what he became known for is something we take a vested interest in every day.  Let’s first get to know the man. FitzRoy was “a British naval officer, hydrographer, and meteorologist who commanded the voyage of the HMS Beagle, which sailed around the world with Charles Darwin aboard as… Read More »