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Luke Stories & Illustrations

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The Text That Changed Everything

On January 15, 2009, passengers on US Airways Flight 1549 braced for impact as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger glided their crippled Airbus onto the Hudson...

Luke 2:10-11Universal

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The News That Reached Galveston

On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read General Order No. 3...

Luke 2:10-11Universal

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The Missionary Who Would Not Turn Back

In 1925, Eric Liddell was the most famous athlete in Britain. His gold medal at the Paris Olympics had made him a national hero, and...

Luke 9:51-62Universal

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The Lighthouse Keeper of Peggy's Cove

In 1998, when Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the Atlantic just off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, it was the local fishermen who responded first. They...

Luke 21:25-36Universal

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Shackleton's Fourth Attempt

When Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition collapsed in 1916, he was forced to leave twenty-two men stranded on desolate Elephant Island while he sailed eight hundred...

Luke 15:3-7Universal

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A Modern Story of Climate Change and Hope - Biblical Analogy

Imagine a small coastal town, once vibrant with life, now grappling with the harsh realities of climate change. The sea, once a source of joy where children splashed and fishermen cast their nets, has begun to swallow the shoreline, leaving...

Luke 4:18-19Arminian/Wesleyan

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The Morehouse Moment

In May 2019, billionaire Robert F. Smith stood at the podium during Morehouse College's commencement and made an announcement nobody expected. After delivering a standard...

Luke 4:14-21Universal

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The Telegram That Changed Everything on Armistice Morning

On November 11, 1918, Private Arthur Brooks huddled in a muddy trench near Verdun, France. For four years, the Western Front had been a landscape...

Luke 2:10-11Universal

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Real-World Economic Justice and the Kingdom - Biblical Analogy

Imagine a bustling marketplace, alive with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and families bartering for fresh vegetables. One corner of this marketplace, however, reveals a stark contrast. A young woman named Miriam stands with her two children, their...

Luke 4:18-19Eastern Orthodox

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The Sprinter Who Wouldn't Run

In the spring of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived in Paris for the Olympic Games as Britain's fastest man. Then he learned the 100-meter...

Luke 1:57-66, 80Universal

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The Bridge Builder Who Never Looked Back

In 2017, ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter stood at the starting line of the Moab 240 — a 238-mile race through the Utah desert. By mile...

Luke 9:51-62Universal

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Churchill's Vigil in the Darkest Hour

In the spring of 1940, Winston Churchill assumed leadership of Britain at what many believed was the end of civilization itself. France was falling. The...

Luke 21:25-36Universal

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The Girl Who Heard a Voice in the Garden

On February 7, 1837, a sixteen-year-old named Florence Nightingale sat in the garden of her family's estate in Embley Park, Hampshire, and heard what she...

Luke 1:26-38Universal

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The Bag by the Door

In 2011, when wildfires swept through Bastrop County, Texas, residents had minutes to evacuate. Margaret Hensley, a retired schoolteacher, grabbed one bag she kept packed...

Luke 12:32-40Universal

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The Midnight Shift at Jodrell Bank

In 1957, a young radio astronomer named Bernard Lovell stood beneath the massive dish of Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, waiting. For years, skeptics...

Luke 21:25-36Universal

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Dorothy Day and the Unwelcome Guest

In 1933, Dorothy Day opened the first Catholic Worker house in New York City's Lower East Side. The dining room had no reserved seating, no...

Luke 14:1, 7-14Universal

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The Doctor They Refused to Believe

In 1847, a young Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis made a discovery that should have changed medicine overnight. Working in Vienna General Hospital's maternity ward,...

Luke 4:21-30Universal

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The Librarian Who Waited Forty Years

In 1983, Margaret Chen began volunteering at the Oak Park Public Library in Chicago, shelving books in the children's section every Tuesday and Thursday. She...

Luke 2:22-40Universal

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The Watchmaker Who Lived to See the Hour Strike

In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce first introduced a motion to abolish the slave trade. It failed. He introduced it again the...

Luke 2:22-40Universal

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The Memorial Sewn Into the Coat

On the night of November 23, 1654, the brilliant mathematician Blaise Pascal sat alone in his room in Paris when something shattered his ordinary evening....

Luke 9:28b-36Universal

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The Voice That Broke Through the Static

On December 11, 1941, four days after Pearl Harbor, a young Navy wife named Clara Hodges sat in her kitchen in San Diego, hands trembling...

Luke 2:10-11Universal

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The Birdwatcher Who Waited Forty Years

In 1953, a young ornithologist named Don Merton traveled to Big South Cape Island off the coast of New Zealand to document a bird most...

Luke 2:22-40Universal

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The Heart Strangely Warmed on Aldersgate Street

On May 24, 1738, John Wesley walked through the streets of London as a defeated man. He had crossed the Atlantic to convert Native Americans...

Luke 24:13-35Universal

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Gladys Aylward's One-Way Ticket

In 1932, a London parlor maid named Gladys Aylward counted out her meager savings — just enough for a one-way train ticket to China. She...

Luke 12:32-40Universal