by sjchurchadmin | Dec 20, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
A li’le girl was walking along a beach covered with thousands of starfish le( dying by the receding !de Seeking to help, she started picking up the dying starfish and tossing them back into the ocean. A man who watched her with amusement, said, “Li’le...
by sjchurchadmin | Dec 13, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
During the Korean War, Communist forces invaded the city of Hungnam and began mass execu!ons of Koreans who were suspected of sympathizing with the American cause. The American Navy responded to this atrocity by sending 200 ships to evacuate the refugees from Hungnan....
by sjchurchadmin | Dec 6, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
Every year people in the US remember December 7th as “Pearl Harbor Day.” December 7, 1941 began like any other day for the Americans living in Pearl Harbor. The Americans hardly expected any a&ack on their harbor. Based on the available intelligence, the senior...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 29, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
On the night of April 15, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlan!c and sank. Over 1,500 people lost their lives in one of the worst sea disasters in history. A few years ago a magazine recalled the great disaster and asked its readers this shocking –...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 22, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
In the 1920s, a totalitarian regime gained control of Mexico and tried to suppress the Church. To resist the regime, many Chris!ans took up the cry, “Viva Cristo Rey!” (“Long live Christ the King!”) They called themselves “Cristeros.” The most famous...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 15, 2015 | Pastor's Desk
People have been predic#ng the end of the world since the first century. St. Paul thought Christ would return in his life#me. Hippolytus, one of the early philosophers, predicted Christ would return in 500 A.D. In 960, German theologian, Bernard of Thuringia,...
