Posts Tagged with "peace"

When was the last time you were tempted to bow down and worship a carved wooden image? How about offering a sacrifice to a false god? Was it yesterday? Two weeks ago? Never? For Christians living in the U.S. in 2025, this temptation has most likely never crossed our minds. Yet the Scriptures are full of warnings and commands regarding the worship of idols. Here is what...

Have you heard of Hiroo Onoda? He was the last Japanese soldier to surrender in World War 2. But he didn’t wave a white flag in 1945. Hiroo held out for nearly 30 years deep in the Philippine jungles of Lubang. Obeying orders, he refused to surrender under any circumstances—including villagers leaving notes declaring that the war was over, the Japanese government d...