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ODJ: saving rahab

The RQ-170 Sentinel is a sophisticated, secretive, unmanned stealth aircraft used to collect intelligence before and during military operations. It’s believed that this spy drone played a critical role in surveilling the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was hiding in the months before he was killed.

In another age, ‘Operation Occupy Canaan’ had commenced. The military co

ODJ: suffering for good

Within the span of just 20 minutes last December, four Pakistani women were shot and killed in the city of Karachi. A fifth woman was shot in the city of Peshawar. To make the situation even more horrific, these women were medical staff, implementing a polio vaccine programme organised by the UN. A spokesman for the Karachi police explained to the BBC how “these were pre-planned and coordinated

ODJ: power of forgiveness

What would you do to follow God? Love others? Absolutely. Sell your possessions and give the money to the poor? Done. What about forgiving the person who wronged you? Hmm. That’s a tough one. Are you sure I have to?

Jesus said so. Twice. The Lord’s Prayer implores God to “forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us” (Matthew 6:12)

ODJ: take a stand

Home ground advantage is no myth. According to Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim, in their book Scorecasting, the home team wins more often than the visiting team. Why? The writers state: “Officials’ bias is the most significant contribution to home ground advantage.” The officials respond to the pressure from the fans because they don’t like to get booed. When the contests are close

ODJ: thank you, friends

Albert Lee, former international director of RBC Ministries—the parent ministry of ODJ—was instrumental in helping the organisation to establish offices in 32 locations and to distribute resources to more than 150 countries. On his 60th birthday, he wrote these words, “As I reflect on the past 60 years of my life, my story could be summarised with these two words: greatly help

ODJ: drift

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Adrian Vasquez frantically waved from his tiny fishing boat. A cruise ship was within eyesight! After their boat’s engine had failed, Adrian and two friends had been adrift for days on the ocean, far from their home. Some passengers aboard the cruise ship spotted the three and told crewmembers. But, inexplicably, the ship didn’t stop to help the three fishermen. When Adrian was final

ODJ: fallen

Because we had moved before, I didn’t consider it unusual when my dad decided to find another position and relocate us to a new city. Just 12 years old, I hated leaving the friends and life I knew, but I accepted the idea that God was calling us to something new. I didn’t know the real reason for our departure until years later. With many aware of his infidelity, our lead pastor had been engag

ODJ: it’s not about me

Tim Keller asks, “Is the Bible basically about me and what I must do? Or is it basically about Jesus and what He has done?” The pastor and author asks us to consider the familiar account of David and Goliath. We tend to view that story as an example of how God can help us slay the metaphorical giants in our lives. Keller suggests that’s a mistake. A story from the gospel of Luke reveals why.

ODJ: in the open

Last autumn a professional athlete fatally shot his girlfriend during a domestic dispute at home and then took his own life outside his team’s stadium. Following the tragedy, some tried to pin the murder-suicide on a lack of gun control. Others wondered if the concussion the man had suffered weeks earlier or the medication prescribed for it contributed to his actions. One of his teammates offere