No Atheists in the Water

Hello Everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is a story that illustrates our need for God.

 NO ATHEISTS IN THE WATER

David Harrell wrote a book telling the story of his father, Edgar Harrell. Edgar was one of the 300 survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last US ship sunk by enemy contact in WW2. 600 of the 900 men who survived the ship's sinking were stranded in the water for five days - many with only a life vest - all facing thirst, hunger, injuries, dehydration and sharks. They all came face to face with fear and their own mortality.

Edgar testifies of those days alone in the ocean, "Clearly there were no atheists in the water that day. Gone was that damnable attitude of pride that deceives men into thinking that there is no God, or if there is, they don't need Him. When a man is confronted with death, it is the face of Almighty God he sees, not his own. We were all acutely aware of our Creator during those days and nights."

(David Harrell, “Out of the Depths,” Xulon Press, 2005, 112-113).

William J. Roop

Roop-Crappell Ministries

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Brother Roop teaches the Bible

God's Red Cross

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

 One cold September day in 1944, a American prisoner of war in Germany received a Red Cross package in the mail. In it, there was food and a Monopoly game. The soldier was so hungry that all he could think about was the food, so he quickly ate the food.

In the dim light that came from the window of his barracks, he saw the special Monopoly game he had placed on the bed.  Before he went to war, he was told that the Monopoly game would have tools to escape.

Hidden behind the picture of a dog was a magnetic compass.  Hidden behind the picture of a red hotel was a tiny silk map of his region of Germany. It had details of the location of his camp and directions on where he could expect to find help.  Under the fake money, he found real French, German and Italian money!

He found all the things that he needed to make his escape!  Each of us is trapped in the Prisoner of War camp of “sin” but all heaven is working on our behalf to set us free!  Someday soon, sin and wars will cease.  Jesus will come and take the faithful people to heaven and they will have eternal life.

 When we accept Jesus as our personal Savior and obey the Plan of Salvation found in the Book of Acts 2:38, and reflect the love of Jesus, we can have eternal life!

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

Roop-Crappell Ministries

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Apostolic Theological Seminary