Construction of the Aswan High Dam took just over ten years and cost nearly $1 ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Michelle Bengston about her new book Sacred Scars: Resting in God's Promise That Your Past Is Not Wasted, available from Revell publishers. We all endure trials, pain, and hardship in this life. The enemy often uses those experiences to convince us that our brokenness disqualifies us from ever being used by God again--that w…

Weighing more than half a ton, the completed cheese was marked with the Jeffersonian motto ‘Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God’ and was presented to President Jefferson on January 1, ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Dr. Gary Chapman about his new autobiography Life Lessons and Love Languages: What I've Learned on My Unexpected Journey, available from Moody Publishers. Get to know the man behind the 5 Love Languages®. You just might discover yourself along the way. Many people are familiar with Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The 5 Love Lang…

The Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon ...By Scott Allsop

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Amidst enormous anti-German sentiment during the First World War, King George V made a historic proclamation that all descendants of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the male line, who were British subjects, would bear the surname ...By Scott Allsop

The meters were installed along the southeast corner of First Street and Robinson Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City, and charged 5 cents per hour. They proved effective in regulating parking spaces and ensuring a higher turnover rate, which benefited local ...By Scott Allsop

Send us a Text Message. We have decided due to ministry obligations, vacations, among other responsibilities that we have, that we are going to take a short break. We will release our next episode on September 2, 2024. Until then, feel free to listen to some of our other episodes during this break if you would like. You are also welcome to continue…

Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrendered to British Captain Maitland on board the Royal Navy ship HMS ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Cally Logan about her new book The Wallflower that Bloomed: Finding Your Place at the Lunch Table of Life. Introducing The Wallflower that Bloomed by Cally Logan, an empowering and thought-provoking exploration of the hidden potential within each of us. In this profound and introspective book, author Cally Logan, renowned fo…

While Hussein believed Britain had agreed to recognise a vast independent Arab state, the British maintained that certain areas were excluded. This ambiguity went on to fuel later tensions and conflict in the Middle ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Lauren Gaines about her new book Unshakable Kids, available from Baker Books publishers. You may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation …

Over 100 people were killed in the riots and thousands more were injured. In addition, millions of dollars of damage was caused to buildings and ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Adriel Sanchez about his new book Praying with Jesus, available from New Growth Press. In Praying with Jesus, Adriel Sanchez explores the most famous prayer in history, the Lord’s Prayer, and gets to the heart of each thing Jesus told his disciples to pray for. Using the Lord’s Prayer as a framework, he unlocks the mystery o…

A resolution to create the U.S. Army Medal of Honor was authorised by Congress and signed into law by President Abraham ...By Scott Allsop

Hamilton’s death shocked the nation, as he was a leading figure in American politics and instrumental in the country’s ...By Scott Allsop

The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, ...By Scott Allsop

Peter III ascended the throne in January 1762 and within just six months had alienated key segments of Russian society. Meanwhile Catherine had garnered support from a number of key individuals due to her alignment with Russian ...By Scott Allsop

Walter Haut, the public information officer of the Roswell Army Air Field, issued a press release saying that the military had recovered the remains of a ‘flying ...By Scott Allsop

SS United States secured the Blue Riband, an accolade awarded to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic with the highest average speed, and continues to hold the record to this ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Shelley Shepard Gray about her new book Unforgiven, available from Revell publishers. Ex-con Seth Zimmerman has spent the last three years making amends by helping the vulnerable in his former Amish community. Lately, this mission includes calling on Tabitha Yoder, whose divorce from her abusive husband has isolated her from…

Dozens were killed or injured when Pinkerton agents working on behalf of the Carnegie Steel Company fought striking steelworkers in Homestead, ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Casey Hough about her new book Known for Love: Loving Your LGBTQ Friends and Family without Compromising Biblical Truth, available from Moody publishers. Answering the hard and painful questions in a sexually confused world. We live in a world with competing voices about what it means to love and to be loving. It’s tough—if …

The United States continues to be the world’s largest consumer of Spam, with the luncheon meat being a particularly big seller in ...By Scott Allsop

By the time Mehmed VI became sultan following the death of his half-brother, the empire was on the brink of collapse due to a combination of military losses, economic hardship, and nationalist movements at ...By Scott Allsop

By the time Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan in 1989, it had become one of the CIA’s longest and most expensive covert ...By Scott Allsop

The LZ 1 featured a rigid aluminium frame covered with a fabric skin, within which was a series of 17 individual gas cells made from rubberized ...By Scott Allsop

Send us a Text Message. Paul instructs the believers at Corinth concerning the covering of the head by women in the public worship setting in 1Corinthians 11. What was the covering that Paul was referring to? Further, does this passage truly deal with hair, or is it referring to a material item that was popular in the Jewish community of that day, …

Approximately 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured in just three ...By Scott Allsop

With the aid of a 26 foot long balancing pole, he crossed the gorge in a stunt taking just 23 ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Kristin Evans about her new book How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities, available from Baker Books publishers. Building a vibrant and joyful marriage is always a challenge. When you add the stresses inherent in parenting children with disabilities, it becomes both more difficult and more…

Subsequent investigations revealed that a cabin vent valve had accidentally opened and depressurised the capsule when the service module was jettisoned at an altitude of 168 km, causing the crew to fall unconscious and suffer cardiac arrest in less than a ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Tara Dew about her new book Overflowing Joy: What Jesus Says about a Joy-Filled Life, available from B&H Books publishers. Whether you’re facing the ordinary, daily pressures of squaring away today’s to-do list or an unexpected season of suffering that seems to have no end, sometimes it feels like Jesus’s promise of “overflo…

Rioting continued for another five nights and acted as a catalyst for LGBT political ...By Scott Allsop

Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on June 27, 1898, after covering approximately 46,000 miles in an old Massachusetts oyster boat named ...By Scott Allsop

While the speech effectively recognised East Berlin as part of the Soviet Bloc, it also reaffirmed America’s commitment to defend West Berlin against ...By Scott Allsop

North Korean troops launched a surprise and quickly advanced southward to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, within ...By Scott Allsop

In what Kenneth Arnold later complained was an ‘historic misquote’, the press coined the now-ubiquitous phrase ‘flying saucers’ to describe the ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Aaron Rios about his new book Spirit and Truth: Reclaiming the Heart of Worship, available from Lifeword publishers. Does our worship mean anything? What is the ultimate purpose of our songs? The songs we sing in church or listen to were never meant to be a substitute for our worship; they were meant to enhance it. It's time…

400,000 women saw their doctors to obtain Enovid contraceptive prescriptions in the first ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Stacy Kaye about her new book Damaged Goods: A Devotional for the Slightly Imperfect. Does God really care about me? This is a question we all ask ourselves. This book isn’t for the girls who’ve always done everything right. It’s for the oops–I–did–it–againers, the live–my–life–on–my–own–termers, the sometimes–learn–from–my–…

Adolf Hitler seized the opportunity to inflict a symbolic humiliation on the French by signing the armistice in the same location, and in the same railway carriage, as the armistice of the First World ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to James Merritt about his new book The God Who Hears: A 40-Day Prayer Devotional, available from Harvest House Publishers. Praying for God’s Power in Your Times of Need Life’s storms serve as sharp reminders of our profound need for God’s strength. But how do we pray when the trials we face bring us to our knees? And how do we…

Historians have since questioned the convictions, which saw ten men hanged for murder – six in the prison at Pottsville, and four at Mauch Chunk in Carbon ...By Scott Allsop

Wernher von Braun initially developed rockets for the United States Army, but was later made director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he oversaw the design of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft to the ...By Scott Allsop

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3 which informed the enslaved African Americans of their ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to James Spencer about his new book Serpents and Doves: Christians, Politics, and the Art of Bearing Witness. Serpents and Doves provides Christians with a vision for political engagement that is governed by the uniquely Christian task of pointing to and glorifying God. To do so, the book considers questions such as: Why is it …

Madison signed the declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the first time that the United States declared war on another ...By Scott Allsop

Today, Roberta talks to Kyle Winkler about his new book Permission to Be Imperfect: How to Strive Less, Stress Less, Sin Less, available from Chosen Books publishers. Stop Striving and Start Living Is your life ruled by checklists or obligations? Do you define a godly life by service to others, accomplishments, or even a constant pursuit to please …