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never need them, they only included enough for less than half those on board, to make for a better looking, less crowded boat deck. Iceberg warnings came in all day and evening but were generally ignored and Titanic pressed forward, speeding even faster toward disaster. Perhaps what makes the story of the Titanic so sad and heart-rending is that the people involved were really no differ- ent than we are today. We can easily identify with them. If we were on a ship that was said to be “unsinkable,” would we feel it necessary to hold a lifeboat drill, or would we call it off if it was too cold outside or inconvenient? Would we heed iceberg warnings if we “knew” our ship was unsinkable, or con- tinue on with the party we were enjoy- ing? Wealth, comfort and luxury can make people complacent, lulled into a false sense of security. We can become so full of ourselves that we feel we’re in- vincible. We can think all is well, when disaster is just around the corner. As First Thessalonians tells us, “When they shall say, ‘Peace and safety,’ then sud- den destruction cometh upon them...and they shall not escape.” In much the same way the people of Noah’s day were warned, and just as Sodom and Gomorrah were warned, and just as those on the Titanic were warned about the icebergs, we are warned about the consequences of complacency and indifference to sin — sin in the world and sin in our own lives. We’re warned of the cost of living apart from God and without the salvation of Christ. But do we heed the warnings? Or do we continue on in comfort, luxury and ease, doing our own thing, ignoring God? Continued on Page 7
This month marks another an- niversary of the sinking of the Ti- tanic. For genera- tions, this tragic story has captivated hearts and minds. The loss of the Ti-
tanic left a shaken world in disbelief and made people stop and think. I, person- ally, became deeply intrigued by the Ti- tanic from the moment I learned of the story as a young child. I believe this is one of those rare, his- toric events that provides a myriad of timeless lessons. The most obvious is the sinfulness of human pride and arro- gance...clearly present in almost every aspect of the story. Titanic took 12,000 men more than two years to construct. The people of the day wanted luxury, and to say that’s what they found in Titanic would be an understatement. Not only was Titanic the largest man-made moving object ever built, it was also the most luxurious ship the world had ever known. It was a float- ing palace loaded with fine amenities; a five-star hotel on the sea. Never before had anyone seen anything like it. First class suites even included private prom- enade decks, sitting rooms and lavato- ries. It boasted the first on-board swimming pool, and the dining rooms were decked out in fine linen, crystal glassware and fine china. She was truly impressive, but Titanic’s owners failed to remember Psalm 127:1: “Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” Throughout the Bible are accounts of proud men who refused to humble
themselves and acknowledge God, who built monuments to themselves and their achievements, trusting in their own abilities, possessions and self-efforts, rather than acknowledging the Lord. All inevitably came to a tragic end. In 1 Peter 5:5 we read, “...God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble...” The Titanic was a symbol of everything man could achieve, and she was truly beautiful. But the people forgot God and even taunted God’s awesome power, boasting that: “God Himself could not sink this ship!” With all the latest inno- vations in ship-building technology, in- cluding 15 watertight doors, it was accepted as fact that Titanic really was unsinkable. As we all know, God Himself could sink the Titanic, but no big storm or major “act of God” was needed. Once again, the
arrogance of man was adequate to facil- itate his undoing. Titanic was brand new, shiny and strong, and this was her maiden voyage. Passengers enjoyed a tranquil crossing the first few days on their way to New York and, in fact, crew members re- marked they had never seen the Atlantic more calm, the night tragedy struck. On Sunday, April 14, 1912, Titanic was making excellent speed and most of the passengers spent the day indoors be- cause the weather had turned suddenly cold. Captain Smith held church serv- ices that morning, which would have normally been followed by a lifeboat drill for passengers and crew, but on this day, there was no drill...after all, the ship was “unsinkable.” As for the lifeboats, Titanic’s owners were so certain that the ship would
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Volume 27, Issue 1
God’s Continuing Miracle: VCY Radio Marks 65 Years!
By Jim Schneider, Executive Director, VCY America April 2026
preaching church. He said, “So I was just driving down the street looking for some Christian organiza- tion that would take responsibility for the program because I’m leaving town. I saw your sign and I came
establishing of Christian television in 1983. In 1984, God paved the way for a second radio sta- tion, WVCX in Tomah, Wisconsin to sign on the air. In 1986 new opportunities arrived. It was at this time that the Lord opened additional doors and the process began to transfer a station in Ft. Scott, Kansas and one in Gregory, South Dakota to VCY. Both of these stations transferred to VCY in 1987. Each of them has a very unique story, of which the circumstances reveal God was at work in the very smallest of details. It was decided the best way to get program- ming to these stations and to serve other out- lets was by satellite. A special Up-link Share-a-thon was held to raise the funds. In yet another miracle, the Lord provided for this need in a single day. Taking more of a national persona, the Board of Directors changed the corporate name to re- flect the expanding change. The new name be- came, VCY America, Inc. God continued to guide the board to additional stations and to extra avenues of outreach ministry. This in- cluded summer camp, a bookstore, rallies, birthday club and many forms of outreach ministry including on-line streams and apps that lit- erally minister to individuals all around the world. Today, VCY operates 67 radio outlets including full- power stations and translators. Though God called Vic Eliason home in 2015, the mission continues reaching souls with the Gospel message. The handiwork of God is all over this ministry. He is the One who opened doors of opportunity, and He is the One Who has opened the hearts of many to sal- vation as these notes testify: “My husband and I have treasured many of the pro- grams on VCY for many years. VCY aided in bringing my husband to Christ.” “It was the year 2000 on Highway 44, mile marker 234. Tears of joy and a sense of peace. Thank you VCY America! Christian radio saved me!” While such testimonies could go on for many pages, we give God the glory for His Continuing Miracle and for 65 years of radio outreach! VCY.org
This coming May 15, 2026 marks 65 years of radio broad- casting for VCY! No one but God could orchestrate so many fine details to give birth to and to carry on the ministry for these many decades! Taking a quick look back in history, a teen outreach known as Milwaukee Youth for Christ was incorporated in 1954. The weeks were busy with Bible clubs, rallies, “singspira- tions” and various activities to reach youth with the gospel. In 1959, Vic & Freda Eliason were called to Milwaukee where they began serving with the organization. It was about this time Director Russ Johnson left Milwaukee and Vic Eliason took on the di- rectorship responsibility. Amidst the busy schedule of reaching youth, three young peo- ple approached Vic asking if they could start a Christian radio program. They compiled nec- essary items including a microphone, LP records, a turntable, and even a borrowed tape recorder and made a pilot program using the living room of Vic & Freda’s home. The desire was to get a program on one of the existing FM stations in town and for them to carry it for free. After making their sample program, a visit was made to each of the existing FM stations. Each of sta- tions turned them down. Not one expressed any in- terest in their program. Discouraged, they took the pilot tape back to their storefront office and prayed, “Lord, if you want us to have a Christian radio pro- gram, you’re going to have to open the door.” Five days later, a man walked into the storefront of- fice asking if anyone could use some free airtime. The offer came from a man working at a new FM station, WBON, which was broadcasting on 107.7 FM. The person making this offer was John Harold Clark, who was moonlighting at this new FM radio station. He shared that he was asked to do a program on the radio called “Sacred Stylings.” He said, “In my heart, I don’t feel worthy to do this because my life has not been honoring to the Lord.” He admitted he was going to drive back to Atlanta and get into a good Bible-
in.” There was no doubt God directed John Harold Clark to drive many miles away from the studio and see the plastic sign that read, “Milwaukee Youth for Christ.” The very spot where he offered the airtime is where they had prayed five days earlier indicating it would be God that would have to open the door. Though the teens had only hoped for a 15-minute weekly program, Vic was offered a half-hour a day and an hour on Sunday. They began their broadcast the following Monday. Yes, God opened the door and broadcasting began May 15, 1961 with a program called “Sacred Stylings.” Many things happened over the next few years that required this dedicated group to migrate to a couple other stations. But the Lord brought them back full circle to where they began on WBON. Years later, the Lord opened the door to purchase that station. The call letters were changed to WVCY (Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth.) Truly God’s hand was at work in those early begin- nings and many other matters unfolded that can only be attributed to God’s miraculous work including the
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Perspectives Opinions • Commentary • Letters Lessons To Learn From the Titanic
By Jerry Newcombe April 2026 Here’s a trivia question…Who christened the Titanic? I’ll answer that question later.
into a night of horror.
So, who was it that christened the Titanic? No one. It was never christened. It didn’t need to be. After all, it was unsinkable.
I gleaned the following facts from Butler’s book. Be- cause the Titanic was viewed as unsinkable...
The father of our nation, George Washington, wrote his Circular to the States letter on June 8, 1783, in which he prays that Americans would practice the humility of Jesus — “the Divine Author of our blessed Religion.” And he adds that if we don’t humbly imitate Him, “we can never hope to be a happy Na- tion.”
Interest in the Titanic never seems to abate. My wife and I got to visit an interactive, high-tech ex- hibit on the Titanic, which included a few artifacts brought up from the bottom of the sea, such as Captain Smith’s binoculars. The website for the exhibit notes: “Titanic: An Immersive Voyage in Florida is an extraordinary expedi- tion that takes you deep into the history of the Titanic. Immersive video animations, and 3D projec- tions allow you to experience what it was like to be a passenger aboard the ship, while discovering one of the most famous tragedies in his- tory.” April 10, 1912 began the maiden, and only, voyage of the Titanic. The steamship was 885 feet long, and it
We would do well to learn the les- sons from the Titanic.
In a funeral service around the time of its sinking, the Bishop of Winchester said, “The Titanic, name and thing, will stand for a monument and warning to human presumption.” That message is still relevant, a century later.
Jerry Newcombe , D.Min., is the executive di- rector of the Providence Forum, an outreach of Coral Ridge Ministries. He has written/co-written 33 books, including George Washington’s Sacred Fire (with Providence Forum founder Peter Lillback, Ph.D.) and What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (with D. James Kennedy, Ph.D.).
• The crew didn’t bother to make sure they had look- out glasses, i.e., binoculars, on-board. (They were ac- tually there, it turns out, but locked up and stashed away, unknown to the present crew because of a last- minute change in personnel.)
was more than ten stories tall. As of that time, it had been described as “the largest moving man-made ob- ject in the world” and a “floating palace.” On its maiden voyage, this huge steamship was going from Southampton, England to New York City, when late in the night of the 14th, it collided with an iceberg about 400 miles from Newfoundland and sank within three hours. There were 2,207 people on board, and about 1,500 perished, including the millionaire John Jacob Astor. The lifeboats were for women and children first. Daniel Allen Butler wrote a classic book I highly rec- ommend, entitled “Unsinkable” (Stackpole Books, 1998). In the Preface, he wrote, “No other disaster in history could have been more easily avoided or was more inevitable…a once-in-a-lifetime combination of weather and sea conditions came together to make the iceberg nearly invisible to the ship’s lookouts.” The Greeks had their ancient plays where the flawed hero ended up in tragedy because of his hubris — his arrogance. And when you look at many of the facts surrounding the sinking of the Titanic, you find mul- tiple examples of pride, in the worst sense of the word. The Titanic is indeed a reminder of that ancient prin- ciple from Solomon the Wise: “Pride goes before de- struction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” One error compounded on another….but each was predicated on the assumption that the ship was unsinkable. Before the voyage, one woman, a Mrs. Albert Cald- well, watched “a group of deck hands carrying luggage aboard the Titanic. Impulsively, she stopped one of the men and asked him, ‘Is this ship really nonsinkable?’ ‘Yes, lady,’ he replied, ‘God Himself couldn’t sink this ship.’” (Butler, Unsinkable, p. 39).
• They should have gone through a practice drill in case of emergencies, but they didn’t. • They should have had far more lifeboats, one space for each passenger. Instead, as was the custom of the day (which was changed after the sinking of the Titanic), they used an elaborate mathemat- ical formula to derive a much smaller number of lifeboats. • They were going at the fastest speed of the voyage at the time of the brush with the iceberg (22 1/2 knots). The captain was trying to make the trip in record time. • They should have heeded the six wireless messages from different ships warning them about the ice-fields. The last one, at 11 PM (about a half hour before the accident), came from the Californian ship: “Say, old man, we are surrounded by ice and stopped.” To that message, the Titanic’s radio operator responded, “Shut up! Shut up! I am busy.” In retrospect, what made him so busy — compared to 1,500 human lives lost that night?
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Retired for four years after working a variety of jobs, including as a business owner for several years. Widowed for more than four years after being married for over 38 years. One son who lives in Central Wisconsin. Most importantly, a fol- lower of Jesus Christ for 55 years.
Sanctity of life The first duty of the law is to pre- vent the shedding of innocent blood. The sanctity and protection of innocent human life from fertil- ization to natural death is the highest priority. Education It is my conviction that the state of Wisconsin government should be phased out of the education system, elementary, secondary, universities and technical col- leges. Crime Only criminals that are a danger to society should be in prisons. All other crimes can be handled with restitution to society and to the victims. Wisconsin needs the death penalty as a deterrent. Gun ownership I support the right of the individual to own and bear unregistered arms. Taxes I believe Wisconsin should phase out property and income taxes. Voting Immediate elimination of elec-
tronic voting. Paper ballots in per- son only, except for the usual very restrictive exceptions. Exam- ple: military personnel overseas. Land ownership Federal lands returned to Wis- consin ownership. Then in the course of time, State lands handed over to the counties to best decide how to use their re- source. Size of government All Wisconsin government needs to be analyzed to see what changes need to be made. We wouldn’t need so much taxation if our Wisconsin government was smaller and more lean. By freeing the people of Wisconsin to be more prosperous and making our state safer and one of the clean- est. We would become a beacon of what a great state we are and even more so in the future. Welfare We should be handing out wel- fare benefits much lower than all our neighboring states. We do not want to be a magnet for peo- ple who are willing to move here
to get more aid. Able bodied men and women should be phased out of benefits. Minerals One way to help offset lower taxes is to pursue our mineral wealth. Wisconsin has been very effective at much hardship on those trying to tap into our abun- dant resources. Republicans/Democrats As an independent, I am not against the Republican and Dem- ocratic people. The leadership, however, has played “good cop, bad cop” long enough. Both par- ties are leading our state in the wrong direction. DNR The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources should be changed into a law enforcement agency only. No state parks or other state land. Contact Questions? Please email or mail us a letter. If you would like to do- nate to the campaign make checks out to “Wiedeman for Governor.” Thank you.
Hindsight is always 20/20. But that wasn’t a very smart thing to say.
Because of a ten second brush with a 5,000 year old iceberg, April 14-15, 1912 turned the luxury voyage
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Gospel of John – Our Textbook for Evangelism
By Roger Johnson April 2026
died. Jesus comforts Martha with these crucial words, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who be- lieves in Me will live, even though they die; and who- ever lives by believing in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” Certainly Martha believes this, but she is grieving her brother’s death as well. Then Jesus an- ticipates His own death and resurrection, by moving the stone blocking Lazarus’ tomb, and shouting in a loud voice: voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. This miracle of overcoming death teaches us all that Jesus creates abundant and eternal life where only death existed. In chapter 14, Jesus gets particular with His disci- ples regarding salvation. In verse 6 He says, “I am the
tions of evangelists have proven in their use of these classic verses. Chapter 4 shows Jesus speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus was hot and tired, having left Judea and on His way to Galilee. He stopped at Jacob’s Well. A woman also came by to draw water and Jesus asked, “Will you give Me a drink?” Sur- prised, the woman asked, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman, how can You ask me for a drink?” Jesus follows her curiosity with a discussion on living water, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.” (v. 13-14). She desires the living water, and Jesus identifies Himself as the Messiah. The woman goes on to meet other Samaritan friends
God’s written word is an amazing resource library for evangelism: creation in Gen- esis, calling in Exodus, mis- sion in Acts, consummation of history in Revelation. While each Gospel account describes Jesus reaching hu- manity, the Gospel of John gives us a concise story on what it means to believe in Jesus and be saved. In that way, John’s gospel is our textbook for evangelism.
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” And then He goes on to say in verse 10, “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? The words I say to you I do not speak on My own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in Me, who is doing His work.” This teaching sounded like blasphemy to the Jews, but to the disciples, they were words of salvation and new life. Jesus: the way, the truth and the life. Jesus and God the Father are one and all-pow- erful. What more can Jesus tell His disciples? Chapter 17 is dominated by Jesus’ great prayer to His Father, pleading on behalf of His disciples and all be- lievers in verses 2-3, “… You granted Him (Jesus) authority over all people that He might give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is
John skips Jesus’ birth narratives and gets right to the story of who can be saved and how in chapter 1. Verse 1 states, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and was God.” John says it all boldly, yet leaves a bit of gospel mystery: What is this Word? Why is it eternal? Why does it sound philosophical, rather than personal? John lets us know that this Jesus is eternal and for all people, for all time. John 1:12 tells us, “Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to be- come children of God.” Those people who receive Jesus by repenting and believing in His name are now counted as sons and daughters of God. And that is why accepting Jesus is significant. Two chapters later, John uses Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus,
and tells them of her life-giving encounter with Jesus. Surprisingly, “Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony …. They urged Jesus to stay with them … and because of His words many more became believers.” (v. 39-41). Jesus’ words are truth, they are repeated, and many believe, not just Jews, but Samaritans as well. In chapter 5, the lame man at Bethesda is healed. John fills his narrative with miraculous healing sto- ries, as well as “sins-forgiven” stories. In fact, it be- comes hard to separate physical from spiritual healing. Jesus makes people whole! And He sums up His work in delightful fashion with verse 24, “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” Hal- lelujah! Chapter 6 stuns us with John’s story of feeding 5,000-plus hungry people spread before Jesus. His amazed followers asked for more food, and He con- foundingly told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry, whoever believes in Me will never thirst. … All those the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never drive away.” (v. 35-37). As people believe in Jesus, He gathers them unto Himself. In chapter 9, we find more miracles and more belief.
eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” Jesus restates the essential saving relationship: that we humans may know the only true God and His Son Jesus. Let each 21st century evangelist claim God’s everlasting love and power. John’s account of Jesus’ crucifixion and death in chapter 19 is the central action that accomplishes our salvation. Jesus’ own words, “It is finished” in verse 30, followed by His death (“gave up His spirit”) signal that our Lord’s life and sacrifice for our sins is forever complete. He has done all that is needed, and He has laid down His life so that His present followers and all future converts can know forgiveness of sins and eter- nal life in heaven. As if Jesus’ sacrificial death were not enough, the Apostle goes on to seal the deal in chapter 20 with the truth of Jesus’ resurrection to new life following His burial in a stone-sealed tomb. Mary Magdalene is the first to encounter the risen Christ in verses 14-16: “At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking He was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward Him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rab- boni!” (which means Teacher).” Jesus is alive, and He remains a risen Savior today. The Gospel of John is the Good News of belief. John writes the reports of miracles and spells out gospel conversations that anchor our belief in Jesus as Lord. John states his point up front in chapter 1, “In the be- ginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” and then completes that thought in verse 14, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.” John is telling us that Jesus, the child born in Bethlehem, the man preach- ing and healing throughout Israel, is undoubtedly God and Savior of all mankind. Read these stories and lessons. Make the miracles and teachings a memorized tool for your own personal evangelism. If a non-believer doubts Jesus’ power to heal, steer him to the blind man in chapter 9 and the dead man in chapter 11. If a person doubts Jesus’ ability to save, direct him to the Savior’s “born again” words to Nicodemus in chapter 3. As an evangelist, read John’s gospel regularly. Mem- orize its stories and miracles. Make these verses part of your daily speech and thinking. Rely on John’s sal- vation accounts completely so that each person you meet will also meet Jesus. Roger Johnson is an evangelist, writer and teacher from Kenosha. He served for nearly 40 years as an urban evangelist in Chicago. A graduate of Wheaton College and North Park Seminary, he completed the M.A. in Evangelism & Leadership at Wheaton Grad School in 2012.
as the most direct statement on salvation in all of Scriptures. As Chapter 3 begins, Nicodemus comes at night to speak with Jesus and hears about being born again. The story of this chapter is again mysterious and moving. Nicodemus is making a dangerous visit. If one of his Pharisee brethren saw him near a room where Jesus was staying, Nicodemus would be sus- pect. Yet, Nicodemus does come and asks hard and honest questions: What must I do to be saved? How can I be born again now that I am old? Jesus respects his serious spirituality, but He does not let Nicodemus off the hook. In verse 3 He states the one big requirement: “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” Nicodemus is confused and admits it. Jesus appears to lose patience in verse 7, “You should not be surprised at My saying, you must be born again.” The Pharisee’s only response (like ours) is, “How can this be?” Yet Jesus’ truth reigns, you must be born again. Jesus goes on to clear up the issue with His most famous words of verse 16-17, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to con- demn the world, but to save the world through Him.” No one can state the gospel more clearly, as genera-
Jesus meets a man born blind. After those around him want to assign blame for his condition to either the blind man or his par- ents, Jesus acts by identify- ing Himself as the light of the world (verse 5) and then making a bit of mud to put on the man’s eyes. After ap- plying the mud, He asked him to go wash in the Pool of Siloam. The blind man does so and sees a bright living world. The miracle of creating new sight is de- bated by all, except for the healed man, who clearly states, “One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” (verse 25). He has no doubts about his new sight, nor his new belief in Jesus. When we move to chapter 11, we find Jesus’ friend, Lazarus dead; or is he re- ally? Jesus is on His way to visit Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus. He receives the news of Lazarus’ illness, and when He arrives at Bethany, finds that Lazarus has already
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Disaster struck the Titanic at 11:40 pm, April 14, 1912, as she collided with the ice- berg. Two hours later, she slipped beneath the sea, and has rested in a watery grave ever since...slowly disinte- grating and disappearing into rust and dust. When the unthinkable be- came obvious, Captain Smith ordered the crew to ready the lifeboats. But passengers were reluctant to leave the comfort of the gigantic ship for a 70-foot drop down to the dark ocean in a small, wooden boat. Even though there were only lifeboats enough for less than half those aboard, most left the ship more than half empty. The rule was “women and children first,” but many of the ladies refused to leave without their husbands, and had to be forcibly picked up and placed in the boats. Families were torn apart, as women and children bid farewell to their husbands and fathers, who were not al- lowed into the lifeboats. Many of the wealthy on board refused to leave with- out their valuables and went back to collect their belong- ings from their staterooms — and in so doing, lost their only chance at survival. They didn’t realize the danger, and preferred to remain with their earthly “treasures.” By the time the bow of the ship began to disappear be- neath the surface of the water, it was too late for most. Many of the third class pas- sengers remained trapped below decks, separated from the rest of the ship by locked gates. When some of these fi- nally made it to the boat decks, most of the lifeboats were gone — again, most launched more than half- empty — as hundreds re- mained on the ship with no hope for survival. Captain Smith, who was set to enjoy retirement after this last voy- age, went down with the ship. There are hundreds of in- spiring and heartbreaking stories that are told of Ti- tanic’s last moments...the band that kept playing until the end, to help calm the passengers and avoid a panic. The wealthy Mrs. Isador Strauss, who chose to stay and die with her hus- band, rather than leave with- out him. The hundreds who were left on board with all the lifeboats gone and no way to be rescued — women,
young children and families alike.
that there’s no need for a lifeboat. This is one of his greatest lies...not that there is no such thing as a lifeboat (God), but that there’s no rush, no sense of urgency. And that it’s much safer and more comfortable to stay aboard the ship of our own sinful desires, where we’re in “control.” It’s not just in- convenient — it’s scary — to put yourself in someone else’s hands and be lowered into a lifeboat that doesn’t look at all comfortable — or safe. But it really depends on Whose hands you’re talking about, doesn’t it? Even though we’re hope- lessly lost, with no way to save ourselves from eternal death, the Lord provided each and every one of us with a Lifeboat. The ship is going down, no question... “...it is appointed unto man once to die, and after this, the judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27). But like those on the Ti- tanic, people are still reluc- tant to get into the Lifeboat. They feel much more com- fortable where they are. They don’t realize they’re on a sinking ship, and the Lifeboat is the only way to be saved...it’s very simple: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life...” (John 3:36). There are only two choices: Get in the boat and live, or don’t get in the boat and die. It’s not com- plicated. In THIS Lifeboat there are enough seats for all of us, yet it remains more than half empty. And the boat is open to all — no third-class passengers trapped below decks. At the cross, Christ unlocked the gates and brought freedom and salva- tion to all who will seek Him. And this isn’t just for women and children! “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13). In 1985, explorer Bob Bal- lard discovered the wreck of the Titanic, more than 12,000 feet beneath the ocean surface. Since then, exhibits of the ship’s re- mains have been available for the public to view. As a Titanic “fanatic,” I’ve been to many of those exhibits. I was even blessed to be present many years ago, when, at one of those mu- seums, they sounded one of the ship’s sirens, recovered from the wreck — and thou- sands heard the sound of
Titanic for the first time since 1912. In 1912, that very same whistle blew as she left port, in jubilance and cele- bration. Just a few days later, it blew as a dire warn- ing of impending doom.
Few heeded that warning then, and few heed God’s gracious and merciful call to mankind today. Email: Rob@WisconsinChristianNews.com Phone: (715) 486-8066
In all, 1,517 people died that night in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. Only 706 survived. Survivors in the boats were haunted by the screams of dying people in the water — now beyond salvation — for the rest of their lives. The screams slowly faded away, leaving only the sounds of sobbing widows and crying, now fa- therless babies. When the sun rose the next morning, the survivors in the lifeboats had their first look at the harsh reality — hundreds upon hundreds of corpses, still wearing their life jackets, frozen to death or drowned. They were surrounded by icebergs, some more than 200 feet high. And Titanic, that symbol of man’s greatest achievement, was GONE. A great many awe-inspiring artifacts have been brought up from the site of the wreck...things that help to tell the story, and remind us of what happened that night. We’ve seen pieces of the ship, personal belongings, even letters, menus, deck chairs and tickets. But can we grasp the real story here? What can we learn from all this? We can learn to not trust in our wealth or the at- tractive things of this world...they’re only tempo- rary. Trusting in worldly pos- sessions is futile. After all, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? The con- sequences of pride and arro- gance are always destruction. As Christians, charged with the great commission, we are the “Captains” here. For the sake of our “passengers” — those we’re called to witness to — we can’t skip the lifeboat drills. We need to ac- tively teach people there is a lifeboat (Jesus Christ) and lead them to it (by teaching the Gospel, and equipping them, as “crew members” for the work of the ministry). We must also reach out to the lost — those drowning in sin — and pull them into our boat. And we need to heed the iceberg warnings, and keep our ship on a safe course. We need to be sensitive to the “icebergs” of temptation and unrepentance, because our eternal lives, and those of our passengers are at stake.
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