The Great Rescue

On April 14, 1912, shortly before midnight, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg, sinking early on April 15, two hours and forty minutes later.  The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board.  It was a tragedy of epic proportions.  And yet the tragedy is only made worse by the knowledge that many of these deaths could have been averted.  Many of the lifeboats launched from the Titanic were less than half full.  One lifeboat meant to hold 40 people had only 12 on board.  Another meant to hold 65 had 28. This tragedy reminds me of a story Jesus once told.  In ...

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