In May of 1948 Al Johnson was one of three men who robbed a bank of $1000 in Hoyt, Kansas. He was only 19 years old at the time.
A few weeks later three men were killed in car accident in a nearby town and the police decided they were the men in the robbery. Case closed. But the authorities were mistaken.
In the ensuing years Al Johnson became a devout follower of Christ. But the guilt of the bank robbery ate at his conscience. Continue reading
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Recently I read about a young man in the Army who during Operation Desert Storm was called to go to Iraq, when our nation declared war on Saddam Hussein.
However, the young man didn’t want to go. He explained that he hadn’t joined the army to go war. He joined because of the benefits: the pay, the college tuition, the insurance, and hopefully some travel. He just didn’t want to travel to Iraq and fight. Continue reading
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