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Good afternoon Heart4Teens.com readers!

One of my fellow youth leaders gave me a book called "Under God" this
past year and I was enthralled with the true stories it contained. I wanted to
sh
are one of the stories with you that had a profound impact on me. But it also
made me mad. The impact of the story will be obvious when you read it. But my
anger was due to the fact that stories like these have been systematically taken
out of our history books over the years.

See if you can figure out who today's story is about before you reach the end!

From my family to yours,
Author Michael T. Powers


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Bulletproof
 

Excerpt from the Book: Under God
By: Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait
Bethany / 2004 / in association with Wallbuilders.com

The French and Indian War: Account of a British Officer
JULY 9, 1755

 
The American Indian chief looked scornfully at the soldiers on the field before
him. How foolish it was to fight as they did, forming their perfect battle lines out
in the open, standing shoulder to shoulder in their bright red uniforms. The British
soldiers -- trained for European warfare -- did not break rank, even when braves
fired at them from under the safe cover of the forest. The slaughter at the Monongahela
River continued for two hours. By then 1,000 of 1,459 British soldiers were killed or
wounded, while only 30 of the French and Indian warriors firing at them were injured.
 
Not only were the soldiers foolish, but their officers were just as bad. Riding on
horseback, fully exposed above the men on the ground, they made perfect targets.
One by one, the chiefs marksmen shot the mounted British officers until only one remained.
 
"Quick, let your aim be certain and he dies," the chief commanded. The warriors -- a
mix of Ottawa, Huron, and Chippewa tribesmen -- leveled their rifles at the last officer on
horseback. Round after round was aimed at this one man. Twice the officer's horse was
shot out from under him. Twice he grabbed a horse left idle when a fellow officer had been
shot down. Ten, twelve, thirteen rounds were fired by the sharpshooters. Still, the
officer remained unhurt.
 
The native warriors stared at him in disbelief. Their rifles seldom missed their mark.
The chief suddenly realized that a mighty power must be shielding this man. "Stop
firing!" he commanded. "This one is under the special protection of the Great Spirit."
A brave standing nearby added, "I had seventeen clear shots at him . . . and after all
could not bring him to the ground. This man was not born to be killed by a bullet."
 
As the firing slowed, the lieutenant colonel gathered the remaining troops and led the
retreat to safety. That evening, as the last of the wounded were being cared for, the
officer noticed an odd tear in his coat. It was a bullet hole! He rolled up his sleeve and
looked at his arm directly under the hole. There was no mark on his skin. Amazed,
he took off his coat and found three more holes where bullets had passed through
his coat but stopped before they reached his body.
 
Nine days after the battle, having heard a rumor of his own death, the young
lieutenant colonel wrote his brother to confirm that he was still very much alive.
 
As I have heard since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my
death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting the first and
of assuring you that I have not as yet composed the latter. But by the all-powerful
dispensations of Providence I have been protected beyond all human probability or
expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me
yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!
 
The battle on the Monongahela, part of the French and Indian War, was fought on
July 9, 1755, near Fort Duquesne, now the city of Pittsburgh. The twenty-three-year-old
officer went on to become the commander in chief of the Continental Army and the
first president of the United States. In all the years that followed in his long career,
this man, George Washington, was never once wounded in battle.
 
Fifteen years later, in 1770, George Washington returned to the same Pennsylvania
woods. A respected Indian chief, having heard that Washington was in the area,
traveled a long way to meet with him.
 
He sat down with Washington, and face-to-face over a council fire, the chief told
Washington the following:
 
I am a chief and ruler over my tribes. My influence extends to the waters of the great
lakes and to the far blue mountains. I have traveled a long and weary path that I might
see the young warrior of the great battle. It was on the day when the white man's blood
mixed with the streams of our forests that I first beheld this chief .
 
I called to my young men and said, "Mark yon tall and daring warrior? He is not of
the red-coat tribe -- he hath an Indian's wisdom and his warriors fight as we do--himself
alone exposed. Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies."
 
Our rifles were leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss --  'twas all in
vain, a power mightier far than we shielded you.
 
Seeing you were under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit, we immediately
ceased to fire at you. I am old and shall soon be gathered to the great council fire of
my fathers in the land of the shades, but ere I go, there is something bids me speak
in the voice of prophecy:
 
Listen! The Great Spirit protects that man , and guides his
destinies -- he will become the chief of nations, and a people yet unborn will hail him
as the founder of a mighty empire. I am come to pay homage to the man who is the
particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle.
 
* * *
 
This story of God's divine protection and of Washington's open gratitude could be
found in many school textbooks until the 1930s. Now few Americans have read it.
Washington often recalled this dramatic event that helped shape his character and
confirm God's call on his life.
 
"Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you." Psalm 91:7 NLT
 
Excerpt from the Book: Under God
By: Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait
Bethany / 2004 / in association with Wallbuilders.com
 

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Creation Q & A

Question:  What do the dotted lines mean in the ?evolutionary tree'?

A: Here's a practical example. When evolutionists draw man's family tree, they
start with some ancestor that's supposedly common to both apes and man. They
then draw lines from this common ancestor branching out to various creatures that
evolved at different times. At the end of one of the branches, they show human beings.
One ends up with a picture that looks like the trunk of a tree with all sorts of
branches leading in different directions.

Evolutionary books are full of such evolutionary trees that look so convincing
for evolution.

There are many such evolutionary trees from various sources over the years
which have been copied for AiG's files. In every instance so far, all the branches
are joined to the main stem by dotted lines. What does this mean? It means
this is how this creature was supposed to have evolved--but they don't have
any transitional or ?in-between' forms to prove it! The dotted lines mean they
simply don't have the evidence!

What one sees instead is that scientists find distinct kinds of animals, just as
we'd expect from Genesis!

Source: AnswersinGenesis.org


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Creation News

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This new addition to our web site will give you an article on the leading news in the
Creation/Evolution controversy each day.

This section also includes a rotating Question and Answer feature and a weekly Creation
Comic strip from the people at AnswersInGenesis.org.

Be sure to come back and visit each day for an informative article that will help you
keep up to date on the latest news in this controversial area!


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Thought For The Day

"You can't act like a skunk without someone
getting wind of it."


Verse for the Day

"A good man out of the good treasure of the
heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man
out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things."--Matthew 12:35


Teen's Thought For The Day

"A decade or two after graduation, almost everyone will have
forgotten how smart you were or how athletic you were. But every
time they think about you they will remember how you made them feel." -- Michael T. Powers


Parent's Thought For The Day

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair
broken men."--Frederick Douglass


Coach's Thought For The Day

"A good coach can humble you without humiliating
you and encourage you without flattering you." --Michael T. Powers


Creation/Evolution Thought For The Day

"If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then what's
the point of trying to modify your behavior to keep it within acceptable ranges?
That's how I thought anyway. I always believed the theory of evolution as truth,
that we all just came from the slime. When we, when we died, you know, that
was it, there is nothing ."-- Jeffrey Dahmer, in an interview with Stone Phillips,
Dateline NBC, 29 November 1994.


Deep Thought For The Day

"My Uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone,
'What are you looking at?'" -- Margaret Smith


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Author MICHAEL T. POWERS
Contributing Author to Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage Soul and
26 other inspirational books.

Over 125,000 people have listened to popular Chicken Soup Author Michael T. Powers'
free inspirational message entitled: "Breathing Life into Others". If you aren't one of them
just visit:
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streaming audio message!

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live
in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Galatians 2:20

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http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/Youth

ALL-STAR Youth Ministry

--The Youth Church of Faith Community Church in Janesville, WI
 
If you are in 7-12th grade and live in the southern Wisconsin/northern Illinois area and
would like to check us out, we meet every Sunday night from 6:30-8:00 PM at Faith Community
Church which is located at 2931 Lucerne Dr. in Janesville, WI. (About 3 blocks south-east
of Menard's.)
 
Currently we have students from Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Milton, Janesville Craig, Janesville
Parker, Marshall, Franklin, Clinton, Beloit Memorial, and Beloit Turner. E-mail me back if you have
any questions about our weekly meetings or would like to come to any of our events that are listed
below... We have way too much fun and then, most importantly, talk about issues that are relevant
to you as a teenager.


This Week:

Continuing in our series entitled: "Demolishing Strongholds"

February 24: Demolishing Strongholds in Pop Culture


Next Week:

March 2: Answers to Difficult Questions

Visit our youth website to see our topics for 2008!

http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/upcoming_topics


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http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/Small_Groups

Teen Community Groups

6:30 - 8:00 PM Wednesday nights -- These groups are limited to no more than ten teens
and are split into Jr. High and High School ages. This night is for those teens who want to dig
deeper than what we do in All-Stars, but may not be ready to be a part of the Xtreme Teens.
These cell groups will also be doing special activities with each other as the year goes on to
build community.

Jr. High age meets at 2109 N. Pontiac and are led by Kent & Rachel Martin
(Call 373-0886 if you have any questions!)

High School age are led by Tedi Knox: 1110 Nantucket Dr. (Call 774-2592 if you have any questions!)

Xtreme Teens: Xtreme Teens meet on Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8:00 PM all year
round at the Powers' house. This group is very extensive with weekly homework,
memorization, service projects, etc. Students interested in this group will have to fill out an
application, provide references as to why others think they should be involved with this, and sign
an agreement as to what is expected of them. Admission into Xtreme Teens is on a case by case
basis. Contact Pastor Michael for more details!

This Week February 20: A Channel For Blessing (Abraham)

For more info on our small groups, visit:
http://www.faithcommunitychurch.net/small_groups

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