The Haitian missionaries' "daring overnight escape" and their remarkable response to their kidnappers
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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The kidnapped missionaries in Haiti escaped in a daring overnight trek from where they were held hostage to a home where they were able to call for help. In The Daily Article for December 22, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison recounts the potential persecution Mary faced when she accepted God’s calling to bear his son and encourages us to take the next step in our faithfulness today.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.6 | News outlets around the world heralded the good news that the missionaries held |
| 0:24.4 | captive in Haiti since October 16th were free. Five had been released a few days ago. The other |
| 0:31.5 | 12 made what Christianity today calls a daring overnight escape. On the night of December 15th, they made their way through |
| 0:39.7 | a closed door and walked for miles over difficult moonlit terrain with an infant and other children |
| 0:46.3 | in tow. Navigating by the stars, they made their way to a house near the highway where they |
| 0:52.3 | discovered two Christians practicing trumpet music for church |
| 0:56.1 | on Sunday. One of them loaned the missionaries a cell phone to call for help. The 12 were flown to |
| 1:02.6 | Florida on a U.S. Coast Guard flight and later reunited with the hostages who had been released earlier. |
| 1:09.7 | The missionaries in their sponsoring organization |
| 1:12.1 | later released this statement to the kidnappers. Jesus taught us by word and by his own example |
| 1:19.1 | that the power of forgiving love is stronger than the hate of violent force. Therefore, we |
| 1:25.7 | extend forgiveness to you. The hostages told you plainly how you can also |
| 1:31.1 | be forgiven by God if you repent. Our desire is that you and all who hear or read this statement |
| 1:37.9 | may come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Savior, the Son of God, and the Prince of Peace. Jesus died for all, so that all can be |
| 1:48.7 | saved. Jesus did indeed choose to come at Christmas to be the Savior of the world. Yesterday, we |
| 1:58.1 | discussed Mary's response to Gabriel's announcement that she would become his mother. |
| 2:03.4 | Let's consider that event today in a different light. |
| 2:07.1 | St. Bernard of Claervaux preached a sermon addressing Mary after she heard Gabriel's words |
| 2:12.7 | but before agreeing to his invitation. |
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