"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." (Col. 1:13-14)

In 1979, two British Royal Navy helicopter crews were acclaimed as "heroes of the deep" after their daring rescue of 28 crew members from a storm-wrecked oil rig in the English Channel. The men were winched to safety by the helicopters after the massive 19,000-ton Norwegian drilling rig, Orion, spun out of control onto jagged rocks on the coast of St. Peter Port, one of the Channel Islands.

At one point, buffeted by crosswinds, a chopper floundered between the iron legs of the rig, just 80 feet above four frightened men. "It was only a minute but it seemed like an age," navy pilot Lieutenant Tilsley told reporters later, "I was completely blind; I could only see a black void." But the pilot regained control and completed the rescue. (From Bible Illustrator)

Let us give thanks to God the Father who delivered us from the grasp of the devil and translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.