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This is Todd Beamer.
He prayed before leading a group of passengers to overpower hijackers on Flight 93.
He died a Christian, father, husband, and hero.
This was his transcript.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?
Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.
They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd. (Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Would you pray with me? They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
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No recording or official transcript of Todd Beamer’s call exists. Operator Lisa Jefferson took brief notes and confirmed she never told Beamer about the other 9/11 attacks, nor was an FBI agent patched into the call. The dialogue in the post is an invented reconstruction. snopes.com/fact-check/tra… leadstories.com/hoax-alert/202…
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A Missionary Letter from Paul Washer (1991)
In 1991, HeartCry Founder Paul Washer created a short documentary film reporting on a missionary journey he took to the northern mountains of Peru.
On this trip, he carried and distributed biblical resources purchased by HeartCry to people living in the mountains.
He recounts:
“As we carried the Bibles through the village, a multitude of believers followed us, and then we watched in amazement as they waited in line for hours with the hopes of purchasing their first Bible. We distributed 50 small personal libraries to key pastors in the region; a study Bible, a Bible manual, and a concordance doesn't sound like much to Christians who have more Bibles than days of the week, but to those in the mountains, it was pure gold.”
The full documentary film can be found on our YouTube channel:
“A Missionary Letter (1991) - A HeartCry Classic Film by Paul Washer”
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The surprising truth: all humanity's problems stem from our inability to sit quietly alone. Even noble service can dangerously crowd out the quiet hour that strengthens our spirit. What is crowding out your quiet time? youtu.be/sbmycAOUp3c
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When Jesus is just 'a part' of your life, you're missing everything. It's time to move beyond formality and let Him be the sun your entire life orbits. Is your faith an addition, or the very essence of your being? | Spiritual Recovery From Lukewarm Christianity by Michael Durham
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“We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word.” – Elisabeth Elliot
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Parents, the most important thing you can do is show God to your kids.
Children recognize God for who he really is — in his authority and love and justice — when their mom and dad have together shown what God is like.
Sermon: “Marriage Is Meant for Making Children . . . Disciples of Jesus, Part 1”
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Yes this. 100%
“We are such a public people. I fear for many of you young ministers, I really do. Most of us, who are old, we spent many years serving in anonymity, with a small flock, experiencing failure, no one knew our name. I remember so many times, my support was three hundred fifty dollars a month, and I felt I was such a failure I should give that back. But it was in that hiddenness, alone with God, not only did no one see you, no one wanted to see you, that God shapes and fashions a man. But now you go from college, to master's, to PhD, to podcasts. And you finagle a way to get somebody famous on your podcast and it shoots your numbers through the roof and there you go. No. Stop it! Just stop it! I beg you, make God your goal."
—Paul Washer #ShepCon2026
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John and I constantly asked one another what we were reading, what we were praying for, what spiritual battles we faced. There’s no way John MacArthur would have resented Paul Washer’s questions.
He loved and respected Paul Washer.
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Here's one of the best "gospel pleadings" you will ever hear from a modern 21st century preacher.
This is from Paul Washer. The man being viciously attacked and maligned for simply loving John MacArthur and asking if MacArthur was "enduring well to the end."
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“The greatest gift you can give God’s people is to be a man of God—to dwell with Him, to be alone with Him, to drink deeply of Him in Scripture and prayer.” —Paul Washer #ShepCon2026
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“There’s hope for every person. Where there’s death, Jesus gives life. He makes people new.”
In chapel today, Dr. Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Professor of Biblical Theology, preached from Mark 5 and the account of the Gerasene demoniac. He traced the depth of the man’s bondage, the authority of Christ over a legion of demons, and the quiet beauty of a life restored.
The townspeople asked Jesus to leave. The freed man asked to follow. And Jesus sent him home with a clear calling, tell how much the Lord has done for you.
The same Christ who calmed the storm calms the soul. He sets captives free. He makes sinners new.