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Updated
July 20, 2007
According to The New Book of Lists, the Cape of
Good Hope is not well-named. The Portuguese explorer, Bartholomeu
Dias called it the Cape of Storm. That’s how rough he judged the
waters to be. Historians say that the King of Portugal had the name
changed to encourage people to travel that way. Who would want to
travel anywhere near the Cape of Storms? We have encouragement as
Christians that no matter the storm, through Christ it can become the
Cape of Good Hope.
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J. Michael Shannon is professor of preaching at Cincinnati Bible College in Cincinnati, OH.