“We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.” - Acts 27:18-19   Darkness closed in around the wooden vessel as monstrous waves crashed against the deck, threatening to tear the ship apart piece by piece. For days, a ferocious hurricane-force wind had battered the crew, stripping away all visibility and leaving them completely disoriented on the o...