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Churchill Calls Churches to Contribute
During the darkest hours of World War II, Britain faced a critical shortage of silver for the war industries. Informed of the crisis, Winston Churchill ...
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NYC Firehouse Captain Led by Example
The book Firehouse, by David Halberstam, tells of Manhattan's Firehouse 40/35, from which 13 men responded on September 11th and only one returned. ...
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"Gladiator": Power of Jesus' Name
Set in A.D. 180, Gladiator tells the story of General Maximus Decimus Meridius (played by Russell Crowe), who was about to be given reigning authority ...
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FBI Agent Denied Pizza Delivery
In 1993 FBI agents conducted a raid of Southwood psychiatric hospital in San Diego, which was under investigation for medical insurance fraud. After hours ...
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Submission versus Subjugation
Submission is not subjugation. Subjugation turns a person into a thing, destroys individuality, and removes all liberty. Submission makes a person become ...
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Access through Jesus' Name
I was traveling from Boston to Denver, and the departure area for my flight was buzzing with stern-looking men in dark suits talking into their lapels. ...
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Really Bad Predictions
In a recent article in The Futurist magazine, writer Laura Lee catalogues some of the worst predictions of all time:
"Inventions have long since reached ...
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Brad Pitt on Freedom
In Rolling Stone, Chris Heath discusses religion with mega-movie star Brad Pitt:
There is one subject he refers to time and time again, and that is religion. ...
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Bruce Willis on Morality
Actor Bruce Willis offers his opinion on church teachings about morality:
[Organized religion] used to hang the whole thing on one hook. If you don’t ...
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Religious Pace Setters
For the first time in American history, whatever is happening in religion is being driven by the media instead of ecclesiastical institutions.
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