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Ministry to Estranged Parents Started with a Bible Promise

Pamela Hoch helped start the Rachel Foundation, a ministry dedicated to reuniting parents and children who have been torn apart. People often assume that ...


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We Can't Understand a Story apart from the Context

Editor's Note: The following illustration from the book Fill These Hearts shows the need to put the Bible or theological statements into their proper ...


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Premier Hitter Ichiro Suzuki Protects His Baseball Bats

Japanese-born big-leaguer Ichiro Suzuki is one of the best hitters in baseball. Prior to 2012, he led the Major Leagues in regular season hits on seven ...


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Secular Author Tries to "Take the Bible Literally"

A book titled The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible came out a few years ago. It was ...


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Unknown Christian Brings Bibles into North Korea

In their book The Privilege of Persecution, Carl Moeller and David Hegg tell the following story about a courageous believer who has helped their ministry ...


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Trapped Ice Climber Remembers His Father's Words

In June of 1992, Jim Davidson and Mike Price climbed Mt. Ranier. On the way down from the summit, the two climbers fell 80 feet through a snow bridge ...


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The Old Testament Is Pregnant with the Gospel of Jesus Christ

The entire Old Testament is pregnant with the message of the Bible. In other words, we could say that the Old Testament is pregnant with the gospel of ...


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God's Word Acts Like a Slow Drip, Not a Big Splash

In her book Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg retells the following story about a famous first century rabbi named Rabbi Akiva:

One day ...

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Prayers from Haitian Christians About God's Word

Editor's Note: Eleanor Turnbull, a veteran missionary to Haiti, collected and translated the simple but powerful prayers of the Christians who live ...


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Building Homes with Too Much Sand Leads to Tragedy

While doing relief work in Haiti following the devastating earthquake there on January 12, 2010, Palmer Chichen observed firsthand the tragedy of building ...


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