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Chief Rabbi: When Judaism Is Easy People Lose Faith
Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, once referenced what he called the "counter-intuitive phenomena of Jewish history"—a ...
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Cancer Survivor and Trauma Expert on 'Spiritual Surrender'
At the age of 35 Christian psychologist and researcher Dr. Jamie Aten was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to his pelvis. Aten said: ...
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How to Make God's Clear Words Ambiguous
Lee Strobel uses the following illustration to highlight the moral rebellion that makes clear truths of Scripture much more ambiguous than they are.
Imagine ...
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How Clay Turns into Gems under Pressure
Geologist Dr. James Clark recounts visiting the Soviet Union a few years after Communism dissolved. He was asked to preach at a small Russian Baptist ...
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Faith of Woman Murdered By ISIS
Kayla Mueller, 26 years old, was captured by ISIS, and on February 10, 2015 U.S. officials confirmed that Muslim extremists had murdered her while in ...
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We Need 'Twenty Seconds of Insane Courage'
The 2011 film We Bought a Zoo was based on the true story of a British man named Benjamin Mee. In 2006 Mee and his family purchased and moved into a 30-acre ...
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The Potency of 'Mustard-Seed' Faith
Like many classic Spanish dishes, a basic dish of paella is a simple combination of just a few ingredients: rice, seafood, and a handful of vegetables. ...
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Church in Slum Models True Faith
Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert write in “When Helping Hurts”:
One Sunday I was visiting one of Africa's largest slums, the massive Kibera ...
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Depression Eased by Belief in a Caring God
A study by Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found that "belief in a concerned God can improve response to medical treatment" in patients ...
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Faith Embraces the Truth
Michael Horton writes in “The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World”:
Anxiously anticipating the quite premature delivery ...
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