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Famous Musician's Wisdom on Marriage
The singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen (a Jew who seemed to have an interest in the person of Jesus Christ) once called marriage "the hottest furnace ...
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Old Trees don't Get Taller, They Bulk Up like a Bodybuilder
Old trees may not grow taller every year, but they do keep bulking up—like a human bodybuilder. That's the summary of recent research into the ...
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Screenwriter Challenges Secularism and Atheism
Do Christians just have faith in God because we need a source of comfort? In an interview for Los Angeles Review of Books, Hollywood screenwriter Dorothy ...
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Baseball Scout Saw Years Down the Road
Tony Liciardello was baseball's greatest scout, having signed fifty-two youngsters (including two Hall of Famers) who would rise through the minor ...
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God Uses the Young but Saves His Best Work for the Mature
Os Guinness argues that God can use and has used people in their youth, but God also has accomplished some of his best work through people more advanced ...
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Why Blockbuster Failed and Netflix Succeeded
At the turn of the century, Blockbuster reigned supreme in the video rental industry. If your family craved a movie night, someone likely had to drive ...
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How C.S. Lewis Critiqued and Improved Tolkien's Work
In June of 1938, J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author) wrote a letter to his editor Stanley Unwin explaining why he was behind ...
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Scientist Exclaims the Wonder of a Tree's Roots
Science writer Hope Jahren shares an interesting fact about plants, especially how a tiny seed starts to put down roots—the most essential thing ...
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Blacksmith's Ancient Swords Illustrate Excellence
In his book Deep Work, author Cal Newport provides an example of excellence—a blacksmith from Wisconsin named Ric Furrer. Furrer specializes in ...
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The Phrase 'A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep'
In 1889, American journalist and humorist Edgar Nye introduced the phrase "A mile wide and an inch deep." He was referring to a river found ...
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