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A Parable About a Plant That Takes Over a House
Tim loved his brand new house. The architect, who had supervised the entire building work, designed it so it was a big, open building. The walls were ...
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Swedish King Proclaimed 'Death to All Kings!'
Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was born in 1763, the son of a French government worker. As a young man he joined the army, and by the start of the French ...
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Traffic Cop Gives Tickets but Avoids Complaints
By the very nature of the business, L.A. County traffic cops receive plenty of complaints about their work. After all, most motorists don't think ...
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How the "Horse Whisperer" Trains Wild Horses
Long before the "dog whisperer," Cesar Milan, there was the "horse whisperer."
Monty Roberts was raised in the horse business. He learned ...
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An Orchestra Needs the Authority of the Conductor
In his book Up with Authority, Victor Lee Austin uses the analogy of an orchestra to explain why we need human authority. Orchestras need conductors because ...
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An Umpire Claims, "I Wrote the Rulebook"
In The Gospel of Matthew: God With Us, Matt Woodley writes:
A number of years ago, when I was playing in a friendly men's softball game, the umpire ...
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Early Leader Augustine Chooses to Suffer with His People
When he first became a Christian, Augustine's ambition was to live the rest of his life as a private person, focusing on prayer and quiet contemplation. ...
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Violating God's Law Is Like Putting Our Hand in Fire
Dorothy Sayers, the mystery writer, was also a devoted Christian. Dorothy Sayers was attempting to explain the moral law of God. She pointed out that ...
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Why One Man Left Christianity to Join the Wiccans
In his book Generation Ex-Christian, about younger Christians leaving Christianity, author Drew Dyck relates one interview with a young man who left Christianity ...
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Children's Bible "Product of Much Pain"
Prolific children's author George Koshy spent three years writing a children's Bible, the first of its kind to be originated in any Indian language. ...
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