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Puzzle Shows Our Need to Slow Down and Pay Attention
In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, the Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman uses a simple puzzle to show the importance of slowing down and ...
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A Youth Group Witnesses a Spiritual Harvest in Afghanistan
In his most recent book What Good Is God?, Philip Yancey writes:
This is a true story from Afghanistan that took place in the early 1970s, before the Russian ...
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Buoys Fail to Warn Islanders of Future Danger
On October 25, 2010, a massive earthquake set off a tsunami that struck some Indonesian Islands. The tsunamis leveled whole villages, leaving hundreds ...
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Woman Given 24–48 Hours to Live Learns Valuable Lessons
For 11 years, Mary Leonard of Louisville, Kentucky, has dealt with polymyositis, a rare inflammatory tissue disease that invades the muscles. There is ...
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The Conversion of NFL Broadcaster Pat Summerall
For 45 years, Pat Summerall's voice and face spelled football. He anchored CBS and FOX's NFL telecasts (often alongside John Madden) and broadcast ...
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Woman Flees Pagan Lifestyle, Hearing Is Restored
In his book The Unexpected Journey, Thom Rainer shares the story of Kathi, a woman who left behind a life of witchcraft and Wiccan paganism to become ...
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Luis Palau on His Conversion
Luis Palau, the Argentine-born international evangelist, describes his conversion to Christ as a young man:
I met a young Jewish Christian from England, ...
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Close Call Leaves Lewis Smedes Wondering About God
Before giving his life fully to Christ, author Lewis Smedes worked for his uncle's steel company. He writes:
Gigantic cranes hoisted the steel beams ...
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Former Convict's Journey to Christ
After years of street violence, drug use, and thievery, Fernando "Fernie" Aranda was sent to prison to a serve a 25-years-to-life sentence. ...
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Famous Vietnamese Girl Transformed by Christ
Millions have seen Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc (pronounced "fuke"). On June 8, 1972, a napalm bomb was dropped ...
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