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Gun No Match for Rabbi's Faith
A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted ...
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"It's a Wonderful Life": Resisting Temptation
The classic film It's a Wonderful Life celebrates George Bailey's contribution to his community. George, played by Jimmy Stewart, is a generous ...
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For Christ and His Kingdom
The week before September 11, 2001, America's "Tuesday of Terror," 32-year-old Todd Beamer and his wife, Lisa, had spent a romantic getaway ...
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Listening Well Leads to Success
Erik Weihenmayer is blind, yet on May 25, 2001 (Nepal time), he reached the peak of Mt. Everest. Suffering from a degenerative eye disease, he lost his ...
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"Schindler's List": People Rather Than Gold
The award winning film Schindler's List tells the story of how Oskar Schindler, a German entrepreneur, first exploits but later protects Jews in Poland. ...
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Bonhoeffer's Prayer Brings Prisoner Peace
The made for TV film, Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace, depicts the life and death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a leader in the Confessing Church of Germany during ...
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"Dead Poets Society": Standing for Truth
The movie Dead Poets Society is about a controversial teacher and a class of teenage boys at a prestigious New England prep school in the 1950s. John ...
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"The Straight Story": Yearning for Reconciliation
The movie The Straight Story is based on a true story and chronicles the pilgrimage of a 73 year-old man to mend a broken relationship with his brother, ...
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Payton Endures Repeated Blows
At just 5-foot-10 and 202 pounds, Walter Payton was not a particularly big running back for the National Football League. But he set one of sport's ...
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POW Dies for Friends
In his moving book, Miracle on the River Kwai, Ernest Gordon tells his story of life as a Japanese prisoner of war among the men building the infamous ...
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