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Prayer for Mother's Recovery Goes Unanswered

Pastor Randy Frazee shared this with his congregation:

My mother was dying. I went to God and made a special request. By her bedside I prayed 50 times. ...

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Dr. Paul Brand Reaches His Spiritual Peak

Steve Moore tells of a friend's experience at a retirement home dedication:

The ceremony included remarks from one of the new residents, Dr. Paul Brand, ...


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H. B. London on Mysteries That Stretch Our Faith

H. B. London writes in “They Call Me Pastor:”

Four doctors in surgical greens stood before Dave and Jana at the Huntington Memorial Hospital ...


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Sailor Says Bittersweet Farewell to His Boat

A U.S. Navy warship plucked Richard Van Pham, a 62-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, from the waters off Costa Rica on September 17, 2002. He was 2,500 miles ...


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Candice Bergen's Wish for Eternal Life

When asked by interviewer Meg Grant to name three wishes, actress Candice Bergen, responded, "Aside from eternal life?"


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Man Witnesses amid Terror

Al Braca worked as a corporate bond trader. His office was on the 105th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center. A week after the tower was hit and ...


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Billy Graham Confident of Final Destination

In January 2000, leaders of Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon. Billy initially hesitated to accept the ...


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Man Buried with His Money

There was a man who worked all his life and saved as much as he could. He loved money more than anything.

Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When ...


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Soldier Reflects After Killing Enemy

On a mission in Honduras in the 1980s, Eric L. Haney and members of his elite counterterrorist unit surrounded some Cuban-trained guerrillas on a Honduran ...


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Sharing Grief in Times of Loss

Nancy Guthrie writes in “Holding onto Hope: Drawn by Suffering to the Heart of God:”

Not long after my six-month-old daughter Hope died, I ...


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