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World Series Co-MVP Randy Johnson Seeks God's Glory
In 1996, 2001 World Series co-MVP Randy Johnson said:
About three years ago, I had a traumatic experience in my life—my dad passed away. I was on ...
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Unrepentant to the End
In A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers writes:
When my father was in intensive care, about a day and a half from throwing in the towel, ...
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Death Just a Gardener
"Death used to be an executioner, but the gospel has made him just a gardener."
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Healed from Anger
In Preaching Today, author and speaker Tony Campolo tells this story:
I was in a church in Oregon not too long ago, and I prayed for a man who had cancer. ...
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C. S. Lewis: War Gives Important Reminder
War does do something to death. It forces us to remember it. The only reason why the cancer at 60 or the paralysis at 75 do not bother us is that we forget ...
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George Mueller on God's Goodness
Is God good even in the most painful times in life? In his book The Pleasures of God, John Piper shared the following account from the life of 19th century ...
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Mother Brings Peace During Crisis
Cindy Holmes is a writer and pediatric nurse in Houston, Texas. She wrote an article about a mother and child she got to know at the hospital who were ...
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Mission to Die
In The God of the Towel Jim McGuiggan writes:
In 490 B.C. as Xerxes was advancing into Greece, he came to Thermopylae, a small pass in central Greece. ...
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Earthly Memorials vs. Heavenly Glory
Tombstones are getting updated, at least in Hollywood. At Hollywood Forever, a 64-acre cemetery next to Paramount Studios, they produce multimedia narratives ...
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"The Lion King": Substitutionary Sacrifice
Disney's animation The Lion King portrays the primal struggle between good and evil through its main character. Simba, a cub on his way to becoming ...
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