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Mel Gibson Compelled to Believe in Jesus

On a special airing of Primetime Live, ABC's investigative news program, Diane Sawyer sat down with Mel Gibson to grill him about his movie, The Passion. ...


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Guilt-Ridden Murderer Turns to God

Life magazine once did an issue entitled "Who Is God?" which asked that question of people from all over the world. One interview was with David ...


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Woman Finds Acceptance at Church

Gloria S. was ready to take her life. Years of drug abuse, failed relationships, and multiple rejections had taken their toll. Prepared with countless ...


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"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers": Redemption

The Two Towers is the second installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. In order to save Middle Earth from the forces of evil, Frodo and Sam must take ...


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Military Mortician Sees Faith Sustain the Grieving

American soldiers who do not survive the conflict in Iraq come back to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Since 1955, the Dover mortuary has been the next-to-last ...


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"A Christmas Story": Disappointment

In A Christmas Story, young Ralphie wants a Red Ryder BB gun, but his parents' only response is, "You'll shoot your eye out!" All the ...


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Martin Luther King, Jr., on Hope

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

—Martin Luther King, Jr.,


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Lighthouse Remains Standing After Hurricane

Hurricane Isabel was front-page news in September 2003 as it rampaged through the Middle Atlantic States, coming ashore first in all its fury near Cape ...


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Atheism Fails in Crisis

Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Jew, has been called "the voice of the underground church." In the 1940s, he was jailed and tortured by communist officials ...


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Twins in Womb Debate Life After Birth

In Our Greatest Gift, Henri Nouwen tells a parable of faith and hope. He imagines twins–a brother and a sister–talking to each other in their ...


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