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African Pastor Models Christ-like Leadership

Ramez Attalah, general director at The Bible Society of Egypt, attended an international conference (the Lausanne Conference) for Christian leaders in ...


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Worshipping with People We Didn't Hand-Pick

Writer and NPR commentator Heather King, a recovering alcoholic who has come to faith in Christ, reflected on her initial experience with the church:

My ...

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Spiritually Speaking, We Were All Outcasts

When a Christian sees prostitutes, alcoholics, prisoners, drug addicts, unwed mothers, the homeless, refugees, he knows that he is looking in a mirror. ...


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A Lesson on True Success from 'Charlotte's Web'

In his book Xealots, Dave Gibbons reflects on the nature of true success as a leader:

Charlotte's Web is a wonderful little children's story by ...

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Humility Tears Down the Fortress of Pride

Ego builds a cardboard fortress that humility must, every day, tear down.


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Salesman Tries to Help Inventor Understand His Own Invention

In 1969, in a science lab in New Jersey, Canadian physicist Willard Boyle and his colleagues invented the concept of an electronic eye. Using their knowledge ...


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Family Relationships Show a Scientist His Need for God

Rebecca Pippert relates a story about a famous physicist who confided in her and said:

I'm a scientist, you know, a rational person. I've never ...

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Stott Displays Servanthood by Washing Muddy Shoes

Latin American theologian Rene Padilla remembers vividly one of his early encounters with John Stott.

On the previous night we had arrived in Bariloche, ...

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Business Expert Sees Growing "Comparison Obsession"

Thomas J. DeLong, a professor at Harvard Business School, has noted a disturbing trend among his students and colleagues—a "comparison obsession." ...


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J.R.R. Tolkien Describes His Creativity as a Gift from God

J.R.R. Tolkien, the British author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a devout Christian who wanted his books to awaken people to the biblical ...


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