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Rosa Parks Was Tired of Giving In
Rosa Parks is one of the most famous names in civil rights history. In 1955, Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man. She was arrested for her ...
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Steve Jobs Grateful He Was Fired
"I was lucky I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz (Steve Wozniak) and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked ...
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"Band of Brothers": We're Supposed to Be Surrounded
The highly regarded HBO miniseries Band of Brothers follows a company of U.S. paratroopers through the preparation and experience of invading Europe on ...
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Blind Man Needs to Be "Born Again" to See
In a book titled, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, ...
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Special Ed Student Becomes Congressman
Words have the power to shape a life. We've all heard the lie, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Entire ...
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Man Passes Driver's License Test After 271 Failures
Seo Sang-moon figured he would eventually be able to pass his driver’s license examination. And indeed, he did—on his 272nd attempt. After clearing ...
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Medical Missionary Shared in Christ's Sufferings
Helen Roseveare is a British medical doctor who worked for many years as a missionary in Zaire. During the revolution of the 1960s, she often faced brutal ...
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Afflicted Woman Bears Witness to God's Grace
Author and pastor Jim Van Yperen tells this story:
Margaret attended a church I served many years ago. Confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life, ...
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"Glory": Unbridled Commitment
Glory dramatizes the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North during the Civil War. The 54th Regiment from Massachusetts was a rag-tag ...
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Wilma Rudolph Overcame Obstacles to Win Olympic Gold
Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children. Born prematurely, doctors did not expect Wilma to survive. She did, but at the age of four, she contracted ...
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