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"The Incredibles": Punished for Doing Good
The Incredibles is the story of the Parrs, a family of superheroes. The beginning of the movie follows the exploits of Bob Parr, also known as “Mr. ...
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Teen Brought Luggage to Her Baptism
When Texas pastor Jim Denison was in college, he served as a summer missionary in East Malaysia. While there he attended a small church. At one of the ...
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Justice Scalia Urges Christians to Live Fearlessly
Speaking to the Knights of Columbus Council in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said: "God assumed from the beginning ...
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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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Imprisoned Chinese Christian Experiences God's Power
Chinese Christian leader Brother Zhong tells this story:
I was attending a training course for my house church network's council members and youth ...
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Church Father Puts God's Interests First
In 370 A. D., Basil of Caesarea, one of the "church fathers," became the archbishop of Caesarea, which brought him into conflict with the Arian ...
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Maximilian Kolbe Dies for Another
In February 1941, Father Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz. He was a Polish Monk who founded a Franciscan order near ...
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"Quo Vadis": The Faith of the Early Christian Martyrs
The epic film Quo Vadis depicts the decadent Roman Empire and the struggles of the early Christians living there in 64 AD. Military commander Marcus Vinicius ...
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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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Christian Prisoner Mysteriously Freed
After watching the Jesus film and listening to Christian radio, on July 15, 2001, Samuel (not his real name) took a monumental step for an Afghan and ...
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