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Dynamite Inventor Confronted by His Own Epitaph
In 1867, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented a new high explosive, which he named "dynamite." He was convinced that his invention would make ...
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Creation Accounts Reveal View of Humanity
Contrast the creation of the first man according to Genesis 2 with the creation of the first human beings according to Mesopotamian tradition. True, in ...
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Positive Attitude Makes for Longer Lifespan
Elderly people who have a negative attitude toward growing old are literally thinking themselves into an early grave. A Reuters News report from a journal ...
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The "Why" to Live
When Jewish psychiatrist Victor Frankl was arrested by the Nazis in World War II, he was stripped of everything--property, family, possessions. He had ...
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"The Great Raid": The Glory of the Mission
The movie The Great Raid is based on the true story of the largest mission to rescue American POWs in WWII. Over 500 American captives had been taken ...
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Sound Check Demonstrates Billy Graham's Purpose
Billy [Graham] was so focused on bringing his message in every venue…that he would somehow always find a way to do it. His use of the microphone ...
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No Reason to Live
Hunter S. Thompson, the so-called gonzo journalist, committed suicide on February 16, 2005, leaving instructions that his ashes should be shot out of ...
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Busy Man Accomplishes Nothing
Rafael Antonio Lozano is a man with a mission, albeit a strange one. The 33-year-old computer programmer from Plano, Texas, is on a quest to visit every ...
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"Thirteen Conversations About One Thing": No Reason for Life's Trials?
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing follows four separate characters who face unexpected trials and setbacks. They are forced into making difficult ...
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Arranged Marriage Is Used by God
In 1931, when my husband Vernon and I were working in Kochi, Japan, I helped at a home for girls. At that time 65 girls from poor families were being ...
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