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Hoarding Child Has No Fun

Kevin Harney tells the following story in his book, Seismic Shifts:

A little boy sat on the floor of the church nursery with a red rubber ball in each ...


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Kanye West Wants to Be a Bible Character

Kanye West, a hip hop producer and rapper, wants a new version of Scripture. That would not be so unusual, except that he thinks he should be a character ...


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Back from the Brothel

"I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you," Jesus announced to the religious ...


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"Breakfast at Tiffany's": Afraid of Love

The classic film Breakfast at Tiffany's follows the escapades of New York playgirl Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) as she tries in vain to snare ...


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Donald Miller Realizes the Selfishness of His Gift

In his book Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller writes about a Christmas Eve when his view of God was changed, and how that affected his perspective on everything ...


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Photographer's Indifference Drove Him to Suicide

In 1994, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. The photograph that brought him fame depicted an emaciated ...


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Max Lucado Describes Some Weak Views of Christ

Pastor and author Max Lucado describes some of the weak views people have about Christ:

For some, Jesus is a good luck charm. The "Rabbit's Foot ...

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Benjamin Franklin's Lesson on Humility from Cotton Mather

Benjamin Franklin vividly remembered a visit he made as a young man to see the Puritan preacher Cotton Mather and the life lesson learned. Franklin recalled: ...


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Woman Aborts Two of Her Triplets

"The Lives" column in New York Times Magazine carried a first-person account of Amy Richards and her decision to abort two of three fetuses ...


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C. S. Lewis on God's Will

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your ...


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