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Sacrificially Giving a Priceless Gift

On September 3, 1939, German troops invaded Bielsko, Poland. A fifteen­ year-old girl, Gerda Weissman, and her family survived in a Jewish ghetto ...


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Holocaust Prisoners Survived by Mutual Self-Sacrifice

In 1943, 230 women were arrested as members of the French Resistance and sent to Birkenau concentration camp. Only 49 survived, but this in itself is ...


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Who is in the Driver's Seat of Your Life?

In a sermon, John Ortberg compares submission to Jesus to driving a car:

When it was time to take our first child home from the hospital, we put her in ...

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There are 80,000 Options for a Starbucks Beverage

At your local Starbucks you have lots of options. You could start by ordering a Tall, Non-Fat Latte With Caramel Drizzle. Or a Grande, Iced, Sugar-Free, ...


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Jesus Said: 'I Got You' as He Shielded Us from Death

In his sermon, Todd Wilson tells a powerful story of rescue in a life and death situation.

As a country, we are still reeling from many tragic events. ...


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Self-Sacrificial Love Gives Way to Cheap Sex

Kevin, a 24-year-old college graduate from Denver, wants to get married someday and is "almost 100% positive" that he will. But not soon, he ...


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Missionary Shares Why He Risked His Life

Mark Batterson tells of a modern day martyr in his book Chase the Lion:

With his hands tied behind his back, missionary J. W. Tucker was beaten and then ...

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'When I Died': 22 Year Old Fitness Intern Shares Her Story

It's not every day you hear a story starting with "when I died," but that's how 22-year-old Amber Moloney remembers February 6th. Moloney, ...


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Navy Sailor Chose to Save Others

On June 17, 2017 the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship 56 miles off the coast of Japan. But one of ...


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The Humbling Journey from a Dignified Life to Fatherhood

Jonathan Last, a writer for the Weekly Standard, claims, that he was once reasonably dignified. "I dressed like a gentleman and luxuriated in the ...


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