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Looking for Jesus in the Eyes of the Homeless

In Portland, Oregon, the homeless gather under the Burnside Bridge. For more than three years, carloads of Christians from Bridgetown Ministries have ...


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Bees Demonstrate the Miracle of Creation

That 16-ounce honey bear in your pantry exists only because tens of thousands of bees flew some 112,000 miles in a relentless, unquestioned pursuit of ...


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Augustine on Abstinence

Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.


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Augustine on Lust

Seeing women when you go out is not forbidden, but it is sinful to desire them or to wish them to desire you, for it is not by tough or passionate feeling ...


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"The Chronicles of Narnia": Dying in a Traitor's Stead

The movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is based on the classic novel by C. S. Lewis about four London children who ...


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Christians' Point of No Return

If you were inside the cockpit of a departing airplane, just as it took off from the runway you would hear the copilot or captain call out, "V1." ...


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Sex Addict Admits Her Misery

Human beings long for intimacy, and sex is one of God's good gifts for a man and a woman to enjoy within the bounds of marriage. We have a tendency, ...


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Christian Students More Willing to Help Katrina Victims

In 2006, the number of college students on spring break sent by the United Way and MTV as volunteers to help people rebuild their homes following Hurricane ...


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"Casablanca": Self-Denial

In Casablanca, Rick Blaine (Humphry Bogart) is an exiled American running a popular café in Casablanca, a town in French controlled Morocco where ...


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Alcoholics Anonymous Founder Lived a Lie

Bill Wilson was the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. For that accomplishment, Time magazine named Wilson one of the Top 100 People of the 20th century. ...


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