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Actor Jeremy Renner Risked His Life to Save Nephew
Actor Jeremy Renner said he would risk getting run over by a snowplow again to save his nephew. Renner said, “I’d do it again, because it ...
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Muslim Woman Takes Bold Stand for Jesus
In his memoir, Everything Sad Is Untrue, Daniel Nayeri tells the gripping story of his mother’s conversion from a devout Muslim background to a ...
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Medical Group Details Negative Impact of Alcohol
The following was taken from a newsletter for a medical group, not a Christian organization:
Do you indulge in a glass of wine every now and then? You ...
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Bono on Silence and Surrender
Music icon Bono, lead singer of the popular band U2, tells the Atlantic magazine that lately God has been leading him to desire silence and listen to ...
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Firefighters Need to Drop Weighty Tools
On the afternoon of August 4, 1949, a lightning storm started a small fire near the top of the southeast ridge of Mann Gulch, Montana, a slope forested ...
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Birds and the Importance of Gifts
Even crows and ravens seem to understand the importance of giving gifts. John Marzluff and Tony Angell, in their book, Gifts of the Crow, detail the intelligence ...
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God Called a Hip-Hop Lesbian to Faith
Writer, poet, and hip-hop artist Jackie Hill Perry was a lesbian in a loving relationship when she felt God calling her to a different life:
God knew he ...
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Ukrainians Receive Aid via Airbnb Rentals
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, US relief agencies began ramping up fundraising efforts to assist in helping out refugees. But many Americans ...
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Chaplains Lay Down Their Lives for Others
During World War II, a US Army Transport Ship carrying 902 servicemen was struck by a German submarine. Panic and chaos quickly set in as men raced for ...
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Retirees Volunteer in Radioactive Nuclear Plant
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was heavily damaged in 2011 by a tsunami, resulting in three meltdowns. 200 Japanese retirees volunteered to fix the ...
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