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Christopher Hitchens Writes about His Battle with Cancer
In the summer of 2010 the popular author and atheist Christopher Hitchens was diagnosed with cancer. With his usual candor and clarity, Hitchens movingly ...
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Two Homes Tested by Powerful Wind Gusts
A test was conducted at the Institute for Business and Home Safety in Richburg, South Carolina. Researchers constructed two 1,300-square-foot houses inside ...
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John Ortberg on Following God Instead of Your Gut
In a sermon, John Ortberg said:
My friend, Jimmy, and his son, Davey, were playing in the ocean down in Mexico, while his family—his wife, daughters, ...
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A New Quest for Immortality
A new movement has emerged from California's Silicon Valley. It's a combination of philosophy, faith, and science known as transhumanism. An article ...
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Facing Harsh Reality
The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your ...
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Playing God
Advances in technology have allowed scientists to come closer than ever to the physical origins of life. But they are as far away as ever from defining ...
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When You Can't Trust a Thermometer
Life involves making lots of decisions about right and wrong, and God has given us a conscience to help us make those decisions. Unfortunately the human ...
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The Blessing of Disability
When asked how he would describe his disabilities, Patrick Henry Hughes replied, "[They're] not disabilities at all—more [like] abilities." ...
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Eugene Peterson on Resurrection's Difficulty
The do-it-yourself, self-help culture of North America has so thoroughly permeated our imaginations that we don't give much sustained attention to ...
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Power Strip Demonstrates Dependence upon God
Text: John 15:1–7
Purpose: To visualize the powerlessness of depending on ourselves rather than God.
Objects: An electric power strip with multiple ...
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