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New Insight into the Miracle of Metamorphosis

Until recently, the only way to study how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly was to cut open the chrysalis or x-ray it—both with fatal results. ...


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Suffering – A Path to Greater Godliness

In a recent blog, Randy Alcorn discusses why God allows suffering in the lives of his people:

Mountain climbers could save time and energy if they reached ...


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Pothole Becomes Ad-Hoc Community Garden

A pothole in the Rathnelly neighborhood of Toronto went unfixed for so long, it attracted an unexpected form of attention.

Rathnelly resident Bryan Link ...


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A Stage-4 Cancer Patient Still Feels Loved By God

Kate Bowler is an associate professor of the history of Christianity in North America at Duke Divinity School. Kate has terminal cancer and has written ...


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Learning to Soar in the Power of the Spirit

In a recent (2017) book, Kenneth Boa compares a soaring eagle to Christians learning to soar through the power of the Holy Spirit:

God seems to like eagles. ...

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The Power of Positive Habits Can Change Our Destiny

In his latest book, Robert Morgan shares the beneficial effects that habits can have in our lives:

The word practice implies we must go to work developing ...

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The Domino Chain Reaction of Faith

In Chase the Lion, Mark Batterson writes that in 1983 Lorne Whitehead published an article about the domino chain reaction. You can picture it in your ...


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Hot Air Balloonists Find Success Out of Past Failures

In her article "Soaring Journeys," Jill Carattini relates that on March 1, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones stepped into the gondola of a hot air ...


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Famous Musician's Wisdom on Marriage

The singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen (a Jew who seems to have an interest in the person of Jesus Christ) once called marriage "the hottest furnace ...


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Pro Basketball's Greatest Failure

He's been called the biggest bust in the history of the NBA. Darko Milicic, a largely unknown player from Serbia, was chosen second in the 2003 NBA ...


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