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Pastor Loved for His Suffering, Not His ‘Success’
Teacher and author Paul Borthwick was on a visit to one of his friends who teaches in Beijing, China. He attended a church with four young men who were ...
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Thank God for Those Bombs
In an issue of CT magazine, Kim Phuc Phan Thi shares how a napalm attack in Vietnam scarred her body, but it also led her to Christ.
You have seen my picture ...
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Indian Pastor Witnesses for Christ Despite Persecution
An article titled “Arrests, Beatings, and Prayers: Inside the Persecution of India’s Christians” details the persecution of Christians ...
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An Iranian Refugee’s Terrible Journey to God
Annahita Parsan shares how she survived snowy mountains, a filthy prison, and an abusive husband as God brought her to faith in Christ.
I was born in beautiful, ...
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Polish Moms Donate Strollers for Fleeing Ukrainian Women
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but this picture is worth much, much more. Several photos on Twitter in early March show row after ...
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The Awkwardness of an Adult on the Floor
David Brooks writes in The New York Times:
Rabbi Elliot Kukla once described a woman with a brain injury who would sometimes fall to the floor. People ...
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Analyzing Prosperity
Among Americans with evangelical beliefs who attend a Protestant church monthly or more:
75% agree that “God wants me to prosper financially.”41% ...
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The Reason for Christ’s Anguish in the Garden
How are we to understand Jesus’ cry of dereliction, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” along with his desperate prayer in the ...
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Black Bible Reading Endures
African Americans have held tight to their Bibles over the years. Amid cultural shifts in beliefs and reading habits, their demographic consistently outranks ...
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The World's Oldest Man Replaced Bitterness with Sweetness
On August 11, 2017, the world's oldest man passed away, just a month short of his 114th birthday—making him one of the 10 longest lived men ...
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