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Holding Grudges Weighs You Down

According to researchers at Erasmus University carrying a grudge can weigh you down—literally. The researchers asked study participants to write ...


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At the Cross God Didn't Respond Like WW2 Soldiers

According to Rick Atkinson in The Guns at Last Light, as WW2 drew to a close, American took more reprisals against German soldiers. The violence of war ...


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Nelson Mandela Was Ready to Suffer for His Convictions

In 1964 Nelson Mandela began his prison sentence at Rodden Island, the former site of a leper colony and the insane. For the next 27 years, Mandela would ...


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Oldest Human Corpse Was a Murder Victim

In 1991 two hikers in the Italian Alps stumbled upon a 5,300-year-old corpse that would later be dubbed "Ötzi the Iceman." Preserved for ...


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Marines Must Hold Each Other Accountable

Editor's Note: The following illustration was adapted from an article by Michael Wheeler, a professor at Harvard Business School.

According to Major ...


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Craig Groeschel Sought Revenge after His Sister's Sexual Abuse

Craig Groeschel writes in “Soul Detox”:

My biggest struggle with bitterness started when my family discovered the awful truth about someone ...


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Man Murders Former Classmate after Holding 50-Year Grudge

In June of 2012, Carl Ericsson, a 73-year-old South Dakota man, was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to the murder of a former high school ...


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John Perkins Gives Racist a Bag of Blueberries

The book Welcoming Justice was co-authored by Charles Marsh, a younger white professor, and John Perkins, an older black Christian leader. On the first ...


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Basketball Star Chris Paul Forgives His Grandfather’s Killers

In April, 2011, Rick Reilly wrote a moving story about forgiveness from the life of Chris Paul, the all-star basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. ...


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Persecuted Christians in Pakistan Love Their Enemies

The Christians in Pakistan comprise only 2.5 percent of the total population, a mere "fly on the wall" in this officially Islamic nation. (Ninety-seven ...


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