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Courageous Student Prevents School Shooting
In September of 2006, a high school senior named Matt Atkinson learned of a dark secret from three of his friends. In confidence, they told him of their ...
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The Reality of Violent Video Games
Forgive me, for I have killed.
I have used swords and shotguns, handguns and grenades. I have shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned. I have crushed skulls with ...
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Young Amish Girl Offered Her Life for Classmates
October 2, 2006, was a dark day for the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. That morning, a local milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded ...
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Violent Video Games Create Efficient Killers
David Grossman, a retired Army psychologist, believes that violent video games are teaching our kids to kill. Grossman first became aware of this issue ...
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Man Contemplates Killing His Daughter's Rapist
In the fall of 2002, Rick Garmon's daughter, Katie, became a victim of date rape. She was 18-years-old at the time and a freshman in college. Too ...
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"The Devil in the White City": Two Extremes of Human Nature
Set against Chicago's World's Fair in 1893, Erik Larson's bestselling book The Devil in the White City tells the true story of two men, each ...
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Pastor Punched, Continues Sermon
A pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, had an opportunity to practice what he preaches regarding turning the other cheek and showing forgiveness.
The pastor was ...
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Monk Sacrificed Himself for Peace
In the fifth century, a monk named Telemachus wanted to live his life in pursuit of God, so he lived alone in the desert praying, fasting, and meditating. ...
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Parents Forgive Daughter's Killers
Amy Biehl died a violent death. In 1993, the 26-year-old white Fulbright scholar was registering black voters for South Africa's first free election, ...
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Christian Nurse Opposed Nazi Policy
The Discovery Channel aired "Selling Murder: The Killing Films of the Third Reich," a documentary on films found in archives after German reunification. ...
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