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Kierkegaard on the World's Hatred of the Gospel

Theologian and philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote: "When one preaches Christianity in such a way that the echo answers, 'Away with that man, ...


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"The Lord of the Rings": Struggling to Surrender Sin

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, author J. R. R. Tolkien portrays the classic conflict between good and evil set in a mythical land ...


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Geraldo Demonstrates Emptiness of World's Promises

In 1985, just after leaving 20/20, Geraldo Rivera was at the top of his game as a journalistic investigator. In a matter of moments in 1985, however, ...


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Solitude Is Source of Freedom

Ministry must be done in a rhythm of engagement and withdrawal. Wise followers of Christ have always understood solitude to be the foundational practice. ...


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Enron Employee Loses Big but Feels Set Free

The May 2002 issue of Fast Company tells the stories of five people who worked for Enron, the company that in 2001 filed for the largest bankruptcy in ...


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"The Matrix": Unseen Reality

In the science fiction movie, The Matrix, the real world has been taken over by computers that keep humans in bondage by creating a false reality in their ...


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Emily Dickinson Struggled with Faith

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet who wrote mainly of death and immortality. In 1846, Dickinson's letters to her most intimate friend, ...


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Deceptive Appeal

Joe Gutierrez tells five stories from his 42 years as a steelworker in the book, The Heat: Steelworkers' Lives and Legends. In one story, called "Snow ...


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Leo Tolstoy Questions Meaning of Life

Leo Tolstoy wrote what the Encyclopedia Britannica describes as "one of the two or three greatest novels in world literature"—War and ...


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Preferring Mom's Apple Pie

When I was growing up, whenever we went out to dinner as a family, and the possibility of ordering dessert came up, my father would say to me, "Don't ...


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