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Three Ships Overload and Get Lost at Sea

In January 1999 the North Atlantic commercial fishing industry saw a deadly string of accidents. In a 13-day span, the Cape Fear, the Adriatic, and the ...


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Film 42 Shows Jackie Robinson's Christlike Strength

In the movie 42, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. Rickey recruits Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman), ...


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Woman Lays Down a 30-Year Grudge

From 1974-1981 the actress Alison Arngrim played Nellie Oleson on the wildly popular show, Little House on the Prairie. Nellie, as everyone of a certain ...


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Film Shows the Pain of Withholding Forgiveness

Editor's Note: If you're using the actual clip, start at 1:17:34. The scene begins at the ** (see the text below) where Rory asks "What is this about ...


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Warrior Tribe Realizes the Power of Confession

When the Ku Waru warriors of Papua New Guinea were about to launch any risky activity that required close cooperation—like going into battle—they ...


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Craig Groeschel Sought Revenge after His Sister's Sexual Abuse

My biggest struggle with bitterness started when my family discovered the awful truth about someone we had trusted in a position of authority over ...


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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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White Supremacist Accepts Christ and Removes Hateful Tattoos

Two years ago, Chris Simpson led a white pride march. Six months ago, he abandoned the white supremacist movement. This past April, he was baptized.

Simpson, ...


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Famous Mountain Climber Struggled to Forgive

Many mountain climbers regard Italian Walter Bonatti as the greatest climber of all time. In 1954, when he was 24-years-old, he was the youngest member ...


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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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