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Novelist Identifies the Human Condition
On the Bill Moyers PBS special Genesis, panelists from diverse religious backgrounds spoke to the issues raised in the first book of the Bible. After ...
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TV Producer Experiences Misery, Evil
In 1994, Leroy Sievers, producer of the ABC news program Nightline, was sent to document the end of the genocidal campaign in Rwanda, Africa. Looking ...
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Lions Save Kidnapped Girl
Only 12-years-old, and in a moment one Ethiopian girl's world turned into a nightmare. Seven violent men abducted the pre-teen, intending to force ...
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Disabled Woman a Metaphor of the Church
In his book Disappointment with God, Philip Yancey offers a powerful metaphor for the church:
I have a bright, talented, and very funny friend in Seattle ...
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Turtle Rescue Is a Metaphor for Life
Author Barbara Brown Taylor writes:
Several summers ago, I spent three days on a barrier island where loggerhead turtles were laying their eggs. One night ...
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Afflicted Woman Bears Witness to God's Grace
Author and pastor Jim Van Yperen tells this story:
Margaret attended a church I served many years ago. Confined to a wheelchair for most of her adult life, ...
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Pastor's Illness Provides Time for Prayer
Ben Patterson writes:
It came by way of two ruptured lumbar discs. The doctor prescribed six weeks of total rest. The horrible pain prevented me from lying ...
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Son's Compassion Moved Him to Heroism
Author and Pastor Erwin McManus was speaking at a youth convention in Florida and brought his family along for a working vacation.
One morning Erwin and ...
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Spiritual Advantages of Poverty
Why would God single out the poor for special attention over any other group? I used to wonder. What makes the poor deserving of God's concern? I ...
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Arthur Miller Unable to Tell Marilyn Monroe "God Loves You."
In his autobiography Timebends, Arthur Miller tells of his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. During the filming of The Misfits Miller watched Marilyn descend ...
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