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A Lesson for the Church from Selling Razors

A man goes into a store to buy some razor blades. They're locked up. He tries to get in, but it's like robbing Fort Knox. No one is around to ...


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The Guy Who Invented Those Smiley Faces

Dr. Scott Fahlman has been working on artificial intelligence for his entire 40-year career at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. In particular, ...


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'Secular' Columnist Praises Work of Missionary

Nicholas Kristof, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times wrote a column entitled, "A Little Respect for Dr. Foster." Kristof makes clear ...


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Introducing Amazon's Very First Customer

John Wainwright was the first person, not affiliated with Amazon, to purchase a book from Amazon. The book Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies by Douglas ...


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Army Unit Volunteers for Daring Mission

Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying 24 members of the U.S. military, crashed into the New Guinea jungle during a sightseeing excursion. The ...


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Churches Should Have a 'Love-Radius'

Bombs have what's called a "blast-radius," defined as the distance from the source that will be affected when an explosion occurs. Churches ...


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Phillip Yancey Reflects on Missionary Work in South Korea

Phillip Yancey toured the Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery, built to honor 145 missionaries in South Korea. All of the missionaries died in their ...


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Original Version of Monopoly Became Hyper-competitive

It's easy to forget our initial God-given mission, just as it's easy to lose our first love for Christ and drift away from our call to follow ...


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Summarizing Your Life in Six Words

If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? Several years ago an online magazine asked that question. It was inspired by a possibly ...


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St. Nicholas—Patron Saint of Pawn Shops

Many people don't realize that Santa Claus, based on the real historical person of Saint Nicholas, a leader in the early church from the city of Myra, ...


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