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When Humanitarian Relief Goes Wrong

In the wake of the destruction from Hurricane Harvey (2017), Americans rallied to provide aid and relief. But not all of the "help" actually ...


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Businessman Rescues Thousands of Children in Columbia

In Unbelievable?, Justin Brierley shares that in the 1970s, Jaime Jaramillo, a wealthy businessman, was walking along the streets of Bogotá in ...


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Unknown Missionary Fought a Corrupt King

In his book A Selfish Plan to Change the World Justin Dillon relates the courage of a missionary couple who stood up against corruption:

In the late 1800s, ...

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Retired Executive Showed Christ's Love to the Homeless

Christian author Tim Stafford shared a moving story about his mentor Max Dunn, who died at the age of 95:

Max had worked as an executive for a big department ...

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John Perkins Shares His Greatest Regret

The Christian leader John Perkins has written movingly about the need for racial reconciliation even after his painful encounters with brutal racists. ...


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Local Church Provides Widows a Way Out of Poverty

After losing her husband, Tinashe Butau of Zimbabwe was now a single mother with four children to feed, and she needed to find a way to provide. When ...


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Man Trapped Inside ATM Cries for Help to Customers

A visitor to a Bank of America in Corpus Christi experienced a rather rough afternoon.

He was a contractor, there to install a lock on the bank's service ...


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80 Beachgoers Form Human Chain to Save Swimmers from Rip Current

Beachgoers along the shores of Panama City Beach in Florida found themselves witness to an event as dangerous as it was inspiring. While playing in the ...


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Homeless Man Thanks Pastor for 'Looking at Me'

The following story was shared by Ed Salmon, a pastor from South Carolina, who passed away in 2016:

Just yesterday, I went out for lunch. When I got to ...

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86-Year-Old Man Raises $400,000 Over 30 Years for a Children's Home

When Johnny Jennings of Ringgold, Georgia was 18, he made a life-changing visit to a Georgia Baptist children's home. Several children ran up to him ...


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