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The Farmer Who Never Locked His Barn

In the small town of Elburn, Illinois, Harold Metzger ran a 200-acre corn and soybean operation for forty-three years. What made Harold different from every...

Psalm 112:1-10Universal

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When the Lights Came Back to Joplin

On May 22, 2011, a mile-wide EF5 tornado carved through Joplin, Missouri, reducing entire neighborhoods to bare foundations. Where homes and schools once stood, there...

Genesis 1:1-3Universal

237 words

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The Hallelujah from the Ruins

In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a man undone. The composer who had once dazzled London's opera houses now faced crippling debt....

Universalgrace

223 words

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The Man Who Was Chosen to Wait

In 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in a Brooklyn office and asked the question that would change baseball forever. But it wasn't...

Universalpatience

235 words

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The Woman Who Walked Toward the Storm

In 1943, a young Polish nurse named Irena Sendler could have stayed safe. She had papers. She had connections. She could have kept her head...

Ruth 2:12Universal

228 words

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The Race He Didn't Have to Win

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Eric Liddell faced a decision that confused the watching world. The Scottish sprinter was favored to medal in the 100...

Universalfreedom

239 words

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William Wilberforce and the Long Campaign

For twenty years, William Wilberforce stood before the British Parliament and lost. Year after year, from 1787 onward, he introduced bills to abolish the slave...

James 5:7-10Universal

230 words

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Maximilian Kolbe and the Body Freely Given

In the summer of 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. The SS guards selected ten men from Block 14 to die by starvation as punishment....

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

251 words

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Life at the Bottom

On January 23, 1960, oceanographer Jacques Piccard and Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh climbed into the bathyscaphe Trieste and began their descent into the Mariana Trench...

Universalcourage

247 words

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The First Transplant

In 1954, Richard Herrick was dying of chronic kidney failure at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. No existing treatment could save him. Then Dr....

Universalfaith

225 words

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Running to the Father

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal as a medal favorite. He had trained for years, overcoming...

Universalhealing

230 words

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The Father Who Wouldn't Let Him Finish Alone

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, fought through multiple surgeries, and...

Universalperseverance

246 words

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A Song Written in Chains

In December 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a Nazi prison cell. The German pastor had been arrested for his role in the resistance against Hitler,...

Universalcourage

230 words

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The Voyager Golden Record

In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 into space carrying a golden phonograph record. Carl Sagan and his team curated 115 images, greetings in 55 languages,...

Universalpurpose

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The Father Who Wouldn't Stay in the Stands

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final with everything he had trained for on the line. About...

Universalhealing

237 words

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The Man Who Already Knew Who He Was

When Eric Liddell arrived at the 1924 Paris Olympics, he was Scotland's fastest man and the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the...

Universalidentity

229 words

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Eighty Years of Silence

When Johann Sebastian Bach died in 1750, the world shrugged. His music was considered old-fashioned, overly complex, and within a generation his manuscripts gathered dust...

Universalrestoration

211 words

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The Man God Made Fast

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the heats were scheduled...

Universalidentity

222 words

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Living Like Rescued Men

On August 5, 2010, thirty-three miners were trapped 2,300 feet underground in the San José copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. For seventeen days, no...

Colossians 3:1-4Universal

238 words

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The Body That Never Stops Mending

Every second of every day, your DNA is under attack. Ultraviolet light, oxidative stress, even the simple act of a cell dividing can damage the...

Universalhealing

240 words

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The Password You Never See

Every time you log into your bank account, something remarkable happens behind the scenes. Your password never actually travels across the internet. Instead, a system...

Universaltrust

234 words

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Guts Enough Not to Fight Back

In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson and laid out an impossible assignment. Rickey wanted Robinson to break baseball's color barrier with...

Universalobedience

230 words

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Eric Liddell's Sacred Stride

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. But when he learned the heats fell...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

228 words

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The Chains Fell Off

On May 21, 1738, Charles Wesley lay sick in a London bedroom, wrestling with spiritual despair. He had crossed an ocean as a missionary, studied...

Universalfreedom

268 words