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When Your Rival Wants You to Win

At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens was in trouble. The American sprinter had fouled on his first two long jump attempts in qualifying. One...

Universalgrace

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The Man in Black and the Cave of Grace

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave on the Tennessee River, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine addiction had cost him nearly...

Universalredemption

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The Prisoner Who Wrote About Freedom

In 1678, John Bunyan published *The Pilgrim's Progress* from the confines of Bedford Jail, where he had been imprisoned for preaching without a license. A...

Universalfreedom

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Into the Deep

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

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The Genome That Refuses to Stay Broken

In 2015, Swedish scientist Tomas Lindahl shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a discovery that had puzzled him for decades. He found that our...

Universalforgiveness

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The Man in the Cave

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, fully intending to die. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had hollowed him out....

Universalredemption

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Heidi Baker's Mozambique Miracles - Charismatic (Philippians 4:13)

Heidi Baker arrived in Mozambique with nothing—in the midst of civil war, floods, and crushing poverty. Local leaders said ministry there was impossible. Twenty years later, Iris Global has planted thousands of churches, feeds tens of thousands daily, and reports regular miracles.

Philippians 4:13Universal

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The Quiet Repair Within

In 2015, Tomas Lindahl shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a discovery that had puzzled him for decades: how does DNA survive? By all...

Universalperseverance

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The Voice That Holds Everything Together

In 2019, structural engineers inspecting the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy, made a sobering discovery. The bridge hadn't failed because of one catastrophic event....

Psalm 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22Universal

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The Repair Written Into Our Cells

In 2015, Swedish scientist Tomas Lindahl shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a discovery that changed how we understand life itself. For decades, researchers...

Universalforgiveness

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When the Broken Sing Again

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had cost him...

Universalrestoration

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The Example of Faith - Quote

In the small village of Ockley, nestled in the lush English countryside, there lived an elderly woman named Edith. Known for her unshakable faith, she had seen her fair share of trials. Widowhood came early, followed by the loss of...

2 Timothy 1:7Roman Catholic

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The Cathedral He Would Never See

In 1883, a young Spanish architect named Antoni Gaudí took over construction of a church in Barcelona. What began as a modest project became his...

Universalpurpose

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Running on a Broken Leg

On July 27, 1996, the United States women's gymnastics team stood on the edge of history at the Atlanta Olympics. They had never won a...

Universalcourage

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The Man They Said Would Never Walk Again

In February 1949, Ben Hogan's car collided head-on with a Greyhound bus on a foggy Texas highway. In the split second before impact, he threw...

Universalhope

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The Priest Who Stepped Forward

In July 1941, a prisoner escaped from Block 14 at Auschwitz. As punishment, the SS commandant Karl Fritsch lined up the remaining inmates and selected...

Hebrews 2:14-18Universal

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The Enzymes That Never Stop Fixing You

Every single day, the DNA inside each of your cells sustains between ten thousand and one hundred thousand points of damage. Ultraviolet light, metabolic byproducts,...

Universalgrace

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The Song He Stripped Down to Set Free

In 1980, Bob Marley was dying. Melanoma was spreading through his body, and he knew his time was short. So he did something no one...

Universalfreedom

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The Hymn Born from a Young Man's Simple Promise

In 1886, Daniel Towner was leading music at one of D.L. Moody's evangelistic meetings when a young man stood to share his testimony. He was...

Universalobedience

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From the Darkness of Nickajack Cave

In the autumn of 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave near Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine addiction had hollowed...

Universaltransformation

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The Cathedral Builder Who Never Saw the Spires

In 1248, Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden laid the foundation stone for Cologne Cathedral in Germany. He envisioned a magnificent house of worship that would dwarf...

2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16Universal

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Walking Again on Broken Legs

In February 1949, Ben Hogan was the best golfer in the world. He had already won three major championships. Then a Greyhound bus slammed head-on...

Universalrestoration

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The Song Written Over the Waves That Took Everything

In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the railing of a ship crossing the Atlantic and stared down at the cold, dark water. Somewhere beneath...

Universaltrust

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The Masterpiece Born in Ruins

When George Frideric Handel sat down in his London apartment in August 1741, his career was in shambles. The once-celebrated composer was deeply in debt,...

Universalfaith

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