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In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Return of the King*, there is a moment that has stopped readers in their tracks for over seventy years. Sam Gamgee...
On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained for years. He was...
In John Bunyan's *The Pilgrim's Progress*, Christian and his companion Hopeful finally reach the last obstacle before the Celestial City — a deep, dark river...
In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, there comes a moment at the Council of Elrond when the great and powerful have spent hours...
In the mid-twentieth century, British surgeon Dr. Paul Brand made a discovery that changed how the world understood leprosy. Working with patients in Vellore, India,...
In the 1950s, a Soviet orthopedic surgeon named Dr. Gavriil Ilizarov made a remarkable discovery in his clinic in Siberia. He found that when a...
In the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted what may be the most recognized image in Western art: the outstretched hand of God reaching toward Adam. Millions...
In bone marrow transplantation, something remarkable happens. After the donor's marrow engrafts, the recipient's blood cells begin carrying the donor's DNA. Hematologists call this "chimerism"...
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, there is a scene that every pastor should know. The children Jill and Eustace, along with a gangly, web-footed...
In 1995, astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky near the Big Dipper — a spot that appeared completely empty...
By the time Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Ninth Symphony in 1824, he was almost entirely deaf. He could not hear a single note of...
In George MacDonald's *The Princess and the Goblin*, young Princess Irene discovers her mysterious great-great-grandmother living in a hidden tower room, spinning at a wheel....
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, four travelers find themselves trapped underground, where a witch weaves an enchantment to make them forget everything they have...
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, there is a moment that every believer should carry in their back pocket. The children and their companion Puddleglum...
Fanny Crosby was six weeks old when a man posing as a doctor applied a hot poultice to her inflamed eyes. The treatment destroyed her...
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, the Green Witch tries to enchant Puddleglum and the children into believing that the Overworld — the sun, Aslan,...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made what many of his colleagues considered a reckless decision. He pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch...
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, there is a scene that every pastor should know. The heroes — two children and a gangly, web-footed creature...
In 1995, astronomers made what many considered a foolish decision. They pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky near the Big...
In C.S. Lewis's *The Silver Chair*, there is a scene that every believer should carry in their back pocket. The children Jill and Eustace, along...
Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old after a doctor's tragic mistake left her permanently blind. She never saw a sunrise, never watched...
In *The Return of the King*, J.R.R. Tolkien gives us one of literature's most quietly powerful portraits of faith. Sam Gamgee finds himself deep in...
In George MacDonald's beloved children's novel *The Princess and the Goblin*, young Princess Irene receives a remarkable gift from her mysterious great-great-grandmother: a thin, silken...
In the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted something that theologians have marveled at for over five hundred years. In his famous fresco *The Creation of Adam*,...