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Charity Rejoices in Truth, Not in the Falsehood of Iniquity

Iniquity expresses unevenness or inequality—a want of rectitude or moral principle.

1 Corinthians 13:6Universalthe opposition between love and wickedness

charity's alignment with divine truth

Joseph S. Exell

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The Woman Who Spoke for Those Who Could Not Speak

On March 20, 1852, a small Boston publishing house, John P. Jewett and Company, released a two-volume novel by a minister's daughter from Connecticut. Harriet...

Proverbs 31:8-9Universaljusticecompassion

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Ink Strong Enough to Break a Yoke

On March 20, 1852, the Boston firm of John P. Jewett published a two-volume novel by a minister's daughter from Connecticut. Harriet Beecher Stowe's *Uncle...

Isaiah 58:6Universaljusticecompassion

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A Suitcase Full of Conviction

On the morning of February 18, 1943, Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans carried a suitcase through the corridors of the University of Munich. Inside...

Revelation 12:11Universalcouragetruth

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When Truth Crossed the Ohio River

For eighteen years, Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, a city perched on the northern bank of the Ohio River with slaveholding Kentucky just...

Galatians 3:28Universaljusticecompassion

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The Last Prayer of William Tyndale

On the morning of October 6, 1536, guards led William Tyndale from the damp stone cells of Vilvoorde Castle near Brussels to a wooden stake...

Psalm 119:105Universalsacrificetruth

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Four Points of Light That Changed Everything

On the night of January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei aimed his improved telescope toward Jupiter from his study in Padua, Italy. What he saw startled...

John 8:32Universaltruthcourage

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A Twenty-One-Year-Old's Calm Defiance

On February 18, 1943, Sophie Scholl climbed the marble staircase of the University of Munich's main hall carrying a suitcase full of leaflets. She was...

Acts 5:29Universalcouragetruth

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The Leaflets That Fell Like Freedom

On February 18, 1943, twenty-one-year-old Sophie Scholl climbed the marble staircase of the University of Munich carrying a suitcase full of contraband. Not weapons. Not...

John 8:32Universalcouragetruth

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The Grocer's Last Words

On March 9, 1892, a white mob dragged Thomas Moss from the Shelby County jail in Memphis, Tennessee, and murdered him alongside his business partners...

Micah 6:8Universalcouragetruth

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A Voice Borrowed from the Voiceless

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before nearly six hundred people in Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, invited by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery...

Proverbs 31:8-9Universaljusticetruth

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The Woman Who Would Not Be Silenced

On March 9, 1892, a white mob dragged three Black men from a Memphis jail and shot them dead. Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry...

Proverbs 31:8-9Universalcouragetruth

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A Trumpet Made of Truth

On March 9, 1892, a white mob dragged three Black men from a Memphis jail and shot them dead. Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry...

Isaiah 58:1Universalcouragetruth

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Closer Than the Stars

On the night of January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei aimed a telescope he had built himself toward Jupiter from Padua, Italy. What he saw puzzled...

Acts 17:27Universaltruthcourage

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When Justice Rolls Like a River

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before nearly six hundred people in Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society had...

Amos 5:24Universaljusticetruth

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The Bibles They Could Not Burn

In 1526, small volumes began appearing in English ports, hidden inside bales of cloth and sacks of grain. William Tyndale's English New Testament — translated...

2 Timothy 3:16-17Universalsacrificetruth

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The Prophet Who Would Not Let Them Celebrate in Peace

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before nearly six hundred people in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, invited by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society...

Isaiah 58:6Universaljusticetruth

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When the Universe Refused to Revolve Around Us

In May of 1543, a dying Nicolaus Copernicus lay in his bed at the cathedral chapter house in Frombork, Poland. He had served as a...

Isaiah 55:8-9Universaltruthcourage

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What Even Darwin Could Not Unsee

On November 24, 1859, John Murray published Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* in London, and the entire first printing of 1,250 copies was...

Romans 1:20Universalcreationwonder

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The Tangled Bank and the Psalmist's Song

On November 24, 1859, John Murray's publishing house in London released 1,250 copies of Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species*. Every copy was spoken...

Psalm 104:24-25Universalcreationwonder

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The Dying Man Who Moved the Earth

For nearly thirty years, Nicolaus Copernicus kept his revolutionary idea largely to himself. The Polish canon at the cathedral in Frombork had calculated what few...

Psalm 19:1Universaltruthcourage

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The Doctor Who Chose to Listen

For nearly two decades, Cuban physician Dr. Carlos Finlay stood before medical conferences insisting that mosquitoes carried yellow fever. The scientific establishment dismissed him. Colleagues...

Proverbs 18:15Universalsacrificetruth

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What a Churchman Saw Without a Telescope

For decades, a quiet church canon named Nicolaus Copernicus climbed the tower adjoining Frombork Cathedral in northern Poland, studying the night sky with nothing more...

Job 38:31-33Universaltruthcourage

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The Invisible Enemy Unmasked

For decades, yellow fever ravaged Havana, killing thousands of soldiers and civilians. Physicians fumigated buildings, burned the bedding of the dead, and scrubbed wards with...

Psalm 147:3Universalsacrificetruth

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