Just before Christmas in 2000, a 7-year-old boy named Tyrel Wolfe stuffed a humble shoebox with simple gifts, along with a picture of himself dressed like a cowboy, and mailed …
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Meeting Mary
You’ve probably heard of Louie Giglio, the founder of Passion, a ministry that impacts hundreds of thousands of college students each year. You’ve probably heard of his best friend, Pastor …
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“He Died for Me!”
Nobody witnessed the crazed gunman sneak into Ford’s Theater the night Lincoln was shot, but many thousands saw the President’s body as it journeyed by train from Washington to Springfield …
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The Presidential Pardon
Throughout his life, President Lincoln developed a reputation for compassion and forgiveness. Regardless of how grievous the offense, or how vile the offender, Lincoln was known to exercise his right …
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The Very First Thanksgiving?
Ahhh, Thanksgiving. The annual season set aside to grumble and complain amongst family and friends. Be careful what you allow Thanksgiving to turn into, this year.
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Being Thankful Was Sooooo Yesterday!
It’s pretty sad that Thanksgiving is being eclipsed by an annual sale, but that’s the state of our holiday mindset. Maybe there’s some wisdom for all of us embedded in …
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Thank God? For What?
It makes sense when praise music is written inside the confines of bejeweled cathedrals or by the hands of those on a spiritual mountaintop. But the world-famous hymn of gratitude …
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A Life-Changing Game of Kickball
It was a normal game of kickball, by a normal group of kids, on a normal 4th of July. Even when the ball struck 9-year-old Jacob Holdaway in the head …
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Charles Spurgeon on Works
“The commands of Christ are not upon the legal tenor of ‘this do and live,’ but upon the gospel system of ‘live and do this.’ We are not to be …
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The Legacy of Welles Crowther
Though they had never met one another, Judy Wein and Ling Young had much in common. They were both in the South Tower when the World Trade Center was attacked …