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In 1920, Sing Sing Prison had the reputation of being a brutal, ungovernable “hellhole.” The New York penitentiary was one of the oldest and biggest maximum-security prisons in America, and …
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It’s Later Than It’s Ever Been!
Mason Reed might be a little boy growing up in the digital age, but his parents are the kind of adults who believe their son should also be able to …
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Viktor Frankl on Suffering
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”
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Pastoral Counseling As a Contact Sport
Victor Marx grew up in a violent, perverse, and evil home. As a result, the young man from Mississippi developed thick skin and self-defense mechanisms that served him well in …
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Frederick Buechner on The Resurrection
“Resurrection means the worst thing is never the last thing.”
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Wes Huff on Transformation
“Don’t be the biggest expert on The Bible in Hell.”
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KKK Leader Reads The Bible
Richard Harris was born in Kokomo, Indiana in a KKK hospital. Yes, that’s a real thing…. His childhood was already a turbulent one, but when his mother died unexpectedly, Richard …
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The Slave Trader Meets the Savior
In 1725, a baby boy was born to Captain John Newton and his wife Elizabeth, in their hometown of London, England. At the young age of 11, the boy was …
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The Last Song of Little Bird
Years ago, in the small African nation of Burundi, there lived a young Hutu tribesman named Binyoni. His name meant “Little Bird,” which seemed fitting because of his fondness for …
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Two Breeds of Men
In January of 2012, the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, set sail on a seven-night cruise around the Mediterranean Sea. Onboard the vessel were 3,206 passengers and an additional 1,023 …
