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Nelson Mandela on Courage
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Complacency
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christianity
“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.”
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Regret Immortalized
In the violent world of African war where thousands of people shot bullets, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter shot film. The dangerous vocation of wartime photography put him in life-and-death …
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Two Greek orators in the fourth century BC supposedly prompted a cry heard among crowds: “When Isocrates speaks, people say, ‘How well he speaks!’ When Demosthenes speaks, they say, ‘Let’s …
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Kaleb Eulls’ Biggest Tackle
Kaleb Eulls, a 6’ 4” 255 lb defensive end, is used to protecting against the pass rush for his Yazoo County High School football team. But on Tuesday morning, September …
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Cowardly Christians
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing,” declares Tolstoy in War and Peace. The truth – and consequence – of that statement …
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No Turning Back
History has shown time and again that advancing a kingdom isn’t an easy task. The endeavor demands many resources: soldiers, money, supplies, and time. But the greatest commodity of all …
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Fishing for Men…Literally!
On May 26, 2002, a towboat was pushing a barge through the swelling waters of the Arkansas River when it accidentally rammed into a concrete pillar supporting I-40’s bridge, 62 …
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Vance Havner on Shaky Beliefs
“Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.”
