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He’s an old man, this one who sits on the stool and leans against the wall. Eyes closed and face soft, were it not for his hand stroking his beard, …

You probably won’t recognize the name Todd Beamer even though you know just about every detail of his story.  Beamer was born in Michigan, but somehow wound up becoming a …

“The more we know about the ancients, the more we find that they were like the moderns.”

On December 24, 1968, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were far from their homes and loved ones. In fact, they were far from Earth itself…about a quarter million …

In his book The Crucified God, German theologian Jürgen Moltmann quotes the Jewish writer Elie Wiesel, who powerfully wrote in his book Night of his own horrifying experiences at Auschwitz, …

“Hebrew has no vocabulary for slavery, only of servanthood.”

“As a matter of fact, it may be categorically stated that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference.”

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.”

“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

In the Civil War, canons played a huge role in deciding the outcome of battles, and thus, the war itself. Each canon required up to eight men to operate and six …