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  • Looking to History0

    The torrent of rain had not ceased for 10 days and the band of traveling refugees, eager to escape the bitter cold and insufferable living conditions, had to remain in their camp at Richardson's Point, Iowa, as the roads were in no condition to support their wagons. Temperatures had dropped, and supplies were dwindling. It

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  • Looking Ahead0

    Another year; but hardly business as usual. The world ended on December 21 last year, or so they were telling us right up to the day. Those pesky Mayans—who knew that they had it so wrong about the apocalypse! Of course a certain Family Radio speaker had backdated the event to a few months earlier;

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  • Living for an Ideal0

    The world held its breath that day in 1990. What would Nelson Mandela say? What could he say after 27 years of imprisonment by a repressive regime? One word of rancor or bitterness and his country of South Africa would become engulfed by an inferno of revenge and retaliation. Amazingly his speech was filled with

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  • Lincoln's Noble Character0

    Temple University historian Gregory Urwin, in his contribution to Lincoln and Leadership (Fordham University Press), observes: "recent surveys reveal that most American historians continue to rate Abraham Lincoln as the country's best president. This subjective judgment hinges primarily on Lincoln's performance as commander in chief in the Civil War, in which he surmounted a host

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  • Life in All Its Fullness0

    These words of Jesus embody the biblical picture of God's creative and redemptive love–an all-embracing love which includes all people. These words also sum up the biblical theme of concern for basic human rights. While the expression "human rights" may not be found in the Bible, its essential components–freedom, justice, and peace–are. Each is central

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  • Life & Glory0

    It is scarcely necessary here to present the history of that document originally entitled “the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America,” which has come to be known as the Declaration of Independence. The story of its birth has been recounted many times. It is known how, in the effort to withstand the

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