As Pastor Jeff Hayes looked around his community of Sioux Falls in the days following the economic crash of 2008, he noticed something that we don’t always associate with our Midwestern communities. He saw friends and neighbors struggling to put food on the table each week for their families. Along with the remarkable members…
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In the waning days of August 2005, residents of the US Gulf Coast tracked the coverage of an approaching tropical storm. Though it looked to be a serious system, there were plenty of scares every summer. Those along the southern edge of states like Mississippi & Louisiana prepared, but they could have had no idea what was on the…
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It's one of the most enduring stories of all time, yet the majority of the world's academics and scholars claim that the biblical Exodus never happened.
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Dealing with failure is one of the hardest parts of life for each and every one of us. Grappling with a big disappointment can lead us into all kinds of doubt. Yet most of don’t have to deal with our every failure on the job being dissected on ESPN and in newspapers across the country. But that is precisely the scenario for Minnesota…
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Chipo Chung explains how stepping into the greatest story ever told changed her as a person.
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One of the most counter-cultural things we're called to do as Christians is to love our enemies. It's also among the most difficult callings we have.
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Can we make a rigorous scientific case for the existence of Adam and Eve?
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As a listener – it’s tough to miss the joyfulness that leaps out of the songs on Andrew Peterson’s just-released album, The Burning Edge of Dawn. Yet, the artist himself can’t help but marvel at the irony behind that. It’s funny. It’s ironic to me that the album sounds as joyful as it does because…
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These days, Pastor Brian Houston’s Sunday mornings are spent delivering the great news of Jesus to thousands at Hillsong Church in Sidney, Australia. During the week, he can often be found doing the same on the stages of packed arenas across the globe – such as on his latest “Hillsong Nights” tour across…
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As a film & television actor, Kris Polaha sees a great deal of the world in his travels . But one of his most profound experiences has been playing out this summer on a mountain trail right behind his house. I’ve been running a lot lately. Behind our house we have this mountain, and I’ll run to the top of the mountain…
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