Life

• Aiming high: Why getting away with it isn't good enough

  'We cannot measure ourselves by what we think we should also be able to get away with.'

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  Pastor Andrew Stoecklein's widow doesn't believe the 'myth' that people who commit suicide don't go to Heaven

  Kayla Stoecklein, widow of late Inland Hills Church Lead Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, who died after attempting suicide at his church last month, says she is confident her husband is in Heaven despite the enduring "myth" that suicide victims are condemned to Hell.

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  Miracle after 10-year-old son survives being impaled by meat skewer

  The family of a 10-year-old Missouri boy is now thanking God for sparing his life after he was dangerously impaled in the face by a nearly foot-long meat skewer.

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  Mark Wahlberg's insane daily schedule starts at 2:30am with prayer to God

  Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2:30 a.m. every day and then begins his day with 30 minutes of prayer.

• Christian charity offers chance to share a real-time journey from blindness to sight

  Cataracts have left Desire almost completely blind – and it's hard build a secure future for your family if you can barely see.

• Steve's story: The cost of loving the lonely

  Having burnt his bridges with any family years ago, he now lived alone and had few friends. But Steve was my friend and I cared deeply for him

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  Billy Graham's daughter says she trusts God to heal her from cancer

  Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz has said she's putting her trust in God following her breast cancer diagnosis, even if she might not find out His plan in this life.

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  Pat Robertson tells Hurricane Florence to stop in the name of Jesus

  Pat Robertson has commanded the incoming Hurricane Florence to stay away from the east coast region.

• Red heifer born in Israel could herald rebuilding of the Temple, Jewish group says

  The birth of a pure red heifer in Israel is being hailed by an ultra-conservative Jewish group as a potential sign that the Temple might be rebuilt after 2,000 years.

• Yes, he's the 'God of all comfort': but it's not what you think

  The sense that life is about us having the most pleasant time possible has pervaded our culture and can easily then infect the church.

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  Christian billionaire and Orlando Magic owner, Richard DeVos, dies aged 92

  Christian billionaire Richard DeVos passed away on Thursday at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy of entrepreneurship as well as values.

• It's a new term at school. But should we have a new mindset as disciples?

  How much prep time do we put in for a fresh new term as Jesus followers?

• 5 unexpected things motherhood is teaching me

  Being a mum is a blessing. That needs to be said before I proceed because being a mum is also hard and at times it has thrown my previous expectations of motherhood to one side.

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  Billy Graham's daughter Anne Graham Lotz asks for prayer as she reveals she has breast cancer

  Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham and an evangelist in her own right, has announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

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  Lonely people who believe in God fare better than those who are atheists, say researchers

  People who feel lonely but have a religion feel a greater sense of purpose in life than atheists, according to a new study.