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ODB: Scripture Lovers

The beautiful bride, gripping her proud father’s arm, was poised to make her way to the altar. But not before the entrance of her thirteen-month-old nephew.
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ODB: Clinging to God

When Joni Eareckson Tada speaks of Rika, she highlights her friend’s “deep, time-tested faith in God” and the endurance she’s developed while living with a debilitating chronic condition.
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ODB: Love in Action

The single mother lived next door to the older gentleman for more than five years. One day, concerned for her welfare, he rang her doorbell.
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ODB: Cleansing Confession

There’s a man people hire as they’re dying, paying him to show up at their funerals and reveal secrets they never shared while they were alive.
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ODB: The Voice We Can Trust

While testing a new AI (artificial intelligence) search engine, New York Times columnist Kevin Roose became disturbed.
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ODB: God Is in Control

Carol couldn’t understand why it was happening all at once. As if work wasn’t bad enough, her daughter fractured her foot in school, and she herself came down with a severe infection.
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ODB: Reflecting Christ’s Character

Two faces at the table stood out—one contorted by bitter anger, the other twisted in emotional pain.
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ODB: I’m Just the Driver

“Dad, can I spend the night with my friend?” my daughter asked, getting into the car after practice. “Honey, you know the answer,” I said.
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ODB: Being Finishers in Christ

Barbara passed away before she could finish a sweater she was knitting for her great-grandson, Ethan.
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ODB: A Child’s Hope

When my granddaughter Eliana was just seven, she saw a video at her school about an orphanage in Guatemala. She told her mom, “We have to go there to help them.”
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ODB: Visible Traces of Jesus

Scientists from a California university ran experimental molecular swab tests to identify the traits and lifestyle habits of individual cell phone users.
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ODB: The Beautiful One

For more than 130 years, the Eiffel Tower has stood majestically over the city of Paris, a symbol of architectural brilliance and beauty.
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ODB: A Meaningful Hyphen

As I prepared for my mom’s celebration of life service, I prayed for the right words to describe her “hyphen years”—the years between her birth and death.
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ODB: The Unseen King

Pilgrim is a musical based on The Pilgrim’s Progress, an allegory of the life of a believer in Jesus. In the story, all the unseen forces of the spiritual world are made visible to the audience.
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