Ever notice how many products that claim to do miraculous things for consumers usually come with the disclaimer โresults may varyโ? They promise the world on the front end, but …
Disappointment
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Dating Strippers
In December of 1988, a song entitled Every Rose Has Its Thorn finally topped the Billboard Charts. Focusing on the heartache of unfaithfulness, the song gave Poison their first (and …
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Ruined Wedding
โHurt. Devastated. Crushed.โ Those arenโt the typical emotions most newlyweds would use to describe their wedding day. But thatโs exactly how Charles and TeโAndrea Wilson feel when they look back …
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On Christmas Day in 2013, Carmen Lopez of Bothell, Washington sat around the tree with her family to open up presents. Her parents were planning on surprising the teenager with …
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Undressing the Dragon
Ever try to change yourself, but wind up failing? Have you tried to break a bad habit only to find yourself returning to it, again and again? If so, youโre …
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“Get Another Hope”
Hoping is risky businessโฆjust ask anyone whoโs ever done it. Thatโs because, in life, we speak of hope getting โdashed,โ โcrushed,โ and even โlost.โ In those painful moments, we must …
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“It is always painful when our idols crumble and fall apart, as they inevitably do.”
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She Didn’t Cook
Ryan called his mother and excitedly told her that he had just met the woman of his dreams, but wanted her counsel about what to do next. โSend her flowers, …
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Is Houdini Really Dead?
On Sunday, October 31, 1926, at precisely 1:26pm, a man named Ehrich Weiss died in a hospital room in Detroit, Michigan surrounded by his siblings, his wife, and a few …
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Hudson Taylor’s Experiment
Prior to his departure to the mission fields of China, Hudson Taylor realized that he would continually be alone and always in great need. Knowing this โ and given his …