Matters of the Heart, Mind, and Spirit

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Strongest Dad in the World [From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly] Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars–all in the same day.

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Tony Dungy: Quiet Strength

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There’s a phrase in football that sums up a lot about the game’s volatile unpredictability: “That ball’s been known to take some crazy bounces.”

In the life of Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy, the ball has indeed taken its share of bounces, both on and off the field, good and bad. But like the 2007 Super Bowl champs he coaches to “stay the course,” the resilient Dungy has kept his focus through both the highs and the lows, his determination rooted solidly in personal faith.

“I really believe my leadership style is formed by my value system, which is definitely Christian,” says Dungy, 51. “Everything I do is based on that. The Christian walk is perseverance. It is believing in what you stand for and being willing to continue.”

Between December 2005 and February 2007, Dungy experienced both extremes of the spectrum between tragedy and triumph. He lost a teenage son to suicide and then, 14 months later, was the most celebrated man in professional sports as the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl. Throughout it all, his steadiness in the midst of personal and professional turbulence impressed everyone.
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Louie Giglio: Indescribable Montage

Montage from the Indescribable DVD by Louie Giglio, about the immensity of the universe and how that translates to How Great our God is.

Lee Strobel: The Case For a Creator

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Is the case for evolution clearly a shut case? Are all the basic aspects of evolutionary theory known to be correct? Can the entire universe be explained simply in terms of matter and energy? Do science and religion conflict? Do people who believe in a Creator suffer from an inability to rationally comprehend the brute facts of the world around them?

An award-winning journalist and author reexamines the theories that once led him away from God as he investigates the latest scientific discoveries to see whether they form a solid basis for believing in God. Written in an open, accessible style, this volume invites skeptics and seekers to take another look at the evidence for God.
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Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith

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Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
— Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979
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Billy Graham, Pastor In Chief

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“I was aware of the risk at all times, political risk,” he said. “Politics has always been ugly to me, and yet I accept that as a fact of life. The emphasis I tried to leave was love, not … my own love for them but that they need to have love for the people who were opposed to them.”
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Chris Tomlin

Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

Ed Silvoso: Marketplace Ministers

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Most of the leaders of the Early Church were community leaders and successful business people. The writing of the Gospels was entrusted to a medical doctor, a retired tax officer, a food supplier and the trustee of a family trust. Then there were tentmakers Priscilla and Aquila…food purveyors Peter, James and John…and Paul taught day and night while holding a full-time job. Of the 22 power encounters recorded in the book of Acts, all but one happened in the marketplace. The heart of the city is the marketplace; yet the dichotomy between labor and religious service has done a great disservice to the advancement of the Kingdom of God. It’s time to reconcile the dichotomy so that we can extend God’s kingdom and transform our cities.
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