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Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake and spending quality time with her parents. When her mom's cancer reappears, her boyfriend "pauses" their relationship, and her summer job switches to a camp for troubled kids, Lucy falters in her faith. Then long-hidden family secrets emerge. Can Lucy set aside her problems and discover what grace really means?
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Guillaume Bignon was a French atheist . . . and he was perfectly happy. He was very successful as a software engineer, a musician, and a volleyball player. Yet a chance encounter with a beautiful woman would change the way he thought about his life and beliefs forever. Confessions of a French Atheist is the unusual story of Guillaume Bignon--a man who didn't need God but who grew to believe in God after he thought through the nature of morality, the...
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So much of our belief can be formulaic. We often think that if we do A, B, and C, then God will do X, Y, and Z. But when our experiences inevitably deviate from that belief, our trust in God often crumbles. After a series of life-altering trials--including a devastating diagnosis--Kristen LaValley knows what it's like to uncover faith inthe cracks of pain. In Even if he doesn't, Kristen unpacks the nuances of suffering and faith, holding space for...
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Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works hundreds of miles away, and the distance between the husband and wife feels even farther. When their son returns home, his visit dredges up even more conflict between Fred and Paulette. McKinley makes it no secret that he doesn't intend to follow in his father's footsteps at George & Company Fine Furnishings...
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"Alisa Childers never thought she would question her Christian faith. She was raised in a Christian home, where she had seen her mom and dad feed the hungry, clothe the homeless, and love the outcast. She had witnessed God at work and then had dedicated her own life to leading worship, as part of the popular Christian band ZOEgirl. All that was deeply challenged when she met a progressive pastor, who called himself a hopeful agnostic. Another Gospel?...
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The Old Testament is one of the foundational documents of Western civilization. In this course, viewers will study a selection of the major books of the Old Testament, probing their meaning and relevance. Among these, viewers will explore the prophets, the wisdom literature, and the apocalyptic literature, finding their deeper historical and religious import, as well as their sublime literary treasures.
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Luke and Adam are in love and have been living together for several years even though Luke, a closeted, conservative Christian, feels his homosexual desires are sinful. When Luke is in an accident and dying, his parents arrive on the scene, marginalizing Adam. The play includes flashbacks of Luke and Adam's developing relationship, plus the drama unfolding in the hospital. A look at love and marriage, and how we face death, regardless of faith or...
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"Layla wakes up nervous to go to her new school, so she looks to Mama to help her feel better. The mother and daughter duo head to the kitchen and combine all the necessary ingredients -- kindness, hope, warm hugs, and prayers -- to create a new tradition of confidence and happiness."--
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A Max Lucado Story - As Christmas draws near, Jack finds himself disconnecting from the holidays, his job and ultimately his wife. His latest assignment as a journalist takes him to Dallas, but a mysterious photograph draws him to the town of Clearwater, Texas. It is here he discovers the town's life-sized, intricately carved nativity. As Jack delves into the mysteries surrounding the nativity and its creator, he uncovers secrets from his past, reunites...
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Continue touring the site at Qumran, with a focus on three distinctive features of the settlement. These are animal bones found in pots; an elaborate water system that channeled flash floods into pools used for ritual bathing; and a vast cemetery containing more than 1,000 graves.
11) Everything I Am
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In Sydney, Australia, an 18-year-old homeless Filipino man, Nathaniel, has nowhere to go, even his mother has turned him away. When he comes across a 19-year-old Christian woman, Rachel, in a soup kitchen, his life begins to change. Rachel takes him into her home, offering him a view of her life, which involves feeding the homeless, spending time with disabled people, and talking with the elderly, all of which show him a fresh perspective on God and...
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What do we mean by "holy land"? What is the difference between archaeology and history? How reliable is the Hebrew Bible as a window into life in ancient Israel? Discover answers to these and other questions in this introductory episode, and take a peek at the region's earliest recorded inhabitants, the Canaanites.
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Visit Herod's winter palace at Jericho, where he spent his final years, and his fortified palace at Herodium, where: in 2007: archaeologists discovered his tomb. Then, explore the divided kingdom he left to his three sons, with a special focus on the rule of Herod Antipas (who would play a critical role in Jesus's story).
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The tradition of the desert fathers and mothers is one that brings the human spirit into silence, and into the context of utter aloneness. This is the seedbed for religious experience; it sets the stage and offers a context for the authentic encounter with the transcendent. In this segment, we will look at the desert fathers and mothers, as well as modern-day mystics, who embraced silence.
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The Trustworthy God. What's your current view of God, and how did you reach that viewpoint? The reason Adam and Eve choose not to trust God is because they believe a lie about him. They think he's holding them back, so they reject him. In this session, you will explore God's response to our rejection of him as we look at Romans chapter 1.
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While academic scholars often consider the "Muhammad of history" to be a poorly known figure, Muslim tradition describes his life in great detail. Accordingly, Muhammad was born in Mecca, a city founded by Abraham but which had since descended into paganism. Muhammad, however, found welcome in a city to the north, Medina. There he established a state governed by Islamic law.
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Explore what archaeologists have uncovered about the arrival of the Israelites into Canaan. Among the many intriguing artifacts you examine are an ancient Egyptian stele featuring the earliest reference to Israel, the remains of Jericho's walls, and a Philistine temple similar to the one Samson destroyed in the book of Judges.
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The cosmological argument takes reasoning steps from a contingent existing fact to a sufficient explainer of that fact, namely a necessary being (that cannot be otherwise than existing). Challenges to the argument include the notion of contingency, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, no infinite regress in explanation, understanding causation, and necessary being as God.
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Host Tevya goes deep into the woods to explore the spiritual ways of North America's first Aboriginal people- the people of the First Nations. While he has seen headdresses, Pow-Wows, sweat lodges and teepees on television, Tevya knows nothing about what First Nations people really believe or what their rituals are. After meeting two indigenous teenagers, Tevya experiences this religion firsthand.