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Our Favorite Christian Dead Guys: David Livingstone

August 29, 2010 | 11:31 PM

Veritas believes in waking the dead. We want to honor those who have lived their lives to serve Christ, and in so doing, have transformed history. They may have lived (and died) long ago, but their legacy remains today. Excerpt from David Livingstone's journal: August 5, 1872 What is the atonement of Christ? It is Himself: it is the inherent and everlasting mercy of God made apparent to human eyes and ears. The everlasting love was disclosed by our Lord's...
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Winging It: Interview with Mars Hill Creative Director Jesse Bryan July 7, 2010 | 1:21 AM

Not many people have “Megachurch Creative Director” on their resume. Even fewer can say they’ve directed a comedy with Chris...
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Q&A with Shawn McDonald: A New Album & Life on the Road April 14, 2010 | 10:49 PM

Have you been in the studio? What’s new? Shawn McDonald: We have a new record. Yea, it’s done. There’s not...
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Our Favorite Christian Dead Guys: Oswald Chambers March 16, 2010 | 11:11 PM

Oswald Chambers, a prominent early-twentieth-century Scottish Protestant Christian minister and teacher, is best known as the author of the widely...
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SoCal to So Cold: Pastor Takes a Leap of Faith - From California to Iowa January 31, 2010 | 9:31 PM

If you would have told Chris Kretzu a year ago that he would be living in Iowa, he would...
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Minister Mascot: A Drake University Living Legend Tells His Story September 20, 2009 | 9:41 PM

Some know Howard Rescot as Spike the bulldog mascot. Others know him as the jolly, outgoing man behind the register...
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Our Favorite Christian Dead Guys: G.K. Chesterton September 13, 2009 | 10:28 PM

Veritas believes in waking the dead. We want to honor the men who have lived their lives to serve Christ,...
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God's Grace: The Night My Gay Life Ended August 24, 2009 | 12:56 AM

My whole life, I wanted to live an adventure. When I was really young, I believed that God wanted to...
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Writing Is Like Giving Birth: An Exclusive Interview With Rob Bell August 21, 2009 | 4:12 AM

When Rob Bell needed new glasses, he couldn't find any frames he liked in the store. So he ran to...
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Our Favorite Christian Dead Guys: Blaise Pascal July 14, 2009 | 12:15 AM

Veritas believes in waking the dead. We want to honor the men who have lived their lives to serve Christ,...
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Our Favorite Christian Dead Guys: Martin Luther June 28, 2009 | 11:29 PM

Veritas believes in waking the dead. We want to honor the men who have lived their lives to serve Christ,...
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The Young & The Homeless: A Local Author Reveals Their Stories May 3, 2009 | 11:24 PM

Just because they don't have a home doesn't mean they don't have a story. And when Danny Heggen, 23, of...
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Witchcraft and Watercolor: A Des Moines Illustrator's Real-Life Fairy Tale April 26, 2009 | 11:01 PM

To look at one of Sara Butcher’s watercolor paintings is to be taken into another world—the fanciful and beautiful swirl...
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Men and Sex: A Father's Battle and His Son's Victory April 15, 2009 | 1:49 AM

One year after graduating from Stanford University, Des Moines author Fred Stoeker was sleeping with three different women and essentially...
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Confessions of a Proverbs 31 Princess: The Flood That Broke My Heart February 15, 2009 | 11:25 AM

My life was perfect. I was a stay-at-home mom of two perfect boys. My husband was successful at his work....
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Popcorn & Premonitions: The Man Who Films The End of The World February 4, 2009 | 12:34 AM

What do the Boy Scouts, a 1958 classic film The Blob, and the end of the world have in common?...
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Pregnant: A Des Moines Woman's Story of Choice January 18, 2009 | 10:32 PM

August 18, 2004 This can’t be right. Oh man this is funny. I can’t believe this says that I’m pregnant....
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From Cradle to Casket: Perspectives on Life and Death December 29, 2008 | 12:12 AM

It usually takes some major crisis before people really think about life and death. Culture tells us that death is...
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Love & Football: Drake Coach Talks About God November 17, 2008 | 1:06 AM

Usually when you think about football coaches, you envision a short-tempered loudmouth whose philosophy is to win at any cost....
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The State Patroller Who Doesn't Carry a Gun October 12, 2008 | 12:53 AM

When Josh Bowers graduated from high school, he dreamed of going to med school to become an orthopedic surgeon. But...
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Finding Hope: A Rock Star Gives Up Stardom September 23, 2008 | 10:26 PM

It’s not every day you would run into Gwyneth Paltrow at a party. When Steele Croswhite did, he accidentally dumped...
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Finding Hope: A Sudanese Refugee's Story of Survival September 21, 2008 | 2:21 AM

Sam sits down to take a break from his shift that ends at 1 a.m.—his eyes closing for a moment...
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Finding Hope: An Iowa Soldier & the Iraq War September 17, 2008 | 11:01 PM

In an unarmored Humvee, Lieutenant Heather Guck stared at a mile of trucks moving forward, inching closer and closer to...
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The Cape Doesn't Make the Superhero September 10, 2008 | 12:40 PM

The craze started in 1938 with a man in a red cape and underwear outside of his clothes. Wielding extraordinary...
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Soul Shiner September 1, 2008 | 10:40 PM

Eddie Davis will never forget the last day he went to school. At seven years old, he watched out the...
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