Local preacher writes book about a religious movement to unite races …
As a young man, he was addicted to drugs for 10 years, especially crack cocaine, before he went to a Christian recovery center in Mount Olive. There, Thornton said he accepted Christ into his life, putting behind him a life of addiction, homelessness …
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2 PHL teachers shine in Microsoft contest in Spain
Public schools lacked facilities, laboratory equipment, and\books. … The common problems they observed were impassable roads during the rainy season, dengue outbreak, and more disturbing concerns like teenage pregnancy and drug addiction.
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How one lost sheep found hope in Christianity
On the morning of 13 December 2008 I woke up to my first day of recovery from drugs and alcohol. I say “woke up”, but it was more a case of … drugs and dangerous men in sordid places. The previous 12 months had seen me descending into the chaos of …
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