GARLANDS OF HEAVEN
In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your
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Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 28, 2011
PUZZLES AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
At our traditional family Christmas gathering with Jenny's side of the family, somebody always brings a puzzle (usually 1000 piece) to put together as part of the festivities. Later, Jenny's mom will frame it and put it on the wall in their family room where there
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Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 28, 2011
En Hampton Court, palacio en las afueras de Londres, existe una vid de más de 200 años. Tiene ramas que llegan a 120 pies de largo, pero se recogen hasta 700 lbs de uva por temporada. ¿El secreto? Cada rama está conectada directamente al tronco y este a su raíz de 12 pies de
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011
Jim Elliot -- (October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011
Mom was Right!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for everyone. Many studies have found a relationship between eating breakfast and learning ability, attention span, and general well-being. The American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org) reports that adults who eat breakfast
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YOU ARE MY BEST GIFT
A daughter of a renowned preacher, who was used to gifts her loving dad used to purchase and bring for her after every overseas' trip, was once in for a major disappointment. Due to a mess-up in the airport customs, the gift was lost and her doting Dad landed home without a
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 27, 2011
Timothy Smith writes in his sermon on Jesus being born to die,
"I was watching "48 Hours Mystery" last Tuesday night on CBS. Their show that night was called "The Mystery of Christmas." It was all about finding and looking at historical evidence for the birth of Christ. Early in the show Maureen
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GRACE IN A CELL PHONE
I remember a grace moment one morning when I got a call from Susan on a cell phone. You see, Susan doesn’t own a cell phone, but on that day when she was driving to work and the tread on one of her tires disintegrated on the freeway, a gracious man with a cell phone pulled
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 27, 2011
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ALL BY MYSELF?
The story is told of an old lady who had moved to the United States from Europe when she was a child, but now she wanted to officially become a citizen of this country. After months of going through all the necessary red tape, she was finally ready to take the required
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 27, 2011
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 97a-b):
"The world will continue for six thousand years, the first two thousand of which were a chaos (Tahu), the second two thousand were of Torah, and the third two thousand are the days of the Messiah, and because of our sins many years of these have elapsed, and still he
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Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 26, 2011
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A SHARE IN THE TREASURE
A great European king was so enraged at the report of Muslim victories that he immediately joined the crusade to drive Islam out of Palestine. This great king took his army and spent many years fighting in a crusade to free Palestine from Islamic domination.
When he left
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Some thrilling Davis cup matches!!!
First things first. Why are so many miracles recorded in the Scriptures? For us to be awed by the all-powerful ways of Almighty God and spontaneously praise Him in the spirit of adoration! The very purpose of our Creation is to worship Him (the very first
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 25, 2011
THE ACCESS OF A SON
Dale was one of my childhood friends. His dad ran the projectors in one of the local movie theatres. If I went to that theatre without Dale I paid full admission and had to sit on the main floor with everyone else. If I went with Dale, I got in free and got to sit up in the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
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KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE
The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.
In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
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KEEPING JESUS IN A CRADLE
The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.
When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought samples of religious art to
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