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Let Me Conclude With This Brief Story About Clay ... PRO
Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004 (message contributor)
Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith. Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs. In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed. A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year after the killings. While sitting in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Tucker Maximum Security Unit, Smith was interviewed and asked why he had done this horrible crime. Even after a year Smith still had no explanation. This was a stark contrast to the man that Smith used to be. Clay King Smith was once so deeply religious that he attended Central Bible College to become a preacher.
How is that possible? I can’t understand what would cause a man to kill 5 innocent people. But I do know that Clay King Smith went from being a man in Bible college pursuing ministry, to a man on death row awaiting execution. Smith...
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 31, 2004
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When Sherry And I Lived In Pottstown, We Shopped ... PRO
Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 22, 2003
When Sherry and I lived in Pottstown, we shopped at the ShopRite Supermarket I town. In fact I would say that at that time it was probably the most popular of the Super Markets. Well there was really only one easy way to get to ShopRite, and that was to cross a small bridge. Well, the time came ...read more
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Faith Does Not Operate In The Realm Of The ...
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 31, 2004
“Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith ...read more
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In New Jersey – According To The Index Of Leading ...
Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 5, 2003
In New Jersey – according to the Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, 2001-2002 Violent Crime increased 129% -- from 1967-2000 State Prisoners increased 508% -- from 1965-2001 Illegitimate births increased 578% from 1960-1999 Divorce rates increased 328% from 1960-1999 Children living in ...read more
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In His Book The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective ...
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 1, 2005
In his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey tells the following story as he rode the NY subway one Sunday morning: “People were sitting quietly- some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes close. It was a calm, peaceful scene,” wrote ...read more
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