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I Got My Driver's License Early In 1974, And Some ...
Contributed by Mark Suter on Sep 16, 2006 (message contributor)
I got my driver’s license early in 1974, and some of you remember that was right around the time of the first Arab oil embargo. That wasn’t the best time for a young guy to start driving, because after all, the price of gas shot up to 50 or 60 cents a gallon, and that’s when the speed limit was lowered to save gas. That’s not a good combination for a teenager with little money who likes to go fast. Saving gas became a big issue because of the volatile politics of the Middle East and OPEC cutting off oil imports. But there were also people, experts of some kind, saying that we had to conserve because the world oil supply was dwindling, and that within a few years, all the oil and fossil fuels would be used up.
But you know what? We’re still going, still pumping, and still driving. Despite all the dire predictions, we didn’t exhaust the oil supply in the 80’s as they predicted, and we didn’t use it up in the 90’s, and new sources are still being discovered.
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Charles Colson Told The Following Story In An ... PRO
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
Charles Colson told the following story in an address at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi: I love the illustration about a man named Jack Eckerd. A few years ago I was on the Bill Buckley television program, talking about restitution (one of my favorite subjects) and ...read more
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Baptizing A Drunk PRO
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
BAPTIZING A DRUNK A man was stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he came upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeded to walk into the water and bumped into the preacher. The preacher turned around and, though almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, asked the drunk, ...read more
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God’s Prophetic Agenda Series
Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
The Day of the Lord refers to the time when God will dramatically intervene in human history and set in motion the events of the end of the world, as we know it.
