Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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Paul could have been filled with bitterness, but he overflowed with the joy of the Lord, and we can too! Our hands are not in chains today. We are blessed far more than most people in the world. But if all of that was taken away, we would still have grace; we would still have Heaven; we would still
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Contributed by David Moore on Jul 11, 2008
A few years ago the Plain English Campaign ran a national survey that found that some people would rather have a grander job title than a pay rise. This might seem astonishing, but upgrading job titles has apparently become more and more popular as employers try to keep their staff happy.
Here are
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Contributed by David Moore on Jul 11, 2008
If someone ran through the door of our church tonight and cried out, “There is an exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance resulting in rapid, persistent chemical change which is releasing heat and light, accompanied by flame.” We might wonder what the problem is. But if they just should
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THERMOMETER V. THERMOSTAT CHRISTIANS
Are you a thermometer (circumstantially led) or are you a thermostat (influencer of your surroundings) believer?
Let me explain. A thermometer is circumstantially led. Depending on the temperature, the mercury moves up or down. It moves according to the
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 10, 2008
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AWAITING OUR FULL ADOPTION
LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT ROMAN ADOPTION, AND THAT A CHILD WOULD BE TREATED AS HIS OWN CHILD. THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US AS SONS/DAUGHTERS OF GOD: WE ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD.
THERE WAS A SECOND ADOPTION PROCESS OFTEN UNDERTAKEN IN ROMAN
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 9, 2008
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Among the more than 3,000 Americans who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor, there is one father/son combination. The father won it for a single act of bravery in a crucial battle of the Civil War. By the time he retired in 1909, he was the ranking officer in the
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 9, 2008
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PROMISE?
We make a lot of promises to others and many promises are made to us. Sadly, too many promises are broken on both ends of the equation. God, however, never breaks a promise.
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Don’t let the broken promises of this world keep you from believing the promises of God.
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 8, 2008
An evangelist accompanied a missionary on a missionary trip overseas. While there, one of the natives that had given his life to the Lord asked the evangelist, "Preacher, if the Lord gave you two houses, would you give one of them to the Lord?" "Certainly," the evangelist replied. The native
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 8, 2008
Governor William Bradford, Plymouth Colony - "To all ye pilgrims: Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 7, 2008
Abraham Lincoln: “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 6, 2008
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Children can be embarrassingly frank. I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential way of it as "the Word of God". Her young
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 6, 2008
You can never tell how the thorough learning of Scripture will be used in later life. Richard Wurmbrand was a pastor in Romania and was imprisoned and tortured for his faith by the communist authorities. He testified that it was the passages of Scripture that he had memorized as a youth, which
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 5, 2008
Erma Bombeck – “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy,
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 5, 2008
RELIGION & LAW
James Wilson spoke more times than any other Founding Father on the floor of the Convention (168 times). Later he was appointed as a Justice on the original Supreme Court by George Washington. He said, "Far from being
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 5, 2008
(The Liberty Bell) That old bell of freedom rang its last note on February 26, 1846. The Philadelphia Public Ledger picks up the story of that day, “The old Independence Bell rang its last clear note on Monday, in honor of the birthday of Washington…It gave out clear notes and loud, and appeared to
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Contributed by Ron Macarthur on Jul 5, 2008
Realize please that Jesus has just set a standard for those who want to be in a high or leadership position. It will cost them in honest dedicated service to others; in
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Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
There’s a story about a little girl who climbed up on the lap of great-grandmother, looked at her white hair and wrinkles, and then asked, "Did God make you?" "Yes," she said. Then she asked, "Did God make me, too?" Grandma said, "Yes." "Well,"
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Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
It was at a family reunion that a lot of pictures were taken. When the lady took them to the photo place she asked if they could be touched up, “wrinkles and such.” “Yes” he said: Well she said: “Could you take about 30 pounds off of me?” “Yes” he said: And
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Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
Extreme makeovers are in. Of the 6.6 million cosmetic-plastic-surgery patients in 2002, nearly a third had multiple procedures at the same time. To facilitate the trend, a one-stop beauty shop has opened called the Advanced Aesthetics Institute. Interested customers consult with a "concierge" and
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