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  • Success Is An Idol When Success Becomes An ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
     | 2,530 views

    Success is an idol when success becomes an obsession. You may get to the top of the ladder of success, only to discover you’re on the wrong ladder. Success is an idol that can consume you. Many business people are driven. They become workaholics. Doctors in Japan have found a significant ...read more

  • What Are You Willing To Do For $10,000,000? In ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
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     | 2,593 views

    What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Kim, in their book The Day America Told the Truth, reported a survey where that question was asked. Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following: Would abandon their entire ...read more

  • Someone Has Said That We Are In Danger Of ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
     | 966 views

    Someone has said that we are in danger of entertaining ourselves to death. In his blog, Michael Spencer has said that "work must be entertaining. Education must be entertaining. Marriage must be entertaining. Family life must be entertaining. Children must be entertained. Our lives must be full of ...read more

  • A Jewish Father Had Only One Child, A Little ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 8, 2007
     | 1,299 views

    A Jewish father had only one child, a little girl. He was very fond of her. She was the one the death angel would kill if the blood was not put on the door. Before going to sleep she asked her father if the blood had been sprinkled on the door posts. He said that it had been and she fell asleep. ...read more

  • Third, We Need To Forgive Ourselves. In The ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 7, 2007
     | 1,545 views

    Third, we need to forgive ourselves. In the award winning film called “The Mission,” Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls ...read more

  • In His Book "What's So Amazing About Grace," ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 7, 2007
     | 1,988 views

    In his book "What’s so Amazing About Grace," Philip Yancey tells a story about a man and wife who one night had an argument about how supper was cooked. It was so heated that night they slept in separate rooms. Neither has approached the other to say “I’m sorry” or to offer forgiveness, and they ...read more

  • I Read About A Prisoner In Florida Some Years ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,199 views

    . I read about a prisoner in Florida some years ago that was pardoned by the governor. The man refused to be released from his sentence. The case went to court and the judge decided that unless the man accepted the dismissal of his sentence he would have to serve the entire sentence. Unless we ...read more

  • As You Know, This Wednesday Is The 4th Of July. ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jul 5, 2007
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     | 2,373 views

    As you know, this Wednesday is the 4th of July. The 231st Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence that was signed on July 4th, 1776. The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence contains some of the most moving words ever written. It says…“We hold these truths to ...read more

  • G.k. Chesterton Said, "Hope Means Hoping When ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 4, 2007
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    G.K. Chesterton said, "Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude: It is only ...read more

  • The Widow Of Stephen Oake Whose Husband Was A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 4, 2007
     | 1,335 views

    The widow of Stephen Oake whose husband was a special branch police officer who was stabbed to death in Manchester by a terrorist, said in the Daily Telegraph article… That while she realized there was going to be some dark day’s ahead, she felt assured that “God is real.” After sentencing in ...read more

  • We Should Also Note That Single Mothers Are ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
     | 2,115 views

    We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida ...read more

  • Dr. Adrian Rogers Tells, "Before The Late And ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
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    Dr. Adrian Rogers tells, "Before the late and great Dr. R.G. Lee died I was in his home with Billy Graham, Cliff Barrows, and Tommy Lane, our minister of music at Bellevue Church. Dr. Lee was one of my predecessors at Bellevue, considered perhaps the best preacher of the twentieth century and one ...read more

  • A Squirrel In The Road

    Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,846 views

    A Squirrel in the road: This week as I was thinking about roads and signposts and choices, I was on our road right out here and as I turned the corner, I saw a squirrel He was halfway across when he noticed me I didn’t have room to stop He froze in the middle, he started across, started back, ...read more

  • Benjamin Franklin, Who Never Professed To Be A ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 2, 2007
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     | 1,894 views

    Benjamin Franklin, who never professed to be a Christian, still understood how excellent and valuable the Bible is. According to one story, he was in Paris, representing the new American Republic. Franklin was dismayed to hear supposedly educated Frenchmen ridiculing the Bible. Some even ...read more

  • A Term We Medics Would Often Use At The Scene Of ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jul 2, 2007
     | 1,807 views

    A term we medics would often use at the scene of an accident was “rubbernecker”. This was the people who would drive by the scene, straining to see the action without any intention of helping out. They were just curious, but without any compulsion or compassion. They were just like ...read more

  • When America First Entered Baghdad And Overthrew ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jul 2, 2007
     | 1,527 views

    When America first entered Baghdad and overthrew Saddam, the people cheered. Shortly after, however, their cheers turned to jeers and anger. The crowd in Jerusalem had seen and heard about Jesus, the Prophet/King/Messiah. Some of them had been healed. Others had been fed. All had jumped on the ...read more

  • Collin Was 5. As A Disciplinary Measure, His ...

    Contributed by John Wright on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,120 views

    Collin was 5. As a disciplinary measure, his folks sent him to his room. “Stay there until you are ready to act right”, they said. After 20 minutes, Collin reappeared. “I have 2 things to say,” he announced, “Number one – on one ever comes into my ...read more

  • Our Church Was Meeting In A Storefront, But We ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Wright on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,243 views

    Our church was meeting in a storefront, but we had outgrown it. We found a church building on the east side of St. Paul for $27,000. We literally had no money. We believed God wanted us to have that building, so we signed a contract to pay cash in 90 days ... and we began to pray. Nothing came ...read more

  • Thomas Carlyle Once Said, "Show Me The Man You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,871 views

    Thomas Carlyle once said, “Show me the man you honor and I will know ...read more

  • A Young American Engineer Was Sent To Ireland By ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,897 views

    A young American engineer was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment that he had accepted because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their plan was to pool their ...read more

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