Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 12, 2007
Letter by 1st Lieutenant John Cochrane in 1966- "Every one of these kids knows what he wants. There is not a “hero” in the group over here looking for glory or medals or any of that other garbage- they are here because they felt they were
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Contributed by Daniel Austin on Nov 12, 2007
In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tanzanian runner John Stephen Ahkwari was the last runner in the marathon.
He came in about an hour and a half after the winner, practically carrying his leg, as it was so bloodied and bandaged.
When asked, “Why did you keep going?” He said, “You don’t
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Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 6, 2007
I think that we often can learn some pretty profound things from children…so listen to what these kids had to say about what heaven is like…
"Everything is free," says Christina, age 12. "Everyone lives in a mansion. No one has to go to work. There are no house payments."
"Heaven is a place that
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Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
today...we’re going to look at an example from a very deep movie...Funny Farm. I’m sure all of you recognize the title...it’s probably in your library right beside all of the Charlton Heston movies.
On the slim chance that you aren’t familiar with this particular movie let me give you a brief
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Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
Let’s go back to our road analogy. We talked just a minute ago about how the Interstates and Parkways are so much easier to travel upon then some of these one-lane country roads that we have around here. They are wider...they are better paved....and there is more room on them for error...they
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Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
The story is told of an expert tightrope walker whose tightrope was extended across Niagara Falls. Of course, to fall from this rope would mean instant destruction. Balancing his long pole lightly, he steps upon the rope and starts across. The crowd is silent. Finally he triumphantly places his
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2007
A little boy came to the Washington Monument and noticed a guard standing by it. “I want to but it.” “How much do you have?” asked the guard. “35 cents.” “You need to understand three things,” the guard explained. “First, 35 cents is not enough to purchase the monument; in fact, 35 million
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2007
Comment on a blog said, “Christianity is boring. It's the same stuff over and over, and sometimes they try to throw some fun stuff in there to get you to come, but sitting around studying a 2000 year old book, singing dull songs with words like thee, thou and thine and tunes out of the Victorian
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A famous theologian from the 16th century named John Calvin had this to say: “I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.”
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Are you Careless in the way you talk to your wife or your husband? I read in a book on marriage that it takes 100 compliments to balance out ONE criticism from a husband or wife. I don’t know about you, but I’d have trouble coming up with 100 compliments! It’s a lot smarter --- guys --- to
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Careless words can poison friendships, wreck families, and end careers. We saw a very public example of this just last spring. I’ll quote an Associated Press news report from April 12, 2007 to refresh your memory. It said, CBS announced Thursday that it has fired Don Imus from his radio program,
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Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Oct 27, 2007
And what about other examples from fictional stories: in Beauty and the Beast we find the Beauty having a preconceived notion of what the Beast is like…in the movie Shrek…which by the way is Anne’s nickname for me when I shave my head…. the princess in that movie…she had a preconceived notion of
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Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
His name is Mark. He is a 50 year old man divorced and addicted to alcohol. I met him across some glass and was only able to talk to him through this heavy black phone. Mark was in Jail. With tears in his eyes he spoke of his fear. He has one chance to do right and doesn’t want to mess up. In
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Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
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currently Rudy is locked up and locked up is what he deserves. I met Rudy 4 years ago. He was drunk at a bus station. He wanted a bus ticket and I bought it for him. It would not be the last ticket i would buy for Rudy. Rudy was arrested for robbery when he was 17. The judge sentanced him to
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Contributed by John Dobbs on Oct 16, 2007
A little city in Mexico was fed up with all of the late night revelry and noise from thousands of people late into the night during the summer. So their answer was to create a law to put a decibel limit on urban noise levels. Unfortunately this disrupted a noise that has been heard in that city for
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You know, it does you no good to find a treasure if you don’t know what you’ve got. Now, I’m the kind who always thinks a treasure might be around the corner. I haven’t ever bought lottery tickets or anything like that, but I used to always play those prize-winning games they had at McDonalds.
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The man who found the Pearl had already Sacrificed … just in his search for the Pearl. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. You don’t just walk along a beach to find them. Oysters generally thrive at a debth of about 40 feet, and it those days there was no scuba gear. Back in Jesus’ day, A
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In a book called The Grace Awakening, Chuck Swindoll tells about a Missionary family who left their Work because of Condemnation from other Missionaries. What was the theological disagreement over? Peanut butter.
You see, the Mission field where they went did not have access to Peanut Butter.
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If we set ourselves up as the Judge of who is and is not righteous, we’ll get it wrong as often as we’ll get it right.
Through the years I’ve had numerous occasions when folks warned me to watch out for other people in a church. The amazing thing is that --- in almost every case --- the people I
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This week my brother-in-law, Bob, and his family stopped by to see us on their way to South Padre. They were full of enthusiasm as they looked forward to getting away from the grind. Four days later they stopped by again on their way back to San Angelo. The funny thing is, they looked worn out.
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