Contributed by David Yarbrough on Oct 15, 2001
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Several years ago, an experiment on endurance was conducted at the University of California at Berkeley. The experiment involved placing Norwegian field rats in a tub of water, where they were forced to swim until they grew exhausted and finally drowned. During the first experiment, the researchers
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Oct 15, 2001
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Dr. Elizabeth Targ, a psychiatrist at the Pacific College of Medicine in San Francisco, has also tested out prayer on critically ill AIDS patients. All 20 patients in the study got pretty much the same medical treatment, but only half of them were prayed for by spiritual healers. Ultimately, 10 of
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 11, 2001
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[Good Won’t Get You There, Feda H. Babinski]
I’m standing there in front of gates like none I’ve ever found
They shine like golden ribbons as they glide across the ground
I see the stairs that never end how brilliantly they glow
I start to climb and realize there’s nothing down below
Then
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Contributed by Morris Mott on Sep 27, 2001
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Someone once said that, as a child when he thought of Heaven, he thought of a very cold ominous place with an innumerable amount of faceless angels. As years went by, one of his siblings died. When he then thought of Heaven, he pictured this family member, very lonely, standing in this ominous
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2001
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[Take the Hand of God, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, "If the Foundations Be Destroyed," Preaching Today, Tape No. 142.]
Many years ago, King George VI of England addressed the British commonwealth on New Year’s Eve at a moment in history when the whole world stood on the brink of uncertainty.
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2001
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[What About the Foundation?, Citation: Ravi Zacharias, "If the Foundations Be Destroyed," Preaching Today, Tape No. 142.]
A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University.
As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the new Wexner Art Center.
The driver said, "This is a new art
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 22, 2001
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30 years ago two shoe salesmen were sent to Nigeria to survey the country for the possibility of building a shoe factory. The first man came back and said, "Few people here wear shoes so there is little need to build a new shoe factory in Nigeria. The second came back to London and said, "This is
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 21, 2001
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[The Help of the Body, Citation: Watchman Nee, Leadership, Vol. 9, no. 3.]
Alone I cannot serve the Lord effectively, and he will spare no pains to teach me this.
He will bring things to an end, allowing doors to close and leaving me ineffectively knocking my
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Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 21, 2001
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"The Stranger" by Billy Joel
Well we all have a face that we hide away forever
And we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone
Some are satin, some are steel, some are silk, and some are leather
They’re the faces of the stranger, but we love to try them on
Well we all fall in love,
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 19, 2001
A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the crucifix.
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