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  • Charles Spurgeon Declared, "If God Has Spoken, ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 14, 2007
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    Charles Spurgeon declared, “If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, ...read more

  • According To A Recent Neilsen's Rating Poll, It ...

    Contributed by Tim Shepard on May 12, 2007
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    According to a recent Neilsen’s Rating Poll, it is the number one watched show among young people between the ages of 13 and 25. The same poll shows that it is also cthe most hated show of their parents. It has been called “A Modern Masterpiece,” “Great Family Fun,” and “A Perfect Satire of ...read more

  • I'm Going To Share With You Some Startling ...

    Contributed by Tim Shepard on May 12, 2007
     | 3,776 views

    I’m going to share with you some startling facts; facts that you may not even be aware of. According to a 2004 Gallop Poll 76% of all Americas claim to be Born Again Christians. The same ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Painter By The Name Of Stenburg ...

    Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
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    Many years ago a painter by the name of Stenburg lived in Dusseldorf Germany. He was searching for a model to portrait. He chose a gypsy girl from the street, her name was Pepita. It was the first time for her to be invited to an artist’s studio. Her amazed eyes rounded here and there and suddenly ...read more

  • Kagawa Is A Famous Japanese Christian. He Said ...

    Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
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    Kagawa is a famous Japanese Christian. He said that in the cross he found Christianity’s greatest uniqueness. He said, “I am grateful for Shinto, for Confucianism and for Buddhism. I owe much to these faiths. Yet these three faiths utterly failed to minister to my heart’s deepest needs. I was a ...read more

  • Somerset Maugham, The Writer, Once Said, "If I ...

    Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
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    Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, ...read more

  • But How Can It Be, As Christians Claim, That The ...

    Contributed by W F on Mar 31, 2007
     | 1,013 views

    But how can it be, as Christians claim, that the Bible has one Author but many writers? It’s helpful to see it like this. Maybe you’ve been watching the series on the ABC called, “Constructing Australia.” Last week’s episode was all about the construction of the Kalgoorlie pipeline which carries ...read more

  • Today's Pitcairn Island Population Is Descended ...

    Contributed by W F on Mar 31, 2007
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    Today’s Pitcairn Island population is descended from British sailors and Tahitians. The mutineers of the HMS Bounty settled the island [first discovered by world explorers on 2 July 1767 by midshipman Pitcairn aboard the HMS Swallow] in 1790, along with their Tahitian women and a few Tahitian men. ...read more

  • Christian Missionaries First Went To Africa 200 ...

    Contributed by W F on Mar 24, 2007
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    Christian missionaries first went to Africa 200 years ago. One of the groups they sought to "convert" there were these bushmen of the Kalahari desert. However, this article pointed out that the bushmen of the Denui village in particular, consistently refused to become Christians. Instead they have ...read more

  • The Novel "Gilead" Is A Letter That The Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 5, 2007
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    The novel “Gilead” is a letter that the old Presbyterian pastor John Ames is writing to his young son to be read when the son is old enough to understand. He quotes the theologian Ludwig Feuerbach “Water is the purest, clearest of liquids; in virtue of this its natural character it is the image of ...read more

  • You See, Were A Lot Like The Carnival Bear. There ...

    Contributed by D D on Jan 27, 2007
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    You see, were a lot like the carnival bear. There was this bear out in the street in a carnival, it was doing tricks and flipping around. The owner had this tambourine and he would play it and make music and this bear would roll and flip and do all kinds of tricks. They would bring entertainment to ...read more

  • There Are Others Who Know About This Miracle ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 15, 2007
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     | 2,459 views

    There are others who know about this miracle birth The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth For it isn’t to the palace that the Christ child comes But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums And the message is clear if you’ve got [you have] ears to hear That forgiveness is ...read more

  • Cry Of A Tiny Babe

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 15, 2007
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     | 3,118 views

    Like a stone on the surface of a still river Driving the ripples on forever Redemption rips through the surface of time In the cry of a tiny babe - Bruce ...read more

  • The Very Last Words Of Buddha To His Disciples ...

    Contributed by W F on Dec 17, 2006
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    The very last words of Buddha to his disciples were, “Strive without ceasing.” How different these are to the last words of Jesus ...read more

  • No Matter How Many Leaves He Sowed Together, He ...

    Contributed by Jason Evans on Dec 17, 2006
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    No matter how many leaves he sowed together, he is still going ...read more

  • Select Stats On Change

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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    Select Stats on Change: In the 1950’s: -a car cost $1,220 -gas $0.23 -College Tuition- $525 -round of golf @ Pebble Beach $2 -Coke, Hershey bar, coffe- $0.05 -stamp $.03 -Annual Salary for a teacher $2,640 -computer $500,000 It took the radio 40 years to reach 50 million domestic users. It took ...read more

  • New York State Sociologists Studied Two ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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    New York state sociologists studied two families-the Max Jukes family and the family of Jonathan Edwards. The head of the Max Jukes family (not his real name), was an unbeliever, a man with no obvious sense of morals, and he married a girl with similar values. Among the known descendants of the ...read more

  • There Was A Family That Had An Antique Vase That ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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    There was a family that had an antique vase that had been in the family for generations. One day as the parents came home from an evening out, they were met at the front door by thier teenage daughter. She said "Mom & Dad, you know that vase that you ...read more

  • Forrest Carter, In His Book The Education Of ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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    Forrest Carter, in his book the Education of Little Tree set around the great depression he relays the story of a grandfather’s explanation to his grandson his use of the phrase “I kin you”. It meant to love and understand. “Grandpa said back before his time ‘kinfolk’ meant any folks that you ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago A Reporter Was Doing A Story On ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
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    A few years ago a reporter was doing a story on gang violence in the inner city. He found and interviewed 2 cousins who had been raised together in the same home by their grandmother, but had somehow ended up in rival gangs. In their interviews they both said that neither of them would hesitate ...read more