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  • The Greater The Man, The Greater He Will See His ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
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    The greater the man, the greater he will see his role as father. General Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of Allied forces during WWII said: Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and ...read more

  • Guard Your Heart

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,483 views

    Edgar Guest said: I must be fit for a child to follow, scorning the places where loose men wallow; knowing how much he shall learn from me, I must be fair as I’d have him be. I must come home to him day by day, clean as the morning I went away. I must be fit for a child’s glad greeting; his are ...read more

  • Gold Medalist

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,428 views

    Gold Medalist In Seoul Korea—At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. “Don’t worry,” he told his surprised mother. “I’ll get another one.” A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing ...read more

  • Jesus, As An Example

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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    Illustration: Jesus, as an example D. M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, “I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the ...read more

  • Quote: One Hanging On A Tree

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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    Quote: One Hanging on a Tree John Newton, 1725–1807 said: In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never ...read more

  • My Son Died, Don't You Care  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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    Illustration: My Son Died, Don’t You Care An Unknown author wrote this story: The day is over, you are driving home. You tune in your radio. You hear a little blurb about a little village in India where some villagers have died suddenly, strangely, of a flu that has never been seen before. It’s ...read more

  • New Sick Leave Policy  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2007
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    New Sick Leave Policy 1. SICKNESS: No excuse. We will no longer accept your doctor’s statement as proof, as we believe that if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work. 2. LEAVE OF ABSENCE (for an operation): We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any ...read more

  • God Is On The Throne

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2007
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    Theologian A. W. Pink wrote, As [one] sees the apparent defeat of the right, and the triumphing of might and the wrong … it seems as though Satan were getting the better of the conflict. But as one looks above, instead of around, there is plainly visible to the eye of faith a Throne.… This then is ...read more

  • H. A. Ironside Recounted His Experience With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 4, 2007
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    H. A. Ironside recounted his experience with work: Illustration: Do All in the Name of the Lord Jesus “Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Col. 3:17). When I was a boy, I felt it was both a duty and a privilege to help my widowed mother make ends meet by finding employment in vacation time, on ...read more

  • Mother Teresa, "We Can Do No Great Things, Only ...

    Contributed by Tony Searles on May 29, 2007
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    Mother Teresa, “We can do no great things, only small ...read more

  • Quote: Of God's Sovereignty Over All Human ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 28, 2007
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    Quote: Of God’s sovereignty over all human authority, Robert Culver wrote: God alone has sovereign rights. Democratic theory is no less unscriptural than divine right monarchy. By whatever means men come to positions of rulership"by dynastic descent, aristocratic family connection, plutocratic ...read more

  • Poem: G. K. Chesterton

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 28, 2007
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    POEM: G. K. Chesterton said: O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die, The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not Thy thunder from us, But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches, From lies of tongue ...read more

  • Oem: G. K. Chesterton

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 23, 2007
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    OEM: G. K. Chesterton said: O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die, The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not Thy thunder from us, But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches, From lies of tongue and ...read more

  • Russ Blowers Is Active In His Local Indianapolis ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    Russ Blowers is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have our representatives in nearly every ...read more

  • Lambie Renounces Citizenship  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    5179. Lambie Renounces Citizenship Dr. Thomas Lambie went to Ethiopia as a medical missionary. After some time he wanted to buy land for a mission station. An Ethiopian law said that no land could be sold to foreigners. Because Dr. Lambie had great love for Christ and the Ethiopians, he gave up his ...read more

  • Joshua Bell, Plays The Noted "Gibson Ex ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    Joshua Bell, plays the noted “Gibson ex Huberman” Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million. He commands $1,000 a minute performances all over the world. But the Washington Post wondered what might happen if Bell were asked to dress down and play as a street musician near one of the busy subway ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
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     | 2,096 views

    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2007
     | 1,827 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: "O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • Before The Judgment Seat Of Christ My Service ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2007
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    Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will not be judged by how much I have done but by how much of me there is in it. No man gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything acceptable to God until ...read more

  • Shackleton Found Them Ready  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 4, 2007
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    Shackleton Found Them Ready While on one of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on Elephant Island, with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to England. But he was unavoidably delayed, and by the time he could go ...read more

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