Contributed by John Shearhart on Dec 2, 2006
You can learn a lot about a person by listening to his or her last words. For example, it is reported that P. T. Barnum’s last words were “How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” Supposedly writer Oscar Wilde said, “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do,” right before his passing.
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Dec 2, 2006
At the end of His life, Jesus was able to confidently declare His trust in the Sovereign Father. This reminds me of a poem called “Invictus” written by a humanist named William Ernest Henley:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my
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Contributed by John Harvey on Dec 7, 2006
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Take for instance the story of Shrek. Now this is not about an ogre who is friends with a talking donkey, but about a wild sheep in New Zealand. Shrek was a young sheep when he escaped form his shepherd. This is not an uncommon occurrence, because sheep are notorious for wandering off. What is
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Baptist
Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
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The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus, which means more specifically, “coming”. Combining them gets us literally, “toward the coming.” The
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
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The hope of Christ was made evident to me several years ago when the place I was working began having financial troubles due to a change in ownership. I went three months without a paycheck before the place finally folded and then I went another several months before getting a job.
In that time,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
I have visited Japan three times in the past several years. It is a fascinating place of great contrasts – primarily – great beauty contrasted with great sadness. You see from my observation, the Japanese culture is one of materialism, self-satisfaction, rigid order and sexism – all of this
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Chisham on Dec 10, 2006
It reminds me of a time that I went fishing with a guy I’ll call Jimmy. Now Jimmy is a straight out pre-Christian. (That is the new way of saying non-believer) He smokes, he drinks, he sleeps around, he cusses, and he even does drugs. His wife warned him that he was to do NONE of those things
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by John Shearhart on Dec 10, 2006
“Liberty Journal reports that only 30% of Jews are certain there is a God.”
“Poll: Americans Have Disparate View of God.” (Lynchburg, VA) National
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 3, 2007
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When she says:
“It’s your decision.” She really means, “The correct decision should be obvious by now.”
“Do what you want.” She really means, “You’ll pay for this later.”
“I’ll be ready in a minute. She really means, “Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV.”
“You have to learn to
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Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 8, 2007
“Confession is not saying, “I’m sorry”; it is openly admitting, “I did it.” Neil
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Baptist
Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 8, 2007
“The root of anger is that something has been taken; something is owed you.” Andy
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 8, 2007
“The monster of the heart (anger) cannot withstand the light of exposure. For you to tell your story is to drag it into the
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 11, 2007
Imagine a town which has everything to offer: State-of-the-art hospitals, prestigious schools, award winning entertainment, and many other things. There is nothing a person could need which couldn’t be found in this town except one thing: the water makes people sick; any time someone dares drink
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Contributed by John Price on Jan 17, 2007
THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD
Tim Hansel once said in His book “ When I relax I feel guilty” I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make
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Pentecostal
Contributed by John Tung on Jan 24, 2007
If you have a friend who is willing to lay down his life for you, that is great. That is amazing. That is truly a very special friendship. We might even call them heroes. Like the man in NYC who jumped down into the subway tracks and covered up a man who was having seizures and had accidentally
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Tung on Jan 24, 2007
We have a neighbor who has hired the same person to do their yard maintenance for years. This man would mow their grass, edge the lawn, trim the bushes, seed the grass. And now they talk as if they are friends. They ask about each other’s family and vacations. They talk
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Tung on Jan 24, 2007
On my 20th Ministry Anniversary celebration last year, the Praise Team members sang a song to me. The title of the song is called, “That’s What Friends Are For.” Part of the words goes like this:
“Keep smilin’
Keep shinin’
Knowin’ you can always count on me
for sure
that’s what friends are
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 30, 2007
“As Christians, our identity in Christ far transcends our identity in our work. We are children of the living God, fearfully and wonderfully made and deeply loved by the Father.” (Boa 1997, 51)
Boa,
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 30, 2007
“If our work efforts are to have any redeeming value, then they must contribute in some way to God’s agenda, that is, to preserving the things that He values.” (Boa 1997, 26)
Boa, Kenneth,
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 30, 2007
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Most of our adult lives are spent working. If a person works outside the home for eight hours a day and five days a week, then you work 2,080 hours a year. There are only 8,760 hours in a year, and if you spend the same amount of time sleeping as you do working, you only have 4,600 hours remaining.
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