Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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MESSAGE TO BAYLOR STUDENTS
Dr. Samuel Palmer Brooks was president of Baylor University in Texas from 1902 until his death in 1931. On his deathbed he wrote a message to the senior class of 1931 which has become immortal to the students of Baylor.
"I stand on the border of mortal life but I face
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Contributed by Michael Mcbrien on Jan 10, 2012
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: MALICE TOWARD NONE
Abraham Lincoln, America's most beloved president, was anything but beloved while he was in office. The South hated him. The anti-war activists hated him. Democrats hated him, calling him a widow-maker. The media ridiculed his eyes, looks, and body, calling him
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
We Need Help to Get Out
Follow the example of the Chilean miners. Trapped beneath two thousand feet of solid rock, the thirty-three men were desperate. The collapse of a main tunnel had sealed their exit and thrust them into survival mode. They ate two spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk, and a
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
It all started when Stanley Morison complained.
What made it worse was that he wasn’t complaining to just anyone – he was complaining to London’s esteemed The Times newspaper.
His complaint was that their newspaper was not as easy to read as it should be because of the typeface that they used.
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The McDonalds “Happy Meal” might be the most famous meal in all the world.
It's a meal for a kid that’s served at McDonalds restaurants that promises to make them happy – at least for a few fleeting minutes!
In the mid-1970s, a MacDonald’s restaurant in Guatemala offered a hamburger, small
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Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 11, 2007
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A couple got married and the bride brought the bulk of the financial support into the marriage. And she knew it too. She always had a way of reminding her husband that she was the source of their financial security.
One day as they were driving along she was in an especially proud mood and she
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Nazarene
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 19, 2007
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I heard about a man and his four-year-old son traveling in the family car. As Dad turned the corner the door flew open and the son rolled out into the street. The dad looked back and noticed that another vehicle traveling at a fast rate and was nearly upon his son.
All of a sudden the father
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Christian Church
Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
If you went to the doctor for a surgery and he told you that he wouldn’t be wearing sterile gloves, wouldn’t be sterilizing any of the equipment he had used for the last operation, and gave you a 1 in 3 chance of contracting a disease, you would probably leave in a heartbeat. Today, sterilization
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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In Dwight Pentecost’s commentary on the book of Philippians he refers to an occurrence of a church split in Dallas Texas. The church split was so bad that it involved a legal suit of one side of the church against the other over who rightfully had the right of ownership of the church property. The
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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George Foreman instead
March 1977. A few days before his fight with Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico. George stood on the hotel balcony and wondered about the meaning of life. He had come a long way in 28 years from poverty to wealth. He was the heavyweight Champion of the world.
Yet in spite of his
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 11, 2008
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Many voices shout for our attention every day, seeking to dictate our purpose. They may not say it in words, but they are clear: “Live for yourself,” “Grab all the gusto you can,” “Earn enough money to retire in comfort,” “Look out for number one,” “Eat, drink, and be merry.”
A young woman,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Apr 21, 2008
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1.The TV is my shepherd, My spiritual growth shall want;
It makes me to sit down and do nothing for His Name’s sake.
2. It requires all my spare time; It keeps me from doing my Christian duty. It produces so many good shows that I must see; It restores my knowledge of the world.
3. It keeps me
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
We read in the papers, we hear on the air,
Of killing and stealing, and crime everywhere.
We sigh, and we say, as we notice the trend,
"This young generation! Where will it all end?"
But can we be sure that it’s their fault alone?
That maybe most of it isn’t really our own ?
Too much money to spend
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