Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 10, 2009
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7-ELEVEN TIME
Essayist Noelle Oxenhandler writes, "But increasingly we live in the twenty-four-hour time of commerce, of convenience. It is 7-Eleven time, the fluorescent time of unmodulated, shadowless light, where coffee and doughnuts are available at all hours, where the rhythm of breakfast,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
"Lord, I’m so discouraged
I don’t know what to do.
I have so many burdens,
And I gave them all to you.
But you didn’t take them, Jesus.
Will you tell me why that’s so?"
"The answer’s simply, Little
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Contributed by Brian Buriff on Feb 2, 2010
Zig Zigler: If you feel you married the wrong person - treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. On the other hand, if you marry the right person, and treat that person wrong, you certainly will have ended up marrying the wrong
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
OUR WORDS
Did you know that the average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking? That’s what the statistics say. If all of our words were put into print, the result would be this:
A single day’s words would fill a 50-page book, while
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Brethren
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 13, 2012
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BAPTISM: THE GREAT EQUALIZER
Bob Russell once noted: "Baptism is the great equalizer. No matter who you are, how successful you are, or who you know... all have to go under the waters alike. There are those who come forward in expensive suits, dangling gold jewelry, and $100 hairdos. But the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 21, 2019
Matthew Henry, the famous Bible scholar, was once accosted by thieves and robbed of his billfold. He wrote these memorable words in his diary:
"Let me be thankful, first, because I have never been robbed before; second, although they took my billfold, they did not take my life; third,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 28, 2024
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General Robert E. Lee was a devout follower of Jesus Christ.
It is said that soon after the end of the American Civil War, he visited a church in Washington, D.C.
During the communion service he knelt beside a black man.
An onlooker said to him later, "How could you do
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 22, 2005
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A common phrase used in the world of healing is, “time heals all wounds.” I have found this to be more false than true. As a pastor, I talk regularly with people who are still carrying hurts from 30 or 40 years ago. The real truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 19, 2005
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A few weeks ago I was watching a program about the history of armor. It was a fascinating show that detailed the various types of armor from the ancient to the modern. The program documented the various techniques that were used in creating the armor.
There are different kinds of armor for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Two Christians have lived very good and also very healthy lives. They die, and went to heaven.
As they are walking along, marveling at the paradise around them, one turns to the other and says "Wow, I never knew heaven was going to be as good as this!"
"Yeah", says the other. "And just think,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Mormons out-give evangelicals by about 3 to 1. Mormons give an average of 7.5% of their income to the church compared to evangelicals 2.5%. Add to this the fact that all but 85 top LDS leaders are volunteers which frees up millions of dollars for their worldwide mission efforts. The average
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