Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
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According to a new study by sociologists at Duke University and the University of Arizona.
Americans’ circle of confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades and the number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled, “This change
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Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
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Douglas Coupland, who coined the term ’Generation X’, concludes in his book Life After God, "my secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
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When a puzzle is put together each piece is interconnected to the other pieces. Alone a piece is inadequate; a single piece cannot show you the whole picture. Likewise if one or more pieces of the puzzle are missing then it is defective; it’s lacking an essential part and is incomplete.
Being
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
Half-Hearted Happiness
To love God wholeheartedly, we must be convinced that our only happiness is in Him alone. We cannot believe this until we renounce all other efforts at happiness. If we look to God to supply half our happiness, we can only love him with half our hearts. (William Law in
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
November 2006, a study led by David Martin (an oncologist at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute in California) tested whether a mouse’s diet alone can affect its descendants.
The researchers fed meals high in minerals and vitamins – such as B12 – to pregnant mice that have a gene
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Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 3, 2008
In 1530 the great reformer Martin Luther wrote: “I am not ashamed to confess publicly that next to theology there is no art which is the equal of music, for she alone, after theology, can do what otherwise only theology can accomplish, namely, quiet and cheer up the soul of man, which is clear
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
MELTDOWN STORIES
An eight-year-old British girl has been taken into care by Portuguese authorities after her mother reportedly left her alone to go out drinking while on vacation in Portugal.
In Spain, a father booted his two 11-year-old twin sons out of the car in which they were travelling in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with eternal rays. ... Hence nearly all vices are rooted in the Future. Gratitude looks to the Past and love to
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Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Jul 10, 2005
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A father told the story of his son’s first serious conflict at school. His boy was being picked on by three bullies. They would punch him, push his bike over, and generally made his life miserable. They told him that they’d meet him the next morning before school and beat him up. That evening the
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Contributed by Jim Luthy on Nov 12, 2002
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A song by the late 70’s, early 80’s rock group Styx describes the place many people find themselves spiritually these days. Listen to the words and see if any of these words or phrases correlate with your spiritual experience:
Another year has passed me by, still I look at myself and cry What
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 30, 2008
In the 1500s, Martin Luther wrote "The Bondage of the Will" to defend the Biblical teaching of the depravity of our nature and our slavery to sin. Luther's work was in answer to the writings of Erasmus on free will. Of Erasmus' defense of free will, Luther wrote: "Your book struck me as so
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 23, 2009
A FATHER'S DUTY NEVER ENDS
I went to a Saturday matinee showing of that great Sidney Poitier movie, "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" and I reveled in that confrontation between Poitier’s world-renowned doctor character and his inner-city postman father. The postman father plays the "I sacrificed
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 15, 2019
HIMSELF
by A. B. Simpson
Once it was the blessing, Now it is the Lord;
Once it was the feeling, Now it is His Word.
Once His gifts I wanted, Now the Giver own;
Once I sought for healing, Now Himself alone.
Once 'twas painful trying, Now 'tis perfect trust;
Once a half salvation, Now the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 22, 2024
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A man stood up in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada four years after the sinking of the Titanic in a testimony meeting and this is what he said.
He said, “I am a survivor of the Titanic. When I was drifting alone on that awful night, the tide brought a man toward me in the sea and his name was John
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Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005
When Martin Luther had openly broken with the church of Rome, and refused to recant, plots were made against his life. This led various knights to offer their services in his defense, but Luther would not accept their protection.
“I will not resort to arms and bloodshed for the defense of the
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