Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 20, 2009
In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond, a former zoo keeper, has this to say:
Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention the change coming to a
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 13, 2010
SIN IS LIKE A RACCOON
In A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond, a former zookeeper, has this to say:
Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owners. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, I felt compelled to mention
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Raccoons go through a glandular change at about 24 months. After that they often attack their owner. Since a 30-pound raccoon can be equal to a 100-pound dog in a scrap, a zoo keeper felt compelled to mention the change coming to a pet raccoon owned by a young lady named Julie. She listened
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Erik Weihenmayer climbed not only to the top of Mount Everest, but also to six other major mountain tops. He is one of 100 mountain climbers to scale the Seven Summits — the highest mountains on each of the seven continents — and he did it in just seven years. He also climbs cliff faces, skis at
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Contributed by Darrin Koone on May 10, 2002
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It is said that as Benjamin Franklin concluded a stirring speech on the guarantees of the Constitution, a heckler shouted, "Aw, them words don’t mean nothin’ at all. Where’s all the happiness you say it guarantees us?" Franklin smiled and replied, "My friend, the Constitution only
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Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
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A FATHER'S ROLE
“The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.”
“A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come it is now when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
GOD CHANGES THINGS
It was the late Donald Barnhouse the American pastor and author who stunned his congregation by saying, "Prayer changes nothing." The church was packed full of people, yet you could have heard a pin drop. Now his comment was
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
WE EARN IT!
But Americans regard approval, success, and status as rewards for performing well. When this value system gets translated into the Christian life, salvation becomes a matter of our efforts.
A cartoon picturing modern day Pharisees was captioned, "We
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2011
EXTRA CREDIT
Extra credit is an academic concept, particularly used in American schools. Students are offered the opportunity to undertake extra work in addition to their mandatory school work. Many times extra credit can be used as a way to allow a student to
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Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
DENYING ONESELF
"To deny oneself is not to do without something or even many things. It is not asceticism, nor self-rejection or self-hatred, nor is it even the disowning of particular sins. It is to renounce the self as the dominant element in life. It is to replace the self with God-in-Christ as
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Researcher George Barna notes research outcomes help to better understand the place of Christian belief in American society. He observes, “Many people seem to divide the Bible into two separate and unequal portions: the Old Testament, with what they perceive to be allegorical
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Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jun 17, 2008
According to the most recent U.S. Census, 43% of American children do not live with their father. Coinciding with that statistic is this: Those children who grow up in a fatherless home are twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 22, 2008
NEVER TOO OLD
71-year-old pitcher Clay Council pitched at the 2008 All-Star Game Home Run Derby for Josh Hamilton. Clay was Josh's American Legion coach. Old men might have less vision, but they can still
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