Contributed by Joe Fornear on May 5, 2005
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-I want to share with you the Top 10 motivational tips of the cynic.
1) Motivation – If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job, the kind robots will be doing soon.
2) (Snowflakes). Individuality –Always remember that you are
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
In Pakistan eighteen-year-old Mohan Shazad grew up making bricks for less than a dollar a day. To free himself from that near-slavery, he began selling Christian literature to the brick kiln workers.
“Late last September as Mohan was riding his bike home from a day of selling literature, two men
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 4, 2006
Illustration (from Dennis Rainey): Set out a “minefield of traps. I happen to have some animal traps – huge deadly-looking metal devices I inherited from my grandfather. Set them out all over the floor. Label them with things like “greed”, “lust”, “power”, “popularity”, and “Alcohol”.
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Baptist
Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB informers. By dusk, they
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 24, 2009
CULTURAL DESENSITIZATION
One evening Ardie and I decided we needed to get out of the house. On an impulse, we went looking for a good movie. When we got to the theater, we didn't recognize any of the movies that were playing, so we just picked one. It was titled "District 13" . . . big mistake!
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Tony Abram on May 19, 2010
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A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.
A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said: "I FEEL for you, down there."
An OBJECTIVE person came along and said:
"It’s logical that someone would fall, down there."
A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along:
"You only THINK
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 19, 2008
Have any of you read the book, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht?
It’s a great little yellow book that describes all sorts of ways to get out of even life-threatening situations.
Here’s how they describe getting free from an alligator:
How to Wrestle
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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A seminary professor (Fred Craddock) was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table
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Contributed by Brent Baker on Sep 13, 2005
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I hope that they are praying as well just as two men did on September 11, 2001. I read this story in this week’s lookout. Two men were on the 81st floor of tower #2 of the World Trade Center, desperately trying to avoid the fate that was claiming so many that day.
Stanley Praimnath, an
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Now, I saw that there would be no answer to me till I had entire purity of conscience, and no longer regarded any iniquity whatsoever in my heart. I saw that there were some secret affections still left in me that were spoiling all. I passed nearly twenty years of my life on this stormy sea,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
1. (Illustration) In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB
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