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  • Gene Vieth In His Book "The Soul Of The Lion, The ...

    Contributed by Roy Carter on Dec 12, 2005
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    Gene Vieth in his Book “The Soul of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” brings up an interesting point here. He says that after Edmund leaves the Beaver’s house, Lewis begins writing from Edmunds point of view and that forces us see things from Edmunds point of view. It reminds us we have done ...read more

  • The Clerk Of Abbington Presbytery, Outside Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    The clerk of Abbington Presbytery, outside of Philadelphia, approximately 100 years ago gave these 5 kinds of attitudes about change: 1. Early innovators (2.6%), run with new ideas 2. Early adaptors (13.4%), influenced by (1) but not initiators 3. Slow Majority (34%), the herd-followers 4. ...read more

  • Beulah Church In Lawrence County, Illinois, Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 17, 2006
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    Beulah Church in Lawrence County, Illinois, was a country Church I served for over four years beginning in 1980. Beulah has never had a financial crisis one reason being the fact that nearly all the Church family tithe. Another reason is that they are missionary minded people. They support I ...read more

  • We Live In A ‘church World' Of Extremes. Only ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Oct 21, 2006
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    We live in a ‘church world’ of extremes. Only this week in the paper, Terry Waite, who was the Archbishop’s envoy to Lebanon. He shot to fame by being held captive for five years. He spoke out about the modern trends in the Church of England. He was disgusted that a vicar did not wear his robes and ...read more

  • I Tend To Be A Tosser When Something ...

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 26, 2006
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    (Ill.) I tend to be a tosser when something doesn’t work, I will toss it out, I will buy a replacement. So when the lawn mower stops working, I take it out to the garbage and go buy a new one. But we have a neighbor who is wonderfully skilled in repairing things. So he will come out and grab the ...read more

  • I Remember When I First Left School At 16 With ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
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    I remember when I first left school at 16 with no qualifications, yet I got a job and earnt a living what could I do with all the extra income I had? My mother told me to take driving lessons. I had 26 lessons in all, it was money well spent it was intense but I devoted myself to passing the test. ...read more

  • The Process Of Refining Silver Is A Long Process ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006
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    The process of refining silver is a long process of heating the metal until all the imperfections have boiled out. Once the silver is cooled, it is then re-heated again to remove any other imperfections. This process is repeated until there are no signs of anything that isn’t the precious ...read more

  • Blind Skiers Were Featured In The 1988 Winter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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    Blind skiers were featured in the 1988 winter Olympics. How did they ski being blind? They were paired with sighted skiers who would simply yell, "LEFT" or "RIGHT" when the time came to turn, and the blind skiers obeyed without question! Their obedience brought reward. When we cannot see what God ...read more

  • D) Charles Spurgeon, A Baptist Minister, In His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 5, 2007
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    d) Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, in his commentary on the Psalms from the 1800’s says, “How good men can endure to be called ‘reverend’ we know not. Being unable to discover any reason why our fellow men should reverence us, we half suspect that in other men there is not very much which ...read more

  • Steve Atkerson States This About Water Baptism: ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
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    Steve Atkerson states this about Water Baptism: The OT is replete with examples of ceremonial cleansings accomplished through the use of water (Nu 19:11-21; 31:21-24). Thus, the Jews were not surprised that John the Baptist used water graphically to portray repentance and forgiveness of sins (Mk ...read more

  • Glossary  PRO

    Contributed by Jerlette Mickie on Jan 28, 2003
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    Glossary Visionary – one who is creative thinker, innovator, seer, a futurist Provider- one who brings, gives or provides or contributes provision. A source of strength, security, and or ones well being. Making life better. Mentor- one that advises, counsels, guides, tutor, teaches and ...read more

  • In His Book, When God Whispers Your Name, Max ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
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    In his book, When God Whispers Your Name, Max Lucado writes: I choose self-control … I am a spiritual being. After this body is dead, my spirit will soar. I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my ...read more

  • Ninety-Two Percent Of The Christians Attending A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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    Ninety-two percent of the Christians attending a recent Bible conference admitted in a survey that feelings of loneliness are a major problem in their lives. All shared a basic symptom: a sense of despair at feeling unloved and a fear of being unwanted or unaccepted. This is a tragic commentary ...read more

  • Mary Was Far From Home, Far From Her Family, And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 12, 2004
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    Mary was far from home, far from her family, and far from what she expected that first birth to be. But the whole setting for the child’s birth was apart of an elaborate plan to provide access for lost humanity into God’s family. Why did God experience such a humble birth? He became poor so we ...read more

  • Jack Jones Wrote: "Putting A Hog In The Living ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 24, 2004
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    Jack Jones wrote: "Putting a hog in the living room will not change the hog’s nature, but it will damage the living room. A lost man’s nature will not be changed by placing his name on the church roll, but the church will suffer by his being a member. Every Christian should be a church member; in ...read more

  • When Michelangelo Was Ordered To Decorate The ...

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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    When Michelangelo was ordered to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel, he refused. He had ever done any work of that kind, and said he could not do it. But he was told his refusal would not be accepted. When he discovered that there was no alternative without some very unpleasant ...read more

  • A Serviceman Wrote About A Bit Of Unintended ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
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    A serviceman wrote about a bit of unintended comedy he witnessed in the army. In happened during a company inspection at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. An inspection was being conducted by a colonel. Everything had gone smoothly until the officer came to the man standing next to the soldier who ...read more

  • Someone Once Said "Joy Is Like The Hidden Note ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 2, 2005
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    Someone once said “Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while. . . Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is ...read more

  • Knowledge Is Exploding At Such A Rate—more Than ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005
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    Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the ...read more

  • Frugal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
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    FRUGAL Mary’s fourth-grade homework assignment was to make sentences using the words in her spelling list, along with the definition. Coming across the word "frugal" in the list, she asked her father what it meant. He explained that being frugal meant you saved something. Her paper ...read more