Jill Rigby notes from Her book "Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World" that the following areas need to be shielded and monitored in our homes: Magazines, Books, Music, TV, Movies, and certain others.
1. We as parents must bear the burden to shield the eyes and the ears of our
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In his book, Metamorpha, Kyle Strobel tells about a friend of his whose name is Cassie. Cassie was a first-year seminary student whose view of God had never been challenged. Suddenly, she found herself in a setting in which it seemed to her that her image of God was being dismantled. It was as
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Max Lucado explains grace this way in his book In The Grip of Grace pages xii-xiii:
Surely God is impressed with my garments, I often thought. Occasionally I strutted into his presence so he could compliment the self-tailored wear. He never spoke. His silence must mean admiration, I convinced
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Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
Several years ago, Patrick Morley wrote a book called, “Walking with Christ in the Details of Life.” It is a book of meditations that includes one called “Revival: The Gospel of Addition.” In it, he said the following, “The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction.
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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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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 27, 2008
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Dr. Gary Habermas writes in his book, "The Historical Jesus":
"One expert documented 39 ancient historical sources that corroborate more than 100 facts
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
Henny Youngman in Take My Book, Please told this story: A father was explaining ethics to his son, who was about to go into business. "Suppose a woman comes in and orders $100 worth of material. You wrap it up and give it to her. She pays you with a $100 bill. As she goes out the door you
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
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In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.”
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As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story
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