Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004
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In the United States, you can be fined $5000 and imprisoned for up to a year for breaking an eagle’s egg, you can be imprisoned and fined for stealing a sea turtle egg, and yet our babies are being killed daily with little outcry. It is time we contact our legislators and tell them there must be a
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006
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Psychologist Lynne Namka writes:
Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. Venting the negative emotions may clear the air temporarily, but it does not solve the underlying
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. While breaking baseball’s "color barrier," he faced jeering crowds in every stadium. But one game, playing in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he committed an error. His home fans began to ridicule him. He stood at second base,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Johnny Knight on Aug 11, 2007
Two Preachers and Two Signs
Two preachers were standing beside the mountan road holding two signs. One sign said "turn around before it is too late" and the other said "the end is near". All the sudden a car came speeding around the curve and past the two preachers holding their signs and never
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
At the turn of the 18th century, Christmas could be a very dangerous time for ordinary common folk like us. Back in those days, it was customary for bands of young men to go door-to-door, demanding food and drink and in exchange provide a song for the household’s entertainment. If nothing was
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Methodist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 19, 2009
POTENTIAL THROUGH PAIN
Theologian William Barclay comments and illustrates with a story: "Suffering, if accepted in humility and trust and love, can repair the weaknesses of a {person's} character and add the greatness which so far is not there. It is said that Sir Edward Elgar once listened to a
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
I made a list of crisis that people sometimes face and I want to read them to you and see if you’ve faced any of these in your life.
COMMON CRISIS PEOPLE OFTEN FACE
1. The loss of a valued relationship…such as breaking up with a boyfriend of girlfriend, or divorce. The dissolving of a longtime
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AN EXAMPLE OF GRACE
I just received a letter from a friend who just initiate a prison ministry in my home church, Viorica Negosanu… The first inmate she encountered was a lady, a doctor who murdered her best friend, cut her in pieces and spread them all over the city. She got life sentence. Now
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 4, 2003
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Author Max Lucado writes:
All of us occasionally do what is right. A few predominately do what is right. But do any of us always do what is right? According to Paul we don’t. "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom. 3:10, NKJV).
Some may beg to differ. "I’m not perfect, Max, but I’m better than
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 21, 2004
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A few minutes ago, I told you we were chosen by God. That is wonderful, but being chosen by itself does not help us much. That is only the first step. After God chooses us, there is something that we must do. We must accept it. Let me explain about being chosen and then accepting that choice.
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Jim Cymbala stated this about unlocking God’s blessing from his book Break Through Prayer:
According to Scripture, God’s blessing can rest on both men and women, because with God there is no gender bias. His blessing can rest on a family, a child, or even unborn offspring. It can prosper a local
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 2, 2008
Kite
Once on a time a paper kite
Was mounted to a wondrous height,
Where, giddy with its elevation,
It thus express’d self-admiration:
“See how yon crowds of gazing people
Admire my flight above the steeple;
How would they wonder if they knew
All that a kite like me can do!
Were I but free, I’d
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 3, 2010
THIRST ---- Believe it or not I played football in high school. Football started in August where I grew up, and in August the daily temperatures were usually 100 - 120 degrees. That’s hot. Of course our brilliant coaches insisted we wear full padding for practice. Further, some einstein purchased
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 16, 2003
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In 1904 William Borden, heir to the Borden Dairy Estate, graduated from a Chicago high school a millionaire. His parents gave him a trip around the world. Traveling through Asia, the Middle East, and Europe gave Borden a burden for the world’s hurting people. Writing home, he said, “I’m going to
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