THE ARTIST IS NOW KNOWN
In 2002, a drawing was discovered in what used to be a maid's room in one of the museums. The chalk drawing of a candlestick was one of 5 drawings sold collectively to the museum in 1940 for $60.
For decades, it sat in the storage until one day a visiting scholar
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Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jul 24, 2008
"Today it's rare to see siblings serving alongside each other, either in church or in a ministry outside of church. Parents often focus on allowing each child to explore his or her individual gifts and talents through service -- which is a good thing. Then as brothers and sisters grow up, their
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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An incident is related in Greek history of a wrestler who was so envious of Theagenes, the prince of wrestlers, that he could not be consoled in any way. After Theagenes died and a statue was erected to him in a public place, this envious antagonist went out every night and wrestled
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2001
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Make no mistake about it, the society in which we live does everything in its power to deny the fact of death. Every plucked gray hair, every chemical peel, every tofu diet, every bottle of Viagra, every tummy tuck is a putting
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Apr 25, 2005
My dad had a set of metallic dog figures and used to amaze us kids by putting the dogs on a table then moving a powerful magnet under the table. The "dogs" would move as the magnet drew them to itself.
Just so, Jesus,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 14, 2005
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The day after the Berlin Wall fell a sign appeared in the churchyard of a small church in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The sign simply said:- "The Lamb Wins." That is the glorious Gospel Truth. The Lamb Wins. Not sin. Not disease. Not death. Not tragedy. The Lamb
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Bankruptcy: A study at Harvard University revealed these primary reasons for filing bankruptcy: Illness or Injury—28.3%, Uncovered medical bills—27%, Lost income because of illness—21.3%, Birth of a new family member—3%, Death
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The Resurrection is the keystone of the arch on which our faith is supported. If Christ has not risen, we must impeach all those witnesses for lying. If Christ has not risen, we have no proof that the crucifixion of Jesus differed from that of the two thieves who suffered
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2009
DARWIN'S START
It was because of the death of his daughter that Charles Darwin couldn't make sense of a loving God. This seemed to put him on his path to finding a way to take God out of the creation story.
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Wesleyan
PUTTING THE BRAKES ON
"Violence puts the brakes on authentic development and impedes the evolution of peoples towards greater socio-economic and spiritual well-being. This applies especially to terrorism motivated by fundamentalism, which generates grief, destruction and death, obstructs dialogue
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
Quote Charles Spurgeon:
"The Holy Ghost works by those who feel they would lay down their own lives for the good of others, and would impart to them not only their goods and their instructions, but themselves also, if by any means they might save some. O
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Brethren
Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 14, 2006
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Nicky Cruz was the leader of the toughest gang in New York City.
His Satanist parents abused him brutally, so he grew up a hardened man void of love and full of hate.
“I wanted to do to others what my mother did to me,” Nicky says. “I used to feel good when I hurt some people.”
But privately, he
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Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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A man named Jacob had hit a low point in his life. He had thought about killing himself but he was too poor and too tired to secure the means to do it. He found a park bench and just lay down to die. He did not eat, because there was nothing to eat. All he thought about was his death.
A couple
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Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great Awakening.
It had been said about Rev. Charles Finney that his sermons were chain lightning, flashing conviction into the hearts of the stoutest skeptics. Simple as a child in his utterances, he sometimes startled his hearers by his unique prayers." He
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002
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The prominent evolutionist William Provine of Cornell University candidly conceded that if Darwinism is true, then there are five inescapable implications: there’s no evidence for God; there’s no life after death; there’s no absolute foundation for right and wrong; there’s no ultimate
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Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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A life time atheist was found reading the bible while on his death bed. A friend asked him what he was doing. He answered, “I am looking for loop holes!” By living in a daily relationship with Jesus Christ we won’t have to
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Lutheran
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I love what Mother Theresa said a few years before her death at a press conference in the USA, “If you don’t want your children then give them to me!”
Mother Teresa said, "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use violence
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
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RUNNING
Herb Caen wrote, "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t
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