Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
                
                
                
                    Remember to look at the possibilities in the area you see. (You see some things but don’t actually look at them.) We used the FedEx logo during our Gripped For Greatness campaign last year. We asked if you saw all you were looking at. 
Between the last two letters of FedEx you can see an arrow
                    
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                    Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    C.S. Lewis wrote in his book, The Screwtape Letters, “There is a legend about Satan and his imps planning their strategy for attacking the world that’s hearing the message of salvation. One of the demons says, “I’ve got the plan, master. When I get on earth and take charge of people’s thinking,
                    
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                    Questions about the mysteries of life and its origins have always fascinated thinking people. Where shall we go for answers?
Leave such inquiries to science, some would say.  That is not the domain of faith and religious inquiry.
There was a most interesting article in March 1998 National
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    VOLCANIC ROCK AND COAL
When I went to Italy on holiday, one of the tours was to visit Mount Vesuvius. I climbed to the summit, and there was a huge crater with smoke coming out of it because, although the volcano is dormant just now, deep down in the earth there's molten rock.  When the pressure
                    
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                    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 25, 2009
                
                
                
                    Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman told of a distinguished minister, Dr. Howard, from Australia who preached very strongly on the subject of SIN. After the service, one of the church deacons came to counsel with him in the study. "Dr. Howard," he said, "we don’t want you to talk as openly as you do about man’s
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 17, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Have you ever heard of the woman who hated Mother’s Day?  According to the Toronto Star’s website, there was such a woman.  If you think the spirit of Mother’s Day has been spoiled by the commercialism of cards, flowers and once-a-year sincerity, you stand united with the woman credited with giving
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LIVING UNDER THE CROSS
Gerald L. Sittser writes 
"Two years ago, I wrote a book about suffering. I have received many letters from people who wanted to tell me their own stories of suffering. I have asked permission from a few to tell their stories to others. One woman, Mary, was in a terrible
                    
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                    Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This reminds me of an incident I experienced while also working in South Africa.  I had been working on a research project but had made a significant error early on in the project.  Instead of coming clean I unfortunately chose to try and cover my mistake.
It wasn’t too long before my conscience
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One of the greatest evangelistic hymns of all time was written by a woman who knew well the release and peace that come from confessing one’s sins and failures to God.
 
“Just As I Am,” a hymn frequently sung at the close of evangelistic meetings, was written by Charlotte Elliott of Clapham,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Let me give you a real life example of how this works. A young couple decided to start their own business. He was an engineer and she was an advertising copywriter. They wound up buying a small salmon cannery in Alaska. They soon discovered they had a problem. Customers opening a can of their
                    
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Feb 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There’s an ancient document from the second century called the "Epistle to Diognetus". It’s a letter from a Christian to a prominent pagan named Diognetus, in which the author, who is unknown, is describing and defending this strange new religion of Christianity. It reads, in part:
"The Christians
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Aug 2, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Sin Compared to Poison
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman told of a distinguished minister, Dr. Howard, from Australia who preached very strongly on the subject of sin. After the service, one of the church officers came to counsel with him in the study. “Dr. Howard,” he said, “we don’t want you to talk as
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 1, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [It’s Over Your Head, Citation: C.D. Monismith, Salem, Ore. Christian Reader, "Lite Fare."]
One quarter while teaching an adult Sunday school class, I decided, It’s time to be up-to-date and innovative. I need to try something new for our class. 
We were studying one of the Old Testament books. 
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 20, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There are fears that come as a result of childhood trauma that we may never get over.  Here are a few from a list of several thousand.  I chose those beginning with the letter "B" as a manageable list there are about 4 times as many under "a" or "e" for example
Bacillophobia- Fear of
                    
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                    Contributed by David Barsky on Feb 2, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Once upon a time, there was a man who lived with his wife, two small children, and his elderly parents in a tiny hut. He tried to be patient and gracious, but the noise and crowded conditions wore him down.  In desperation, he consulted the village wise man. “Do you have a rooster?   asked the wise
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard  Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A house is a house is a house--until love comes through the door, that is. And love intuitively goes around sprinkling that special brand of angel dust that transforms a house into a very special home for very special people: your family. 
   Money, of course, can build a charming house, but only
                    
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