Contributed by James Jack on Mar 8, 2005
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Dead Poets Society is, I think, one of the best films of all time. In his first lesson with
his senior class, the rather eccentric but very inspiring English teacher John Keating,
played by Robin Williams, takes the boys into the foyer outside the classroom where
he asks one lad by the name of
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Anglican
Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
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Fathers Protect Their Nests
There was a hunter on a hunting expedition in the Amazon. It was the last day of the trip. He rose early in the morning to enjoy one more day in the jungle. As he was watching the sun rise, he noticed a family of large birds. The mother bird is tending to the baby
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dennis Harbach on Oct 1, 2002
As a father one of my goals is to help my children grow to be independent of my help. So when we are in the store or the library from time to time I will encourage them to ask their own questions, check out their own books, even pay for the groceries themselves. Yes, that’s with my money. Not
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Lutheran
Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Oct 4, 2002
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Th Lord is a personal God and there are some ministries for which He has no deputies because He wants to do them Himself. He is the One who cares for His people.
Illustration.
I remember coming home the first time from university. My mother came up as I was ready to go to bed and asked :
Son, are
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Independent/Bible
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ABC Christ!
A- for the Architect, Jesus is beautiful beyond discription.
B- For the Builder, Jesus is the Rock.
C- For the Carpenter, Jesus is the firm foundation.
D- For the Disciple, Jesus the Master.
E- For the Engineer, Jesus is the blueprint of God.
F- For the Fisherman, Jesus is the fisher of
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Church Of God
Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 25, 2003
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A famous king, depressed by circumstances in his realm and feeling rejected by many of his subjects, called for his three daughters to comfort and reassure him. After they had talked awhile, he asked how much they loved him. Two of them answered that they cared for him more than all the gold and
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 18, 2002
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TRANSFORMATION
The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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Wives Want Soul Mates, romantic partners who are compatible together and bring out the best in each other. The relationship has satisfying intimacy and includes friendship, companionship, and often a spiritual component as well as love. This means they want a husband who will talk about his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
When we are no longer alert as God’s watchmen, we have a tendency to be insensitive to all the dangers around us.
I can’t help but be reminded of a frightening experience we had when my eldest son was working the late shift at a bakery. He came home dead tired one night and I was already asleep.
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Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
KILLING EACH OTHER OVER RACE
Two million people have been killed during the civil war in the Sudan Region of Africa mostly over race, mostly over skin tone. The name Sudan comes from "bilad al sudan": Arabic for "the land of the blacks." So you might expect Sudanese to be comfortable with the
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United Methodist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 14, 2007
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September 2007 in Hampshire Rosemary Edwards left home without leaving any word or taking her things and has been missing all week. It was as a result of a her losing her job and her dads word which came to her explaining she would no longer be able to continue horse riding as a result the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 19, 2007
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I heard about a man and his four-year-old son traveling in the family car. As Dad turned the corner the door flew open and the son rolled out into the street. The dad looked back and noticed that another vehicle traveling at a fast rate and was nearly upon his son.
All of a sudden the father
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Christian Church