Jesus changed all that. And I love the way he did it. Talk about detail! John tells us that Jesus “spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.” Whenever I read these words, I think about another occasion when God did something remarkable with mud. In Genesis 2:7
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
Charlie wrote about his experience as a kid growing up in the American south and planting peanuts. Because peanuts are tubers that grow on the roots beneath the ground, you cannot see how well they’re developing. So being an impatient kid, he decided to dig them up to see how they were doing. Well,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
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Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 19, 2006
The Bride’s attitude to herself is summed up in Song of Songs 1:5 ‘Dark am I yet lovely.’ In the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice there’s a scene where Mr Darcy’s sisters are discussing with their brother the physical beauty or otherwise of Miss Elisabeth Bennett. The sisters negatively
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: FELLOWSHIP
The documentary The March of the Penguins follows the emperor penguins of Antarctica on their incredible journey through ice and snow to mating grounds up to 70 miles inland. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this beautiful film captures the drama of these
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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As the Spring arrived this year, I watched as the new growth literally exploded from the ground. I began to think about the trees, which had looked so dead, but which were now budding and bringing forth blossoms, leaves and eventually fruit. I thought about the flowers which would bloom and
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Methodist
“Joy, must be sharply distinguished both from Happiness and Pleasure. Joy has indeed one characteristic, and one only, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it will want it again...I doubt whether anyone who has tasted it would ever, if both were in his power, exchange it
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 30, 2007
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How to Avoid Frustration
Keep your shoulder to the wheel
Your hand to the helm
Your eye on the ball!
Your nose to the grindstone
Your ear to the ground
And
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
[Neil] Postman explains that every scholar from Erasmus in the sixteenth century to Elizabeth Einsenstein in the twentieth confirms that reading produces habits of mind that encourage the process of rationality. By developing the ability to reason effectively through reading, one can uncover lies,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
You Must Tell Them A recent study finds when donors were asked why they did not give online, the single most common reason donors gave (after not having a computer) was that they were unaware the option existed. The finding mirrors similar studies of other forms of giving, where when
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