Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 21, 2006
Most children and many adults have a mobile. It’s a valuable tool of communication, not only as a portable phone, but also in word messages known as ‘texting’. We were on holiday in Canada and found it so useful to keep in touch with our family by sending and receiving text messages as we
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Nov 13, 2002
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Zig Ziglar tells of the time after he gave his speech, a man came up to him and told him the following:
"When I was 10 or 11 years old, I told my parents I had homosexual feelings toward other boys. My parents said that they would support me in whatever I chose in life. Since then, I entered
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Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 18, 2008
Colossians 4:6 addresses the way we talk, saying that our speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt (4:6). In the ancient world, salt was valuable, and served at least two purposes as nothing else could do. First it was a purifying agent. In those centuries before refrigeration, salt was
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011
WISDOM LITERATURE
Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded.
Shortly before Solomon, an
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Independent/Bible
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During his 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy often closed his speeches with the story of Colonel Davenport, the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
On May 19th, 1780 the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the representatives, glancing out the windows,
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 7, 2013
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THE GOD-ALPHABET
J. Vernon McGee observed: "From an alphabet you make words, and Jesus Christ is called the 'Word of God' -- the full revelation and intelligent
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Congregational
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I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 13, 2005
Islam is growing in the US, and has made its strongest inroads into the African -American community. More than 90% of the converts to Islam in the US are African-American males. They seen Christianity is
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
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I’ve been reading a book by Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard. The book is called "Bowling Alone," and in it, he documents the decline in community life in American over the last four decades. The title comes from a trivial but telling example: the percentage of adults who belong to a bowling
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Contributed by Mike Watson on Jun 23, 2007
I remember attending a Promise keeper Meeting in Denver Colorado when I was give the chance to hear Tony Evans speak to 70,000 plus men gathered together in the Broncos football arena. As I sat there in sure amazement I was challenged by the message that he spoke. He said,
If we are going to
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2007
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“The Tongue”
A biblical writer said, “The tongue can no man tame.” A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove
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Christian Church
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
There was a challenge given to the artist of a community. They were to enter a painting that represented peace.As the community began to look at the paintings, there was one that stood out from the rest that they were sure would win.It was a beautiful pastoral scene, a rolling green meadow,
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
THE BODY: THE IMAGE OF GOD
Paul Brand writing about what it means to be in the image of God in his book In His Image:
"We will not explore the psychological and mental attributes in each one of us that might reflect the image of God. Instead, we will center on a community, that group of God’s
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