Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
It reminds me of the story of the great African American singer Marian Anderson. You may not remember her because she retired from singing in 1965, but she was one of the great singers of her day. Once in an interview a reporter asked her to "name the greatest moment in her life." She could have
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2004
Well over 100 years ago, Charles Spurgeon put it this way, discussing how conversion can inadvertently make one self-absorbed:
“….One of the first works of the Holy Spirit is to make the man look at home, and to consider the condition of his own soul. When the Spirit of God has made a man thus to
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004
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“Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church…The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church’s inexhaustible treasury, from which she showers blessings with generous hands,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 10, 2005
If I plant some zucchini seeds, I will eventually, Lord willing, get a plant that flowers. Some people batter and fry the flowers. But if the flowers are left alone, then will produce zucchinis. And inside each zucching are many, many seeds. So the mature Christian flowers, but also reproduces.
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
After 25 years of an arranged marriage, listen to Tevya’s question to Golde in the musical Fiddler on the Roof:
(Tevye) “Golde, I have decided to give Perchik permission to become engaged to our daughter, Hodel.”
(Golde) “What??? He’s poor! He has nothing, absolutely nothing!”
(Tevye) “He’s a
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
Twelve words will keep a marriage together: "I was wrong; I am sorry; please forgive me; I love you." If we are going to cope with conflicts constructively, they need to be expressed frequently. To cope with the
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Contributed by Mark Green on Jul 5, 2005
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The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. Revised and rewritten by Harold Chadwick.
“We should not grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who considers not the
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Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 8, 2005
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"A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar bill up. He then
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 11, 2005
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Don Richardson, in his book Eternity in Their Hearts, tells an amazing story of spiritual harvest. In an area once called Burma, which is now modern Myanmar, lying between China and Thailand, and touching the border of Laos, there lived about a quarter-million tribal people called the Lahu. For
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