Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 14, 2002
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Annie Dillard, in her book The Writing Life, tells of an experiment that was done with butterflies. The experiment involved placing a male butterfly with a female butterfly of his own species. Then they placed a painted cardboard butterfly alongside them. The cardboard butterfly was bigger than
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Contributed by Brian Oberg on Jul 22, 2005
Madonna said, "Money . . . sex . . . food. . . . they’re not what’s going to make us happy. They’re not real. They don’t last. There’s only one thing that lasts, and that’s your soul. And if you don’t work on that, and you don’t pay attention to that, then all the money in the world is not
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
Several centuries ago, a learned German philosopher began investigating a new philosophy coming out of Japan. This philosophy was called, “Zen.” The philosopher poured through every piece of written material he cold find on this Zen philosophy, but there was scarce information available. Then one
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 17, 2011
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CONFUSED
A university student was seen with a large "K" printed on his T-shirt. When someone asked him what the "K" stood for, he said, "Confused."
"But," the questioner replied, "you don't spell 'confused'
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Brethren
Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 10, 2011
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SUPERMAN AND THE SEATBELT
Boxing great, Muhammad Ali boldly declared, "I am the greatest!" On one occasion Ali was flying to a fight and refused to buckle his seatbelt; the flight attendant insisted but Ali said, "Superman don't need no
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2009
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John Newton: Infidel Restored
John Newton continued his ministry into his old age, turning a deaf ear to friends who urged him to accept retirement, as by the time he reached 80 he was almost blind and partially deaf. "I cannot stop" he replied. "What! Shall the old African blasphemer stop while
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 20, 2010
In December of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, presiding at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal here in Australia, found Pastors Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah guilty of inciting RELIGIOUS HATRED against Victorian Muslims.
This was an historic case, the first finding of RELIGIOUS
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2001
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While flyling home from a pastor’s conference I was getting in my seat buckling in and getting ready for the push back from the gate and taxi. I was reading a very interesting article in a business magazine when the flight attendant began to speak. Good morning ladies and gentelman welcome aboard
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
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THE PARTY IS OVER
Americans experience presidential inaugurations in our nation’s capital every four years. They are gala events, expressions of national pride. All three branches of government are focused on the inauguration of an American president, and there are bands, banners, television
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"Planting flowers on a recent grave in a little cemetery in the far West, a young man seemed overcome with emotion. A stranger passing, thought to comfort him by speaking a kind word, and as he drew near he observed a small cross at the top of the grave on which the words, "He died for me" were
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 29, 2002
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Martin Niemoeller experienced it. One of Hitler’s least favorite people, Rev. Niemoeller was placed in prison and summoned to a special court. He was suddenly afraid. He had no idea what to expect! But according to Francis Gay, as he was taken along the seemingly endless corridor to the courtroom,
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 15, 2002
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During the Civil War a Union soldier from Ohio was shot in the arm.
His captain saw he was wounded and barked out an order, “Gimme your gun, Private, and get to the rear!”
The private handed over his rifle and ran toward the north, seeking safety.
But after gong only about two or three hundred
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
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Nature miracles are wonderful but they are the exception rather than the rule. We might wonder why? Some people have intellectual difficulties with miracles. It’s true that the laws of physics are God’s usual way of working. Their consistency speaks of His faithfulness but there’s no reason at
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 24, 2003
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Colson’s Change
In July of 1984 Charles Colson was speaking at a Baptist gathering.
He told of his change from being an Episcopalian to becoming a Baptist.
He had considered a change dictated by his study of Scripture and his developing personal convictions.
But he did not want his change to be
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