Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 6, 2001
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There’s a story about W.C. Fields, a famously irreligious man, who near the end of his life was visited by the actor Thomas Mitchell, who found him sitting up in bed reading the Bible. When his amazed friend asked what he was doing, he replied, "looking for loopholes".
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
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A fifteen-year-old boy came bounding into the house and found his mom in bed. He asked if she were sick or something. He was truly concerned. Mom replied that, as a matter of fact, she didn’t feel too well. The son replied, “Well, don’t worry a bit about dinner. I’ll be happy to
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2009
When a man is saved, the world says goodbye to him, and he says goodbye to the world. He is spoiled as far as the world is concerned because he is no longer interested in its fleeting pleasures; the world has lost its attraction for him, because he has found One who completely satisfies.
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Christ assumed a true body of our nature. And because it is the special feature of friendship to live together with friends, He promises us His bodily presence as a reward... Yet meanwhile in our pilgrimage He does not deprive us of His bodily presence but unites us with Himself in this sacrament
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I like this quote from John Maxwell’s book called The Winning Attitude. He writes: For every possible predicament of man, there is a corresponding grace of God. In other words: For every particular human need there is a particular supernatural resource. For every definite problem there is a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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On May 30, 1896, motorist Henry Wells hit bicyclist Evylyn Thomas on a New York City street. It was America’s first auto accident. Thomas’s injury: a broken leg; car that Wells was driving: a Duryea motor wagon; Well’s penalty: a night in jail;
The first automobile fatality: Henry H. Bliss (Sept.
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 11, 2004
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General Douglas MacArthur wrote: People grow old by deserting their ideas. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest, wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"It is a delusion to seek a sort of ready-made perfection which can be assumed like a garment; it is a delusion, too, to aim at a holiness which costs no trouble, although such holiness would no doubt be exceedingly agreeable to nature. We think that if
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
As the first American astronaut prepared to go into space, one reporter asked, “What are you depending on most in your venture?” No doubt, the reporter expected the astronaut to say something about the quality of his equipment, his navigational skills, or the
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2. Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
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Tadlock states this about hurry, “There is little doubt that hurry is, indeed, the enemy of one’s spiritual life. Most of us who are a part of western culture live in a hurry-soaked world. Our lives are
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