Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2005
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Warren Wiersbe (Pastor, radio personality, teacher) suggests that “a thankful spirit is a mark of Christian maturity. When a believer is abounding in
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 4, 2005
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We have a wooden nativity of Mary, Joseph and Jesus that sits outside our house and at night a yellow spotlight shines directly on it. It kept blowing over from its position. As I continued trying different things to keep it in place, my mind began to think of a lesson in this annoying problem. A
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 22, 2005
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When Martin Luther was printing his translation of the Bible in Germany, pieces of the printed Scripture fell to the floor. A young girl picked one of them up and read the phrase of our text, “For God so loved the world that he gave”. The rest of the sentence was missing. That moment for her was
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 31, 2005
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C.S. Lewis says of true friendship, “True friendship is rare on earth. It means identifying with someone in thought, heart, and spirit. The whole experience of life is designed to enable us to enter in to this closest relationship with Jesus Christ. We receive His blessings and know His Word, but
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Contributed by Dale Bird on Jan 7, 2006
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IF YOUR FRIEND JUMPED OFF A CLIFT WOULD YOU?
450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths
By The Associated Press
posted: 08 July 2005
11:22 am ET
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) _ First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2006
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“A few weeks ago I thought I was going out of my mind. At the time I didn’t realize I was experiencing a form of an "Anxiety Attack." My heart raced with fear as thoughts came to my mind of all the things I hadn’t accomplished that day. And the fear of failing the people around me made me want to
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 31, 2006
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“God has placed in our trust a measure of time, a unique set of talents, and sufficient resources to carry out His will for each of our lives. Our task as faithful stewards is to manage those
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 31, 2006
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The story is told of a woman involved in bitter fighting with her husband. Seeking professional help she was asked by the counselor, "Have you tried heaping coals of fire on his head?" to
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 25, 2006
U.S.A. Statistic:
•“Approximately 6.3 million American adults ages 18 to 54 or about 4.4 percent…have some type of specific fear.” http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/fear-statistics.html
CANADIAN Statistic:
•1,315,314
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 2, 2006
Movie "About a Boy".
Scene Setup: Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is a bored, spoiled, London bachelor. He fills up his time with meaningless activities, but his need for meaning comes crashing in on him as he takes an inventory of his life. This entire scene, narrated by Will, shows him coming to terms
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 9, 2006
I remember my youthful years when cutting logs with dad for a new house. When the morning cut was over and we sat for lunch around our open fire it would become embers in minutes so that it nearly died and we would become chilled. The flame and warmth
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 9, 2006
Trekkie fans – familiar with Tuvok and his Vulcan mind meld. By placing his fingers strategically on another’s face their thoughts become his thoughts and the Vulcan would say, “Our minds are one.”
This is the picture language of Fellowship in this text. They were a living, breathing organism that
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
Rick Warren simply defines a servant as one “always on the lookout for ways to help others.” He continues with the definition. “Real servants maintain a low profile. Servants don’t promote or call attention to themselves. Instead of acting to impress and dressing for success, they “put on the apron
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
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There is a legend of St. Francis of Assisi (Assisi – a town in Italy. St. Francis – founded the Franciscan religious order in 1208). He was, in his early years, a wealthy and prestigious man. With all his wealth and prestige he was also very unhappy and void of purpose. While riding his horse one
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 24, 2006
A little over a month before he died, the famous atheist Jean-Paul Sartre (a French novelist, dramatist and philosopher) declared that he so strongly resisted feelings of despair that he would say to himself, “I know I shall die in hope.” Then in profound
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 24, 2006
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John N. Oswalt, professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages, Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Kentucky): “Isaiah calls to mind historic events which would give credence to the eschatological [last times, end times, judgement] hope. Gideon and his people, faced by an oppressive horde,
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 30, 2006
Rebecca Cory is a standup comic. She is best known for her appearance on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. I do not vouch for her brand of comedy because I have never heard her personally. I mention her because her routine is apparently quite engaging and she draws large
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