My favorite movie is “Shadowlands” – the story of the latter life of that great defender of the Christian faith, C. S. Lewis. In that movie we find the teacher, Dr. Lewis giving
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Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jul 18, 2005
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In one of the games in a classic Rose Bowl football contest in 1929, as recounted by Dr Bruce Wilkinson in his Vision of the Leader seminar, Roy Riegels desperately wanted his team to win. The scores were tied. Now, in a crucial moment of that game, Roy Riegels scooped up a loose ball. He cut in
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
Many years ago a boat was wrecked in a storm on Lake Michigan at Evanston, Illinois. Students from Northwestern University formed themselves into rescue teams. One student, Edward Spencer, saved seventeen people from the sinking ship. When he was carried exhausted to his room, he aside, “Did I do
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 23, 2008
How Many Promises in the Bible?
Dr. Everek R. Storms of Ontario spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture. Writing in Contact Magazine, he said:
“The Holy Scriptures contain a grand total of 8,810 promises. How do I know? I counted them. Dr. Storms goes on to classify the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 22, 2010
GRATITUDE ATTITUDE
A few years ago Dr. Nick Stinnett of the University of Nebraska conducted a group of studies called the "Family Strengths Research Project." Stinnett and his researchers identified six qualities that make for strong families. The first quality and one of the most important to be
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
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"The Christian who is not committed to a group of other believers for praying, sharing, and serving, so that he is known, as he knows others, is not an obedient Christian. He is not in the will of God. However
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jun 27, 2005
Unfortunately, the epitaph of many a man is well expressed in the words "Died, age 26; buried, age 64." If you stop learning and growing today, you stop ministering tomorrow. [Dr Howard G.
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Charismatic
Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 3, 2009
BRAIN: PERMANENT FILES
Dr. Earl Radmacher says:
"The brain is capable of an incredible amount of work and it retains everything it takes in. You never really forget anything; you just
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Baptist
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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THE STAGES OF LOSS
Several years ago a profound and dramatic research project began in Chicago's Billings Hospital. It was a seminar on death, in which psychiatists, chaplains, nurses, and medical doctors studied the ultimate human crisis of facing death.
Basic findings is that the very ill
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Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 28, 2007
Let me end by telling you a true story. Sam Houston was a Texas and an American hero. Originally he was a native of Virginia. He became a congressman and a governor of the state of Tennessee. He eventually moved to Texas where he joined the fight for independence and became commander of the Texas
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Baptist
Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Apr 9, 2002
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SCARCELY A THOUGHT
“We are too busy making money, paying our bills, trying to scramble to the top of the heap, and facing life’s challenges in general… Our attention is fastened almost solely upon this world, and
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