Contributed by Richard Crow on May 24, 2001
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The Department of Social Services in Greenville County, South Carolina sent the following letter to a deceased individual. "Your food stamps will be stopped effective March, 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
If there is not such a thing as sin, then what do we call, among other things, domestic violence, abortion, murder, cheating, and child abuse?’ Again I remind us this morning we only look at our local paper to see the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
Want Calls Returned Faster? Experts suggest leaving more effective voice mail messages. Keep your message between 40 and 50 seconds. Too short and the message may seem insignificant. Too long and you may rile the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Listen, my friend Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. He hears it from the very moment that you are seized with helplessness, and He becomes
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 15, 2010
A few years ago, a letter appeared in the national news that was sent to a deceased person by the Indiana Department of Social Services. It said, “Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
Quote: Church Pastor and author A. W. Tozer said:
"Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving."
Quote: The late Reformed scholar Louis Berkhof is more to the point when he says:
"Grace is the unmerited
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Brethren
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 9, 2009
In its broadest connotation “the kingdom of God” indicates God’s kingship, rule, or sovereignty recognized in the hearts and operative in the lives of His people, and effecting their complete salvation, their constitution as a church, and ultimately a redeemed universe (William
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Anna Nicole Smith dominated the news the past few months. In her life we saw the very dramatic and pitiable effects of humanistic philosophy hyped and worked-out once again by Hollywood. Anna Nicole wanted two things in life – to
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United Methodist
Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 31, 2002
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Each day across the USA 50,000 people quit their jobs. In a recent survey of workers across the USA, nearly 85% said that they could work harder at their job. More than half claimed they could double their effectiveness "if
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 30, 2002
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In this year’s hot holiday film, "The Santa Clause 2," there is a line that made me sit up and take notice. Charley, Santa’s son, says to a cynical principal who later in the story becomes Mrs. Claus, something to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 7, 2004
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Roughly (1 billion) people in the world suffer from the effects of malnutrition.
Roughly ( 75% ) of Americans are overweight.
A full ( 33% ) of us are clinically obese.
We spend over ( $30 billion ) annually trying to lose weight. (Thomas Trask, Wayde
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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Apologize In Person: When asked how to most effectively apologize for a major problem, a survey of sales and marketing professionals determined the following; Meet with the customer in person (79%), ask someone above you to call the customer (16%, and ask
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Contributed by James Pless on May 2, 2006
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7217. Graveyard Reserved For "Living" Death
Harold Barker wrote of a graveyard in Ayrshire, Scotland, where once a stranger was buried. This greatly distressed the folks in that parish—so much so, that they had a notice put up to the effect that: "This graveyard is
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David Phillips, research sociologist at UCSD, states, "Most of us are all cognizant of the fact that fear plays a leading role in television and theater productions. People want to be, ’scared to death’, and are usually not knowledgeable, or don’t care about the ill
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
A Domino a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends. A popular way of playing with dominos is lining them up end to end and knocking them over. This domino effect is fun to watch when handling the physical tiles but, if it occurs metaphorically in worldwide financial
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Contributed by Ryan Peters on Mar 10, 2009
Psychology Today
The Dangers of Loneliness (Aug 2003)
Friendship is a lot like food. We need it to survive. What is more, we seem to have a basic drive for it. Psychologists find that human beings have fundamental need for inclusion in group life and for close relationships. We are truly social
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Top Business Books Good to Great, The World is Flat, and Blink were the top 3 most recently read books by senior-level marketing execs. All -time favorite business books they’ve ever read Good to Great, Positioning, and 7
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Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
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In a recent experiment, psychologists asked undergraduates to complete a survey that included a happiness scale and measures of gratitude and thankfulness.
Then over the next six weeks, the participants wrote down, once a week, five things for which they were grateful. It had a dramatic effect on
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Pentecostal