Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 13, 2012
William Carey fue un zapatero cuando un día oyó hablar de los millones de personas en la India que no había oído la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo. Él creía que la gran comisión de "Id por todo el mundo y predicad el evangelio." Creía que ese versículo estaba hablando directamente a él. Así que se
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 29, 2013
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THE NEW GUY
We all need real hope. There were four ladies in a nursing home one time that were sitting there talking, and the nurse brings in a new man to the facility. He was quite dapper for an older man, and one of the ladies asked him where he had been for so long.
He responded by saying he
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Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
THE LITTLE CHAP WHO FOLLOWS ME
A careful man I want to be,
A little fellow follows me;
I do not dare to go astray
For fear he’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot escape his eyes.
Whate’er he sees me do he tries.
Like ME he says he wants to be—
That little chap who follows me.
I must remember as I
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
But proffering our physical lives as living sacrifices, we get the benefit of living life to its fullest because we are in agreement with God as to priorities and purpose. We aren’t really giving up our lives. We are learning to stand beside ourselves and see ourselves as God sees us. We see our
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Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
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SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD
Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane. He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families.
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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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Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009
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ABOUT "AMEN"
Then, of course, there is the Amen. It signifies faithful and true. Some suppose it is taken from the initial letters of adoni melech neetnem: My Lord, the Faithful King. In the Greek, it means, "So be it," or "Let it be so."
The main point is that Jesus says to end our prayer with
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
Gianni Poli of Italy won the 1986 New York Marathon in 2:11:06. On March 2, 2003, Mark Yatich of Kenya won the Los Angels Marathon in 2:09:52. To me, however, the real hero of both marathons was the man who finished dead last in both. He is fifty-seven year old Bob Wieland. In 1986 he finished the
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
In 2007, The Pew Research Center did a follow up survey to one done in 1990 regarding what makes a marriage work and here is what they found:
In 1990 95% of those surveyed said that faithfulness was the most important ingredient in making a marriage work. In 2007 that dropped slightly with
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 9, 2010
There is something convenient about being a fence-straddler.
We think we can have the best of both worlds.
But in order to make a real commitment to Jesus Christ, we have to weigh our options.
Anyone who has ever struggled with their faith will come out stronger. One of my biggest personal
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Contributed by John Perry on Apr 2, 2010
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GOD STARTED IT; YOU FINISH IT
Leonardo da Vinci had started work on a large canvas in his studio. For a while he worked at it, choosing the subject, planning the perspective, sketching the outline, applying his own natural genius. Then suddenly he ceased, the painting still unfinished, and
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