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                    "If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it. We must not sink into a pagan materialism. We must cultivate the reverence which they had for the things that are holy. We must follow the spiritual and moral leadership
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
                
                
                
                    MOVING AND FRIENDSHIPS
We live in a society where people, especially young adults, move so often they don’t have time to develop deep friendships. My mom and step father lived in the place where I grew up for about 25 years. During that 25 years, I moved
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 16, 2009
                
                
                
                    Unexpected guests were on the way, and my mother, an impeccable housekeeper, rushed around straightening up. She put my father and brother to work cleaning the guest bathroom. Later, when she went to inspect it, she was surprised that the once-cluttered room had been tidied up so quickly. Then she
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 23, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I am reminded of the conversation that took place between Thomas Aquinas, a prominent Catholic theologian of the past, and Pope Innocent II. The Pope was counting a large sum of money from the Vatican treasury and as he did so, he turned to Aquinas and noted that the church no longer needed to say,
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 28, 2008
                
                
                
                    Charles Francis Adams, the nineteenth century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: "Went fishing with my son today—a day wasted."
His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On that same day Brook Adams made this entry: "Went fishing with
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 1, 2008
                
                
                
                    A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father
The rod of correction imparts wisdom
So remember kids, when mom or dad is disciplining you with the “rod of correction”
Also known as the belt or maybe the fly swatter
If mom had come after me with a fly swatter I probably would have laughed
She
                    
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                    Most of us could stand to think a little harder about using credit wisely.  Especially if we are like the man who was speaking to his coworker:  "I'm proud to say that I have worked for 30 years, saved, scrimped, budgeted, invested - just so I could give my kids what I never
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
                
                
                
                    MELTDOWN STORIES
An eight-year-old British girl has been taken into care by Portuguese authorities after her mother reportedly left her alone to go out drinking while on vacation in Portugal.
In Spain, a father booted his two 11-year-old twin sons out of the car in which they were travelling in
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 22, 2025
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    [086].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FOR ALL CHRISTIANS - THE THREE Rs
There are 9 poems in this Trilogy series.  This poem is part of a Trilogy - three sets of three.  The first set is addressed to MEN, the second to ALL CHRISTIANS and the third is SPECIFIC.  This is the second one in the second set
                    
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                    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LOVE LETTER IGNORED-  COMMUNION MEDITATION
When Robert Browning came into her life, Elizabeth Barrett was a 39-year-old invalid.  Daughter of a jealous & dominating father, her first 4 books of poetry had been published when she was just 12 years old.  At 15 she injured her spine, & the resulting
                    
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                    Contributed by Frank Zerbel on Feb 4, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I can remember one Saturday afternoon in the 60’s as I was outside with the push mower cutting the grass for my father when two men carrying a box down our driveway caught my attention. They sat it down outside the front door and unpacked our first color TV. 
It had a beautiful solid wood cabinet
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 12, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    God So Loved
I want to paint a picture for you this morning.  Picture yourself arguing with a friend and you really lose it. You pull out a gun and kill your friend.  You are caught and arrested.  You receive your day in court and found guilty of your sin of murder.  You are sentenced to die by
                    
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                    Contributed by Kevin Earls on Oct 25, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Illustration:  It’s a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there he
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 14, 2011
                
                
                
                    THE LION KING: JESUS' CHURCH
Disney's movie "The Lion King" features a young lion named Simba who is destined to rule the jungle but finds himself "on the outs." As the story opens, his father takes him to "Pride Rock" (the equivalent of a throne) and shows him his inheritance ... he would rule as
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Valley of Sorrow
by Bernice Peyman
I came to the Valley of Sorrow,
And dreadful it looked to my view
But Jesus was walking beside me,
So together we journeyed it through.
And now I look back to that valley
As the fairest I ever have trod,
For I learned there the love of my Father,
I leaned on
                    
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