Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 8, 2009
In the spring of 1851, he accepted a newly created teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), in Lexington, Virginia. He became Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery. Despite the high quality of his work, he was not popular as a teacher. His
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 15, 2009
I have never really had a problem with anger, but the closest I have come was in a classroom. Teaching in a high school can be very stressful, and I had put some guys on detention and was supervising them. They had behaved badly in class but were equally disruptive in the detention room, swearing,
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 11, 2002
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It is a dangerous thing to grow old! An elementary school class had been photographed and the teacher was trying to persuade
them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, ’There’s Jennifer; she’s
a lawyer,’ or
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Contributed by Michael Fordham on Oct 29, 2002
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A 3 year-old girl named Charlotte received a certificate of achievement following her last swimming class. When her dad came home from work that evening, the mom handed him the cherished award and said to the little girl, “Charlotte, would you like to tell your daddy what this is?” Charlotte
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Methodist
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 3, 2009
To use an analogy, salvation only opens the door to God's University of True Wisdom. It remains up to each of us to choose to attend His classes, study His teachings, follow His mentors, and pass His exams by fully and correctly applying what we have learned. This is what it means to 'have the mind
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Baptist
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 3, 2009
Fortune-Teller and the Frog
A fortune-teller gazes into crystal ball and says to a frog: "You are going to meet a beautiful young woman. From the moment she sets eyes on you, she will have an insatiable desire to know all about you. She will be compelled to get close to you - you'll fascinate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
Zig Ziglar said, "A study of three hundred world-class leaders, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Helen Keller, Mother Teresa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Martin Luther King, Jr., revealed that 25 percent of them had serious physical disabilities and an additional 50 percent
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Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
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A New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take this course. A pre-test was given to evaluate the students’ biblical knowledge. One student defined the Epistles as "wives of the Apostles." A pastor was so
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Independent/Bible
Opening illustration: Dead Poets Society
Time 14:00-18:22 Mr. Keating gathers his English class in the hallway of the school, telling them to look closely at the pictures of the alumni on the wall: all photos of once invincible, hopeful students, now dead. Mr. Keating asks the students what they
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2007
Several months ago I was teaching the teenagers in Sunday school. We were talking about Exodus 33, a unique Scripture where it talks about Moses seeing the Lord. To open up the class I asked a question, “When we get to heaven, what three questions will you ask God?” After giving some
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
Howard Hendricks once shared how he challenged a class of seminary students to each write down the names of 2-3 people whom, in their judgment, would never come to faith in Christ. Then they covenanted together to pray every day for those individuals. At the end of the semester 36 of those people
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
THE FROG FUTURE
A frog went to see a fortune-teller, Gazing into her crystal ball, she said to frog, "You are going to meet a beautiful young woman. From the moment she sets eyes on you she will have an insatiable desire to know all about you. She will be compelled to get close to you—you’ll
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Brethren
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 21, 2008
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Saved by Sickness from NIU Shooting
The church member, a grandfather, received a phone call one evening this past week from his granddaughter who was sick and asked for prayer. The godly grandfather prayed and prayed in faith for healing. But she got worse in the night.
Early the next morning
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said:
When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said:
When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We
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