Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 15, 2012
If we want to come to Jesus there will be opposition.
John Stott was the pastor of All Saints Church in London. I had a chance to meet John Stott while I was in London. He died last year. He is really credited with starting the evangelical movement in England. Before that movement was started,
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
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WORKING HARD TO EARN SALVATION
United Methodist Bishop Reuben Job writes,
"If we are just good enough, do enough, deny ourselves enough, we will be forgiven, redeemed, and reconciled to God. Following this path brings no peace, assurance, or sense of companionship with God. Rather than asking
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There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom. First, let us understand that there is no such thing as wisdom unless it pertains to wisdom from God. All other earthly wisdom is foolishness, according to God. Now that we have that straight, what exactly is the difference.
Well, my
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One of the best leaders and models of loving leadership was Dawson Trotman, who died after helping to rescue two drowning girls.
Trotman died in Schroon Lake, New York. He died in an area that he was an expert in — he drowned. He was an expert swimmer.
The last few moments of his life, he
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 9, 2022
Where does the expression “jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” come from? A reader wrote in to ask, and I had a lovely time trying to figure it out. No one is sure how Jehoshaphat’s name ended up in this interjection, or why he’s jumping, but there are several interesting possibilities.
This mild oath first
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
From just before the time of Christ (when Jesus was a child, Hillel was still alive).
"He [Hillel] would stand at the gate of Jerusalem and meet people going to work. He questioned them, "How much will you make at work today?" One person would answer, "A denarius." Another
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Contributed by Tony Miano on Jan 20, 2001
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“In January, 1995, according to an article written by Gary Thomas, J. Robert Ashcroft had fewer than forty-eight hours to live, but he was holding on to life, hoping to see his son, John Ashcroft, sworn into the U.S. Senate the following day. [John Ashcroft, as we all know by now, is in the
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 3, 2001
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On summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear, I
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 22, 2001
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I read that the Eskimos of Canada and Greenland have an interesting, if rather cruel, way of hunting bear. They will take a bone, preferably a wolf bone, and they will sharpen it at both ends. Then they will coil it through a process, freeze it in blubber and lay it across one of the paths the
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Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 21, 2001
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In the movie, Remember the Titans, the coach pushed the students to the brink of their abilities. Some accused him of trying to ruin them and break their spirits. But by pushing them - he made them stronger. It prepared them for a difficult season of football - and in the end they went
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 9, 2002
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Giuseppe Garibaldi lived from 1807 to 1882. He was an Italian patriot, soldier, and hero-figure. He devoted his life to the cause of uniting Italy. His greatest victory was the 1860 overthrow of the Kingdom of Naples. That event ultimately led to the unification of Italy. In May of that year,
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Have you ever had the experience of needing to see someone or talk to someone, feeling fairly desperate about it, feeling a great deal of urgency, like “but I need to get in touch with them NOW!”, only to find that they are unavailable. “I can book you an appointment in one month;” “I’m sorry,
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2002
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SEIZE TODAY
In the movie "Dead Poet’s Society," Robin Williams plays the role of a teacher in an exclusive eastern prep school. On the first day of school, he takes the class of boys out into the hallway to look at the pictures of past, now dead, graduates of the school. He motivates them to
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