Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 30, 2002
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How do I know we need women? According to the United Nation's statistics: "Women constitute over 50 percent of the world's population. But women do three-fourths of the world's work, receive one-tenth of the world's salaries, and own one one-hundredth of the world's land."
Women are major
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Contributed by Paul Decker on May 19, 2004
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New to teaching, Craig Maginnis was finishing up his fourth-grade class’ unit on genetics when Robert raised his hand. “I understand how a mother gives the baby her genes,” he said, “but how does the father do it?”
Unprepared for the question, Mr. Maginnis told him to ask his parents.
“They
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 15, 2011
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SOME FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Washington, George (1732-1799) "It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
Adams, John (1735-1826) "Thomas Jefferson--still survives..." (4 July 1826. Jefferson died later the same day.)
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) "Is it the Fourth?" (4 July 1826)
Sedgwick,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is a story about four preachers discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible. One liked the King James Version best because of its simple, beautiful English. Another liked the American Revised Version best because it was closer to the original Hebrew and Greek. Still another
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 29, 2001
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B. There is a story about four preachers discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible. One liked the King James Version best because of its simple, beautiful English. Another liked the American Revised Version best because it was closer to the original Hebrew and Greek. Still
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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As a kid in a Baptist church, once a month after the morning service we had a fellowship hour. The congregation would immediately retire to the basement fellowship hall (there’s that word again), a room used for talking and eating for cookies and conversation. When you are twelve, you are most
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2002
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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
In a recent Constitution Poll commissioned by the National Constitution Center, fewer than 50 percent of the respondents knew how many U.S. Senators there are; only 6 percent could name the four rights guaranteed by the First Amendment; and 84 percent thought the
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Chuck Swindoll said, The world system is committed to at least four major objectives, which I can summarize in four words: fortune, fame, power, pleasure. First and foremost: Fortune, money. The world system is driven by money; it feeds on materialism. Second: Fame. That is another word for
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Axelrod shares this story about a magnificent mom:
There is a story about four preachers discussing their favorite translations of the Bible. The first one said, "I like the King James Version because of its beautiful English." Another said, "I like the New American Standard version because it¡¦s
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 19, 2003
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Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, “Our people come to us and pour out their hearts, confess sins
and needs. Let’s do the same. Confession is good for the soul.” In due time all agreed. One confessed he liked to go to the movies and would
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Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 20, 2005
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Philip Yancey, writing in Christianity Today, offers these three reasons why this topic of heaven is being neglected.
1. “Affluence has given us in this life what former generations longed for in anticipation of heaven.
2. A creeping paganism invites us to accept death as the culmination of life
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation -- and ethical problem -- to his students: "Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. The second had died. The third is deaf. The
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
People sometimes ask why the Bible is not more definite about the right to remarry after divorce for adultery. The answer is simple. In the Bible the right to divorce carries with it the right to remarry. The Fourth Century Latin Fathers tried to make this separation from bed and board. However,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A man was having some difficulty communicating with his wife, and he concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So he decided to conduct a test without her knowing about it. One evening he sat in a chair on the far side of the room. Her back was to him and she could not see him. Very quietly
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Who Is Robbed in Unfaithfulness?
An interesting fable is told of a rich man who wanted to help a poor man. The rich man hired the poor man to build a house on the hillside and went away on a long journey. The carpenter said to himself, “My boss is away and I can use cheap materials for the parts
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