Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
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There’s a story that Abraham Lincoln went to a slave market one time, and was moved with compassion to place a bid on a young black girl. He won the bid and walked away with his “property.” There was a sullen, angry expression on the girl’s face, because she knew that here was another white man
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In 1877
Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce Indians…
Surrendered to the American Army…
There was a movie made in 1975 about Chief Joseph and his battle to remain free…
It was entitled, “I will fight no more forever”….
As a teenager in the 70s, I remember this movie…
The speech that he gave when
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Nazarene
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Selfishness is a personal thing. This is the self-contained life lived without Christ. That’s the attitude that hears a sermon and thinks, Wow, the preacher really told ‘em that time!
A preacher once had a member who was like that. He always had the same comment after the sermon, You sure
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
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A joke on the management of cows has been circulating for many years under the subject “World Economics,?“World Politics,?or “World Ideologies?
Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both, milks them, keeps the milk, and gives you a pint.
Socialism: The government takes one of your cows
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Contributed by Tim Najpaver on Oct 23, 2004
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Patrick Henry said,
It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians,
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French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her
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