Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
The Farley Post Office building in New York City has these words inscribed on it: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” That motto was actually used in ancient times to describe the Persian couriers in 500BC.
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Independent/Bible
I thought for days that my new electric shaver had gone unserviceable. Then at the weekend my wife was cleaning the washroom and discovered I had mistakenly plugged the charger and not the shaver. Unplugged, the electrical appliance has no power and therefore a connection to a power source is not
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Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 23, 2007
The news from the Utah mine collapse has not been good. Over the last several days, in an effort to find the trapped men, holes have been drilled through 2000 feet of rock and rubble. We hope the men will be saved. But for a moment, imagine if the drill comes all the way down and discovers
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Presbyterian/Reformed
I spoke with Wes, the new manager of our clothing store, Double Take the other day. He’s been a volunteer at Yonge Street Mission for years, and so he knew that we work with all kinds of people, including people who live on the street. He gave me permission to tell his story.
Wes realized a few
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
MACARTHUR’S NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: ROMANS 9-16 by JOHN MACARTHUR, JR STATES THE FOLLOWING ABOUT OUR CHAPTER.
1. Despite the great popularity of the book of Romans, chapter 16 is often neglected by preachers, teachers, and Bible students. It has almost no explicit teaching and includes several
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
The New York Yankees had been the world champions in baseball 26 times when they came to the American League Championship Series in 2004. They trampled the Boston Red Sox by taking the first three games of the championship playoffs. The third game was a complete drubbing at 19-8.
But after Game
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 13, 2007
In 1859 John G. Paton arrived in the New Hebrides islands as a missionary. A short time later his wife died in childbirth. Paton had to bury the bodies of his wife and newborn child in unmarked graves in the middle of the night to keep them from cannibals. He wrote of that heart-wrenching
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 15, 2007
Eddie Smith tells of new coverts telling how their preschool children were seeing ghosts in their home. As they prayed through the house they saw a Southwestern picture of a dead Indian being burned and his spirit going to the sky on his horse. On the back of the picture it said it was painted by
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 24, 2007
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I ran across this news from Austin, Texas recently:
The headline read: MAN EXPERIENCES HEART ATTACK AFTER THE RAPTURE
Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when
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Methodist
Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 17, 2007
Did you hear about the middle school in New Jersey that canceled a field trip to a performance of “A Christmas Carol” because some might be offended by the play’s Christian themes? As columnist Cal Thomas points out, this is not really even a Christian story, though it does contain elements of
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
s we face a new year with unknown challenges but also unknown opportunities, I encourage you to remember Mary and her simple but important faithfulness to the purposes of God. By some she is venerated, held in very high esteem. By others she is simply thought about once a year and then forgotten.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
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I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 14, 2008
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Before I read as this is a new year, I wanted to share with you last year’s winners for the wackiest label contest. These are labels that seem the most ridiculous sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. I’ll start with some of the honorable mentions.
Cyndi LaMonde of Traverse City submitted a
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Church Of God
Contributed by Don Crowson on Feb 1, 2008
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Did you see the news report earlier in the week about Charles Cullen? He is the nurse given 6 life terms for the murders of 40 patients under his care. At one point in Friday’s proceedings they had to physically gag the defendant because of his outbursts in court. At one point one of the
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Heckman on Mar 7, 2008
U.S. News teamed up with the Internet site Beliefnet on a survey to learn more about why, how, where, and when people pray. Here is a summary of the more than 5,600 responses to the survey.
75.6 percent of those who responded are Christian.
64 percent say that they pray more than once a day.
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Denomination:
Brethren
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