Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
Some years ago I was in a discussion with a member of the so-called Unity Church of Christianity. He said he believed the same thing I did -
Unity - Jesus is the Way-Shower. We follow His example of a good life.
Christianity – Jesus is the Way to God. Jesus gives us new life by dying for our
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 8, 2008
A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their mom with a houseplant. They had used their own money to buy it and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet at the flower shop that we wanted to give you. It was real pretty but it was too expensive. It had a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2008
" Compassion is a profound human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another’s suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 11, 2002
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A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their Mom with a house plant. They had used their own money and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, “There was a bouquet that we wanted to give you at the flower shop. It was real pretty, but it was too expensive. It had a ribbon on
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 22, 2002
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ON THE STEPS OF THE ALTAR
C S Lewis in his "Screwtape Letters", the imaginary account of a senior devil giving the benefit of his experience to fellow tempters, has Screwtape saying:
"Religion can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 21, 2006
An Asian warlord was defeated in battle. He was locked up in solitary confinement, discouraged, ready to give up until he saw a little ant in a corner of his cell. This ant tried to carry a kernel of corn over a wall. The kernel was larger than the ant itself. Sixty-nine times the ant tried to
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Baptist
“Time you old gypsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day?
All things I’ll give you
Will you be my guest,
Bells for your jennet
Of silver the best,
Goldsmiths shall beat you
A golden ring.
Peacocks shall bow to
Little boys sing,
Oh, and sweet
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Adventist
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 11, 2004
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T.W. Hunt said in his book “The Doctrine of Prayer” “Selfishness brings into our experience a danger so great that God knows He cannot coddle us with answers hostile to the very thing He is working to achieve in us. I would not give a murderer a knife to pamper one of his whims. God will not
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Contributed by Timothy Schultz on Oct 14, 2004
We didn’t know that my father would die as young as he did: while on a vacation with my mother to Florida. He was 49 years old. His life had some rough times but what a blessing that in mid-life he made a deeper commitment to Christ. Sharing the Lord and giving to others was a regular habit,
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Mennonite
Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 6, 2005
Remarking on the breathtaking wonders of the universe being revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope – wonders many people, including some scientists, say can only be attributed to a Creator God – George Will observed: “Soon the American Civil Liberties Union, or People for the American Way, or some
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Independent/Bible
ILLUSTRATION: You may remember years ago a TV show that was geared to teach our children . . . and maybe some of us parents what a "conjunction" is in the English grammar. The goal was called "SchoolHouse Rock." Remember? In it they sang a little tune . . . "Conjunction Junction . . . what your
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Nazarene
It is reported that Abraham Lincoln once said, “You can see what God thinks of money when you see the people He gives it to.”
While we can recognize the humor in Lincoln’s statement, there is a sense in which most of us would be considered wealthy by the standards of the rest of the world. To whom
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 6, 2009
When I opened my computer I found emails sent to a friend but somehow also sent to me. I inquired as to the reason and was told that a hacker had got into his computer address book and was spewing out messages to all his correspondents. Fortunately it didn’t result in giving my computer a virus.
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 12, 2009
GENTILES V. JEWS
It is said that a prominent rabbi, when asked why God created so many Gentiles, replied, "So there might be fuel enough for the fires of hell."
It was unlawful for a Jew to help a Gentile who was giving birth, thus helping to bring another Gentile into the world. If a Jew
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Christian/Church Of Christ