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Richard Foster in his book "Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home" describes an aspect of radical prayer as spiritual defiance. He states, "We are subversives in a world of injustice, oppression, and violence. Like Amos of old, we demand that "Justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 14, 2008
How Badly Do You Want It?
In pursuing a righteous goal, Les Brown said: "If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it … if all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and
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BILLY GRAHAM ON HELL:
"It isn’t fashionable today to talk about Hell—but the Bible is clear: God created us with a soul that will live forever and when we die, we will continue to exist—either in the place the Bible calls Heaven or in the place it calls Hell.
Hell, the Bible says, is
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
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I read an amusing story about the first Duke of Wellington. An inventor was trying to interest him in a bulletproof waistcoat he had made. It was absolutely marvellous and could save the great man’s life if somebody tried to assassinate him. The Iron Duke asked the man to put it on, and he
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 6, 2002
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I read an amusing story about the first Duke of Wellington. An inventor was trying to interest him in a bulletproof waistcoat he had made. It was absolutely marvelous and could save the great man’s life if somebody tried to assassinate him. The Iron Duke asked the man to put it on, and he examined
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 5, 2003
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A Certain story is told about the construction of the overseas highway between Miami, Florida, and Key West, Florida. In the midst of the construction, a fierce storm destroyed most of the work that had been done. The man in charge called b back to his home office described
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 14, 2004
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D.L.Moody said “Many persons flatter themselves that they are going to be saved because they know a great deal about Jesus Christ. Mere knowledge will not save. Noah’s carpenters may have known as much - even more- than Noah about the ark. They knew it was strong and that it would float
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Contributed by W F on Sep 27, 2004
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“Friends” is the one of the most watched sitcoms on Australian TV. If we don’t trust our real friends, then we can trust our virtual friends on TV who we can switch on and off whenever we like! And why wouldn’t you. They’re only in your house
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 5, 2006
The Dead Sea is so salty that it contains no fish or plant life. What accounts for this unusual condition? The are absolutely no outlets! Great volumes of water pours into this area, but nothing flows out. Many inlets plus no outlets equal a Dead Sea.
This law of nature may also be applied
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