Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 21, 2009
A truly humble man is hard to find, yet God delights to honor such selfless people. Booker T. Washington, the renowned black educator, was an outstanding example of this truth. Shortly after he took over the presidency of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he was walking in an exclusive section of town
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
These are those hard moments when God does things we do not understand. We cannot figure them out...Yet what they reveal is how little we understand. It is God who is the realist. He never deceives himself. He always acts in perfect accord with what the situation
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
"Your God is God" from wingclips.com
In 1994, Heidi and Rolland Baker arrived in Mozambique amidst the hard times following the Mozambique Civil War. Even the Red Cross trucks were not safe and were bombed. During the hard times, sometimes even threatened by death, Heidi and
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Chris Surber on May 3, 2007
My 18 month old son Sebastian is a hard worker! Now, he doesn’t usually get much accomplished in a constructive way, but boy is he busy! A couple of days ago Christina and I were outside raking the yard in front of the parsonage and cleaning up the area.
The whole time Sebastian was hard at work
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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SPENDING TIME WITH THE KIDS?
The April 6, 1990, issue of the Wall Street Journal reported that, on the average, American parents spend less than fifteen minutes a week in serious discussion with their children. For fathers the amount of intimate contact with their children is an average of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
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TOO LITTLE TIME
In American families, time for household conversations has decreased by 100%, despite other studies showing that such conversations are the number one preventative of "at risk adolescent" behavior.
Could this be true? In a national pole conducted in 2000, educational issues tied
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
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TIME EQUALS MONEY?
In his 1970 book "The Harried Leisure Class," Staffan Linder challenged the notion that time equals money. More money, he said, means more shopping and therefore less time. More recently, Juliet Schor argued in "The Overworked American" that the American workweek has been
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NO TIME TO MAKE MONEY
Charles Spurgeon shared this story of a friend - Professor Agassiz was a very talented who took on a simply job and spent most of his time serving the Lord. One close friend expressed his wonder that a man of such abilities as Agassiz should remain contented with such a
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Independent/Bible
Reflections on time gone by:
Memories of time are frozen in our minds and they are picture frames of happiness – sadness – and joy. They bring pieces of learning to our lives – they help us grow and to think clearer. They etch lessons and concepts into our hearts to be drawn on again and again in
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 22, 2008
YOU HAVE THE TIME?
Years ago, I was in the library at Seminary doing some research and this quite old and distinguished gentleman, obviously someone of great stature, he approaches me and asks, “Peter, can you tell me what time it is?” I was quite taken back. I had been at Seminary for less than a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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