Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 1, 2007
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, in The Gulag Archipelago, writes: “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 10, 2011
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THE WIZARD OF OZ: GETTING HOME
I remember watching the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is trying to find her way home, and along the way she runs into a scarecrow with no brain, a tin man with no heart, and a lion with no courage. But they learn that there is a wizard in the land of Oz who can help them
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Getters generally dont get happiness; givers get it. You simply give to others a bit of yourself, a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your mind,
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Sep 7, 2007
STORY: When Matt Redman’s pastor banned music in their church to teach them about worship, he wrote the song, The Heart of Worship. “I’ll bring you more than a song, for a song in itself, is not what you have required. You search
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Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
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Joan Mills enjoyed a bedtime ritual with her little boy. They each compared how much they loved each other. She said, “I wouldn’t trade you for all the boys in the world.” Then he creatively compared his love for her by saying, “I wouldn’t trade you for forty motorcycles,” or, “I wouldn’t trade you
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Grace Brethren
WHAT DO YOU DO IN DISASTER?
What do you do when you are faced with a disaster that strikes home at your heart? Do you respond or do you try to blame others? Do you ignore it? Pretend it’s just a story?
Nehemiah finds out how bad the city of Jerusalem is from a recent news report. It perplexes
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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I heard a story about a little boy that was to have heart surgery. The surgeon sat beside the boy's bed and his parents sat across from him. The surgeon said to the little boy, "Tomorrow morning, I'll open up your heart." The little boy interrupted the surgeon and said;
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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FAITH AND DOUBT
Elie Wiesel, when asked to describe his faith, uses the adjective "wounded." "My tradition teaches that no heart is as whole as a broken heart, and I would say that no faith is as solid as a wounded faith."
Another honest believer writes: "It's not as a child that I believe and
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
Psa 119:1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.
They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh, that my ways were
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
“Your Secret Sins Will Come to Light”
The newspapers of Cincinnati recorded that a poorly dressed woman went to Dr. George Herman asking him to make an X-ray examination of her heart free of cost. She claimed that she was very poor and couldn’t pay.
The doctor consented to do the work. But when
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 2, 2009
“Peace on Earth”
Peace on earth, with a world at war?
O what were the angels singing for
That far-away night when the Star shown down
With a glorious light on Bethlehem’s town?
Peace on earth! They were singing of Him
Who was born that night to redeem from sin;
Who still has the power to cleanse
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