Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
Forrest Carter, in his book the Education of Little Tree set around the great depression he relays the story of a grandfather’s explanation to his grandson his use of the phrase “I kin you”. It meant to love and understand.
“Grandpa said back before his time ‘kinfolk’ meant any folks that you
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 17, 2006
St. Augustine echoed this thought centuries ago in his beautiful poem entitled “Incarnation”:
Maker of the sun,
He is made under the sun.
In the Father he remains,
From his mother he goes forth.
Creator of heaven and earth,
He was born on earth under heaven.
Unspeakably wise,
He is wisely
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Contributed by Joseph Daniel on Jan 7, 2007
“If you haven’t looked at Christ on the cross, you’ll have to look at Him on the throne – with great trembling. The sacrificial death of Christ will be brought before the eyes of all who refuse to accept His free gift of forgiveness and eternal life.
In Bethlehem He came in mercy to forgive sin.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 11, 2004
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It’s been stated these days, “They just don’t make missionaries like William Carey.” Carey changed the history of missions and the face of India 200 years ago. Few know of Carey’s sister, paralyzed and bedridden for 50 years. Although unable to speak for much of that period, with great effort she
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 19, 2004
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The story is told of a man who once went to Alexander the Great and asked for some financial help. Alexander told the man to go to his treasurer and ask for whatever he needed. A little later, the treasurer went to Alexander and told him he was hesitant to give the man what he asked for because
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 7, 2004
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One day, educator and comedian Sam Levinson was standing with a group of men who seemed to tower above him. Someone asked, "Sam, don’t you feel strange surrounded by so many tall people?" He replied, "Yes, I do. I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies!"
This reminded me that we who are
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Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 24, 2009
In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote, "Do not waste your time bothering whether you ’love’ your neighbor act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 13, 2009
"If, now, Christ is our brother, I should like to know what we still lack? Brethren in the flesh have common possessions, have together one father, one inheritance otherwise they would not be brethren... All that Jesus has gained on this great day of his resurrection he has not acquired for himself
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works"
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Lutheran
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 9, 2010
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NO ROADS REQUIRED
David Livingstone charted great paths for mission in Africa. One time a missionary society wrote him a letter saying, "We have some people who would like to join you. Do you have some easy access roads to get where you are?"
Dr. Livingstone wrote back, "If you have men who will
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE
They experts said it was physically impossible for a human being to run a mile in four minutes. Our bone structure was all wrong, the wind resistance was too great, our lung power was inadequate. There appeared to be a 101 reasons why it could not be done!
Then one
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
NOT ENOUGH CHAPELS
An elderly woman was being conducted through a great cathedral in Europe. The guide spoke of its beauty of design, calling attention to the statues and painting. The woman was unimpressed. At the conclusion of the tour she asked the guide, "How many souls have been saved here
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