Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
. It is the story of a blind boy with his father on a hill flying a kite. The young lad had the kite string in his hand and a smile on his face which was pointing to the skies. Eventually someone came and asked the unspoken question “What can you possibly get out of flying the kite?”
The boy
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Salvation Army
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HOPE IS
Hope is faith in the immutable promise that miracles prevail when the darkness tries to win-out with cries of despair. Hope is a gift from God that helps us yearn, and live a life that believes and moves with the pledge of a better tomorrow. And what’s more, hope springs-forth
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Lutheran
Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 30, 2007
QUOTE: “Jesus hung around with sinners, and if we’re too holy to allow people to blow smoke in our faces, then we’re holier than Jesus was… Love acceptance, forgiveness. Those three things are absolutely essential to any
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
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ILL. A few years ago Paul Harvey wrote in Guidepost Magazine about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting powers & ability that he still felt empty inside.
Well, one summer he & his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ken Kersten on Nov 12, 2002
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As the author Brennen Manning puts it “Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds…we are enamored and enchanted by God’s power. We stutter and stammer about God’s holiness. We tremble before
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Christian/Church Of Christ
"The logic of gift does not exclude justice, nor does it merely sit alongside it as a second element added from without; on the other hand, economic, social and political development, if it is to be authentically human, needs to make room for the principle of gratuitousness as an
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Catholic
In William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice (Act 1, Scene 3), one of the characters (Antonio) says:
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Celebrating Independence Day, I'll reflect on God's gracious gift of liberty in this most favored land....In our gatherings this Independence Day, let's all remember
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Peace with God brings the peace of God. It is a peace that settles our nerves, fills our mind, floods our spirit and, in the midst of the uproar around us,
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