Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
"Endogamic marriages (i.e., within the circle of one’s relatives) were preferred by ancient tribes. The chosen suitor for a girl was her cousin; it was actually forbidden for the eldest daughter to marry outside the family." (The Jewish Encyclopedia)
Since the human race was younger, birth
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I have witnessed and experienced miracles in my life. Most have been spiritual and emotional, but some, like the healing of the arthritic pain in my left knee during a prayer service, have been physical. Healings are exhibitions of
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 16, 2009
Jim Lopardo tells this story: I was a percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes.
"When you’re too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, put you in the back and
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
I might point out the difference between a passion for excellence and a passion for power. The desire for excellence is a gift of God, much needed in society. It is characterized by respect for quality and a yearning to use God’s gifts in a way that pleases him. Recall the words of Antonio
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"I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them. And they see something
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"And because I am happy and dance and sing, they think they
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"I think of death as a glad awakening from this troubled sleep which we call life, as an emancipation from a world which, beautiful
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