Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 17, 2007
Many different dates have been observed as the birthday of Jesus. January 2 was the first we know about. Later May 20 was observed. At different periods Christmas has been on April 18, April 19, March 25, March 28, and January 6. For a long time the Eastern Orthodox Church observed January 6 and it
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 5, 2008
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One of my Christmas presents was a book: ‘A Bundle of Laughs’ by J. John & Mark Stibbe. Towards the end of the book comes their light-hearted ‘20 Rules of Wisdom’. Don’t worry; I’m only going to read four!
1.God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts!
2.Growing old is inevitable, growing up
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Anglican
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010
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FAD OR FOLLOWER?
I was looking at a list of some fads from the 1990's. Among them were: spandex shorts, Pokemon, Grunge music and fashion, The Macarena, Bowl cut, What would Jesus do?, Pogs, Polly Pocket Toys, and Tickle Me Elmo.
In that list, only one fad had long-term bearing, "What Would Jesus
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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While Sir Henry Brackenbury was a military attache in Paris, had a conversation with the distinguished French statesman Gambetta. Gambetta said, "In these days there are only two things a soldier needs to know. He must know how to march, and he must know how to shoot!"The Englishman quickly
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Baptist
Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
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In his book The Youth Builder, Jim Burns talks about the importance of building up young people with affirmation and trust. What he says about criticism applies to every age group: For every critical comment we receive, it takes nine affirming comments to even out the negative effect in our life.
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Grace Brethren
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
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Richard Halverson, the chaplain of the U. S. Senate, pointed out something that bothers a lot of people and excites a few. He said,
“Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man’s real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Alan Braun on Mar 22, 2002
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One key to Patton’s success was that he learned how to deal with his fear. He declared, “The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine. When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your
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Baptist
Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on May 21, 2002
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“I would distinguish between academic study and more general study of the Bible. At one level—and perhaps this is the most important level—I approach the Bible with a readiness and an expectation to hear the voice of God there. But there is no conflict between that more devotional use of the Bible
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Pentecostal
When I think of the wording in this verse of being marked with a stamp,
the first thing that comes to mind is a USDA meat inspector’s seal. For them this seal
says that the product is okay for human consumption. But then I think about it
a little more and realize that unlike the USDA stamp, the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Fred Mueller on Dec 16, 2004
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A survey was done of boys before Father's Day. The surveyors asked what the most important things about a father were. The answers were things like, he plays catch with me. He shows me his work. He takes me on errands with him. Every single answer in the top ten had to do with a father
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 16, 2005
Every 24 hours, about 146,000 people die, and most of them without Christ. Every 24 hours, about 345,000 babies are born. Will we win these? Our denomination wins about 400,000 people to Christ a year, which is less than the number of people born January 1 & 2 each year. My
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2006
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G. H. Morling in The Quest for Serenity- "A valuable study of the Gospels could be made, noticing how many times Jesus gave some of His greatest teachings in circumstances where he had simply been interrupted. How different this is from us; we hate to be interrupted. To Jesus, the importance
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
Many of you remember the struggles of the Viet Nam War. During that war, our troops would often set up “fire bases”. These were bases where troops & artillery would be placed. They were arranged in such a way that if one fire base was attacked, usually one or two other bases could provide
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Baptist
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