Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
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Preacher Charles Swindoll recalled his last spanking when he turned thirteen years old. Chuck said, “Having just broken into the sophisticated ranks of the teen world, I thought I was something on a stick. My father wasn’t nearly as impressed as I was with my great importance and new-found
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Wesleyan
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Blinded by The Light
The first thing that blinds us to God’s Truth is the blinding effect of God’s Word Itself. Here’s how it works.
High Beams
Have you ever had the experience of driving down a dark road at night, come to the crest of a hill only to be blasted by the brilliant high beam lights
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A synergy is where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of the effects of the individual parts. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result
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SETTING YOUR FAITH ASIDE
Have you ever thought you could separate from God ... just for a little while ... and then later on turn back to God? Unfortunately we all do this ... in big ways or small ways. Any time we decide to live a life INDEPENDENT of God, we run a big risk.
I remember a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Don Hawks on Sep 10, 2002
Here’s a passage from Time Magazine, which named him the Person of the Year for 2001.
On the morning of September 11th, primary day of the New York City, Rudy Giuliani was paddling along with all the other lame ducks into oblivion. The tower of strength had become an object of pity: the iron man’s
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Methodist
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Some of you will know the name of J.B. Phillips, an Anglican bishop who wrote a number of books. One of his most popular books was a paraphrase of the New Testament. One of his other books was entitled Your God Is Too Small. In that book, Phillips exposed the views of God that we all hold to
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Officials from India were concerned about the aboriginal tribes which inhabited the islands off the coast of Myanmar after the Tsunami disaster. They feared that as many as 6,000 of these primitive people may have been killed — perhaps even wiping out some of the smaller tribes. So they sent
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 14, 2010
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE
Reed Lessing tells the story of a Native American ritual for training young braves:
"On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, he was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then he had never been away from the security of his family and tribe. But on
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Contributed by Hal Seed on Nov 9, 2012
THE BIBLE CAN MAKE YOU BETTER
Two hundred years ago, Norway was one of the poorest countries in Europe. She was ruled by her Danish neighbors and most people were poor fishermen or subsistence farmers. Every time there was a famine, people starved to death. Today it is one of the wealthiest. It
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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But first a chance for you to laugh a little once again with my top twelve common words as redefined by parents with children.
12. DUMB WAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
11. DEFENSE: what you’d better have around the yard if you’re going to let the children play
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Assembly Of God