THE RISK OF EVOLUTIONARY DETERMINISM
When nature, including the human being, is viewed as the result of mere chance or evolutionary determinism, our sense of responsibility wanes. In nature, the believer recognizes the wonderful result of God's creative activity, which we may use responsibly to
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
TO CHILDREN ON SCHOOL
School is your job right now. It is where you spend a great deal of time, just like parents spent a great deal of time a work.
School is where you learn important habits that are important to work. Like showing up on time. Being respectful. Doing your work to the best of your
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dale Miller on May 24, 2010
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N 2000, I UPROOTED ANNE AND THE THREE CHILDREN, AND MOVED THEM FROM THE ONLY HOME THEY HAD EVER REALLY KNOWN, TO THE FROZEN NORTH. CAMERON WAS 8, AMSY 11, AND DEREK WAS 16. BEFORE WE MOVED, I TOOK DEREK ASIDE AND HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH HIM. I TOLD HIM; THE PEOPLE UP THERE DON’T KNOW YOU
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 7, 2010
A recent Reuter’s article broke this week: SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – An Australian restauranteur fed up with the waste left by diners has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates for their sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return.
Chef Yukako Ichikawa has introduced a 30
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 12, 2010
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GARBAGE IN YOUR SALAD
There was a mother peeling vegetables for a salad when her daughter, home from college, casually mentioned she was going to a questionable movie that evening. The mother suddenly picked up a handful of garbage and threw it in the salad.
"Mother!" said the shocked girl. "Why
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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HIGH HOPES
A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school. She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat. Her little girl picked it up and very excited began to play with it. Excellent, thought the Doctor, My daughter wants to follow in my footsteps! Then the child spoke
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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NO MICROSCOPE, NO PROBLEM
A tribe in the jungle were all falling sick. A missionary doctor went into the village to try and help them. He suspected and soon discovered that it was the contaminated water they were drinking that caused their sickness. To show the natives the missionary set up a
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
COMMON SENSE
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity. The pen also wrote upside down, underwater,
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 4, 2011
STIR CRAZY CHURCH
The baseball player Reggie Jackson referred to himself as “the straw that stirs the drink.” Cocky and outspoken, he had a knack for keeping the adrenaline flowing among his teammates.
Hebrews is telling each of us to be the straw that stirs the drink in fellowship together as
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Contributed by Eric Keller on Jan 31, 2011
ONE OF MANY OPTIONS
Ask people to raise their hands if they remember a time when businesses were closed on Sunday morning.
Note to the congregation that the younger ones (likely those under 40) do not have their hands raised.
There is a difference in the generations. One generation remembers a
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jun 5, 2011
WEIRD LAWS IN CALIFORNIA
1. It is illegal for anyone to try to stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
2. A California law makes it illegal to set up a mousetrap without a hunting license.
3. In Berkeley, California, it's against the law to whistle for your lost canary before 7
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
David Seamands: I heard a sermon based on the New Testament story of the Rich Young Ruler. You recall how the young man refused Jesus’ challenge to give away his possessions, take up his cross, and follow Jesus. The preacher accurately called him a millionaire, and then commented, "The poor fool!
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011
Jim Elliot -- (October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which
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Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
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INTO JESUS HANDS
Billy Graham tells the story of the death of his grandmother in his book, Death and the Life After (pg. 169). He writes, “When my grandmother was dying she sat up in bed, smiled, and said, “I see Jesus, and he has his hand outstretched to me. And there’s Ben and he has both of his
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 2, 2012
When Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency by the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn took him aside. "From here on out, you’re going to have lots of people around you. They’ll try to put up a wall around you and cut you off from any ideas but
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 2, 2013
One authority writes: "For example, ever wonder why retail clothing stores have those helpful bags and baskets for gathering all your potential purchases? Retailers know that once you have held an item in your hand, you’re psychologically tied to it and you don’t want to give the item up. The
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A kindergarten teacher gave her class a “show and tell” assignment of bringing something to represent their religion.
The first child got in front of the class and said, “My name is Benjamin, and I am Jewish, and this is the Star of David.”
The second child got in front of her class and said,
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 26, 2001
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The Book of Judges ends with these words, "In those days there was no king," no law. And because there was no law, "every man did what was right in his own sight." Can you imagine what a world like that would be?
Just look at Los Angeles in 1992, or Miami in the 1980’s, or Watts in the 1960’s.
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Contributed by Mathews Itty on Mar 28, 2001
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Lyndon Johnson was the President of the United States of America during the 1960’s. He was quite famous for his love of speed. Once Evangelist Dr. Billy graham and his wife were invited to his farmhouse in Texas. This farmhouse was located by the side of a river amidst lush green surroundings.
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