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In an interview with TIME magazine, Bill Gates is quoted as saying:
“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.”
Bill Gates has a net worth of 56 billion dollars. To put that in perspective, there are
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Episcopal/Anglican
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Dr. Maxie Dunnam is one of the outstanding evangelical leaders in the United Methodist Church that I deeply admire. Maxie is the current Chancellor of Asbury Theological Seminary and her former President. He served the Upper Room Fellowship as their world editor and was the founding International
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Methodist
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 30, 2008
In the 1500s, Martin Luther wrote "The Bondage of the Will" to defend the Biblical teaching of the depravity of our nature and our slavery to sin. Luther's work was in answer to the writings of Erasmus on free will. Of Erasmus' defense of free will, Luther wrote: "Your book struck me as so
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 15, 2009
Recently, I caught a segment on TV of a movie called Jack. It’s the story of a boy that ages four times faster than usual. Robin Williams plays the role of Jack. He enters public school for the first time in the fifth grade. Though he has the emotional and mental development of a fifth grade
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2007
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ODE TO MOM (from Pearl Sewell and Patti Cowell).
POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama
JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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ODE TO MOM (from Pearl Sewell and Patti Cowell).
POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama
JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2005
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In a recent article from Christianity Today.com songwriter and author, Michael Card reminds us of the four ‘successive curve balls’ that Job had thrown his way. There were the three ‘curve balls’ of financial destruction as Job’s wealth was taken away in a string of attacks on his property and
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Church Of God
Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
Richard M. Nixon served as the 37th president of the United States.
He was a polarizing figure who won the presidential office by a landslide and then later resigned in disgrace just 21 months later.
His disgrace culminated with the Democratic party getting their man, Jimmy Carter, into the White
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
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You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard of Star Wars, but if you are not “into” the Star Wars saga you may not know that the two-foot tall, 800+year old character you just saw is Yoda. Now, it’s true, Yoda can’t speak a straight forward English sentence. “Totally backward his
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Christian Church
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
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When I was a kid we used to rent a cottage at the beach every summer. Most of our time was spent on the beach, but when we would walk through town, what would "catch my little-girl-eyes" would be cheap junk like pencils with lobster erasers, or little metal toys that made this great clicking noise.
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Baptist
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 19, 2001
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The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and
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Baptist
Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Dec 10, 2001
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When Almighty God, the creator and possessors of all things, came to earth, He left the riches of Heaven to become a man. More than anyone who ever lived, Jesus realized that earth was not His real home. He was simply a pilgrim, a sojourner, on the great mission of redemption. He didn’t come to
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Assembly Of God