Contributed by Gerald Albers on Jun 5, 2007
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A frog is a cold-blooded animal. That means that he can adjust his body temperature to the temperature of this environment around him. Please kids, do not try this at home.
But you can take a frog and theoretically put him in a pot of room-temperature water and he will adjust his body temperature
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bode Ayodele on Sep 5, 2007
Divine visitation does not necessarily mean that one must see a vision or an angel. However, it entails that one will have a profound divine experience. An experience one can
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Pentecostal
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The Greek word for ’sincere’ means to test by sunlight. When you wash windows you can think you have cleaned the window well but when the sun shines on them you can see alot of streeks and smears. When the light of the Holy
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Assembly Of God
Walking in the fear of the Lord means keeping a continually tender conscience; abhorring all sin; having respect to every Divine precept; dreading to offend him from whom the soul has derived its being and its blessings. Without this salutary fear of God there
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
To be like God means that love translates into action. So, who do you know that needs love today? Maybe, it’s the alcoholic family member that can’t seem to get a grip on life. Maybe, it’s the co-worker that was just fired from the company. Could it be the son or daughter going through a rebellious
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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EPAPHRODITUS -…His name means “charming.” And what a charming winsome person he was. Paul uses four words to describe him, “brother, companion, fellow-soldier, and messenger.” The Greek word “brother,” means literally, “from the same womb.” It speaks of a common origin. A common origin speaks of a
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 27, 2008
Gary Martin, author of Meanings and Origins provides us with the US origin of the phrase. He traced the earliest known printed reference to 1921. At the time it spoke of 'recent panics' in Arizona. The 'recent panics' referred to in that citation was the Bisbee deportations of 1917. Martin
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Hugh Laing on Mar 1, 2010
TEMPTATION...means Enticement, Forbidden Fruit, Allure, Bait, Desire... and I love this story on temptation. “There is a story told about a little boy in a grocery store that I think illustrates the nature of TEMPTATION. The boy was standing near an open box of peanut butter cookies. “Now then,
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 9, 2012
WHAT DOES "SET APART" MEAN?
Jim Book: "My fear today is that many churches are dying because the average person in their pews have no idea what it means to be 'set apart' from the defilements of this world. The church is many areas is so worldly minded, it is difficult to see any real separation
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Christian/Church Of Christ
The Russian word for Sunday, woskersicnye, means resurrection. Every communist, every Russian atheist, must speak of the resurrection when referring to the first day of the week!
-- Robert C. Shannon,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by David Tack on May 2, 2009
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"My faith is not the means of my salvation. It is only the means in which I secure [appropriate]
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Baptist
DIVORCE DOESN'T MEAN HAPPINESS
Survey of those who had been seriously considering divorce.
Five years later, revisited. Some had divorced, some had done hard work to stay together.
On repeat survey, those who had done hard work and stayed together rated their lives as happier than those who’d
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
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What does that word ‘sanctified’ mean? It literally means ‘to separate something (from other things).’
When I was growing up, I remember when we were getting dressed to go to church, my mom or my grandmother, depending on where we were, would tell us to put on our ‘Sunday clothes.’ Or if you were
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Baptist
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