Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2005
Jim Berg wrote, “There is debate in Christian circles about whether we are supposed to concentrate on being a certain kind of person or doing certain kind of things. The truth embraces both. You are always going to be some kind of a person or another, and you are always going to be doing one
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Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Oct 10, 2005
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To prepare our children for life we must teach them choices have consequences everywhere. If we really care about them and want what is best we will prepare them for life by controlling and disciplining them. Bill Gates, speaking at a graduation ceremony gave some life rules
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mike, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mike cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again. After several circles and jerks, a little girl in the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Health Concerns: More than 6 in 10 Americans worry a “great deal” about the availability and affordability of healthcare, according to the Gallup survey. Healthcare ranks the #1 issue among 11 issues polled. Other high concern issues include crime and violence (mentioned by 46%), drug use (46%),
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
Randy Alcorn:
How many of us are truly looking forward to the New Earth? Consciously? Daily? In our idle moments, when our mind gravitates to whatever excites and interests us the most, what do we think about? A new car? A movie? A business opportunity? A chance to get rich? An attractive
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
MOVING AND FRIENDSHIPS
We live in a society where people, especially young adults, move so often they don’t have time to develop deep friendships. My mom and step father lived in the place where I grew up for about 25 years. During that 25 years, I moved
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Contributed by Ladonna Omobude on Nov 24, 2009
As Christian we might have dropped some of those four lettered curse words; however we still curse others by speaking evil and wishing evil upon them. The Bible says in James 3:10"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2010
The story is told of an English teacher who told her class to write a composition on, “What I would do if I had a million dollars.”
After the students had been working on the assignment for about thirty minutes, one young man approached the teacher’s desk and very quietly said, “A
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THE DANGERS OF BIRD WATCHING
I once read an article in a medical journey that told of the dangers of bird watching. How can bird watching be so dangerous? Because bird watchers are so intent on watching the bird they forget about the crocodiles! Many bird watchers had been eaten alive because
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 24, 2012
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NOW I UNDERSTAND
It reminds me of an older lady, who had no affinity for contemporary worship, who was complaining about a particular song used in the worship service at her church. A fellow worshipper responded, "Why, that is not a new song -- it is a very old song! David sang that song to Saul."
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2013
OPTIMISM IS HEALTHY
"Middle-aged adults who are more optimistic about their future tend to have higher antioxidant levels than their less optimistic peers, according to new research out of Harvard. Investigators studying nearly one thousand people over ten years found that increases in optimism
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Independent/Bible
Ill. Growing up my father always read the Bible after EVERY meal. Each week he would open the Bible to the place marked where he left off until he came to about halfway through Exodus. Then he would say ¡§A bunch of laws and how to build things¡¨ and then he would pick it up
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
The second grade teacher had been giving a lesson on science. She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron.
Now it was question time, and she asked, “My name begins with the letter M and I pick up things. What am
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