Contributed by John Petty on Dec 1, 2008
** Bertrand Russell said envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness. It is a universal and most unfortunate aspect of human nature because not only is the envious person rendered
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 11, 2011
DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE
The Declaration itself laid the groundwork for our freedom as a Nation:
And that declaration was to be based upon the nation’s faith in God.
It was quite literally a declaration of “Dependence upon God.”
In the first two sentences of the Declaration of Independence -
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Imagine for a moment that you live in an old, run down, dilapidated shack. One like one you see on World Vision pictures from 3rd world countries – rusty metal kind of thrown over top of a couple walls full of holes. No running water. No toilet. Dirt on the floor when it is dry, mud when it is
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“Hunger is not so much dependent on lack of material things as on shortage of social resources, the most important of which are institutional. What is missing, in other words, is a network of economic institutions capable of guaranteeing regular access to sufficient food and water for nutritional
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to do what the people want, instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges
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Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
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There are advantages to being able to see. For example, when I was a seminary student, I went to apply for a driver license. The clerk at the Department of Motor Vehicles asked me to read a line on the eye chart. I responded by reading a series of what I thought the correct letters were. To this,
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Adventist
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 30, 2011
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: OUR IRREVOCABLE ACTS
Robert Louis Stevenson, in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," set forth the irrevocable nature of every act we perform. Mr. Jekyll discovered a drug that would transform him into a man devoid of any conscience and therefore able to enjoy any vice or sin.
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 9, 2009
We recently watched a DVD about prestidigitation. It was called The Prestige and was based on the idea that every illusion has three acts. The first act is "The Pledge" where the magician shows you something very simple and ordinary, though it rarely is. The second act is "The Turn" where something
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
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The management regrets that it has come to their attention that workers dying on the job are failing to fall down. This practice must stop, as it becomes impossible to distinguish between death and the natural movement of the staff.
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Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Oct 22, 2006
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The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless...the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
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Forgive my skepticism, but I’ve conducted highly scientific observations of my children’s bedrooms, and the natural progression of things there isn’t that they get better and better on their own. In fact,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 1, 2007
According to Wikipedia, "A strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, most often "winning". Strategy is differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand by its
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Scott Carson on Apr 10, 2001
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Spurgeon said “The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us. It is so woven into the very warp and woof of our nature, that, till we are wrapped
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
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In a technical sense, the Bible looks at prostitution as “sexual intercourse from which ensues no binding or enduring relationship. It is usually indiscriminate in nature.”
Laura Schlessinger, The Ten Commandments: The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of
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