Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 9, 2010
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NO ROADS REQUIRED
David Livingstone charted great paths for mission in Africa. One time a missionary society wrote him a letter saying, "We have some people who would like to join you. Do you have some easy access roads to get where you are?"
Dr. Livingstone wrote back, "If you have men who will
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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Quote: A.W. Pink:
"He suffered hell for us so that we can enjoy heaven with Him.
He entered the awful Darkness, that I might walk in the Light;
He drank the cup of woe that I might
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Brethren
WHAT IS SPIRITUAL MATURITY?
In our Pueblo group we asked how we could define spiritual maturity? Someone said, "Being spiritually mature probably means you don't try to figure out whether the people around you are spiritually mature or not."
Someone else said, "It's all I can do to figure
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 30, 2010
WOULD YOU BECOME A DOG?
C. S. Lewis:
“Lying at your feet is your dog. Imagine, for the moment, that your dog and every dog is in deep distress. Some of us love dogs very much. If it would help all the dogs in the world to become like men, would you be willing to become a dog? Would you put down
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Mar 29, 2011
In 1990, a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store in Kansas City for an ice cream cone. While she was ordering, another customer entered the store. She placed her order, turned and found herself staring face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming a movie. His blue eyes made her knees buckle.
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CARNIVAL CHRISTIANS
What’s a "Carnival Christian?" A Carnival Christian is someone who enjoys the fun. Someone who gets caught up in the excitement of cheering for Jesus, but sometimes has a hard time taking a personal stand for him when the crowd isn’t around. Commitments for them are difficult
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS
Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the
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LIVING STONES
I have to tell ya, I’m so proud of my baby girl. She's working on a project for the school’s science-fair by growing citrine crystals in the basement. What normally takes thousands of years to do in nature; chemists have somehow been able to reproduce in a matter of weeks. I think
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Lutheran
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2011
THE MAYOR'S MARTYR MAID
"I found one!"
The inquisitor held up a Bible and hollered out, "Bring in the mayor and his family. Someone is studying the Bible in this house!"
In the 16th century, Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to Flanders to stamp out the Protestants who insisted on reading the
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Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 8, 2011
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Do you know anyone famous? Maybe relatives or ancestors who did something incredible?
Once I worked part time at a luxury condo in Minneapolis as a security guard letting residents in and out of the complex. One late night a man entered whom I didn't recognize. As he began walking
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