Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 13, 2004
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The children of a well-to-do family decided to give their father as a birthday present a book containing their family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to write the book, carefully cautioning him about the family’s “black sheep”—their Uncle George had been executed in the
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Contributed by Jason Cole on Mar 15, 2004
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Four high school boys were late to their morning classes one day. They entered the classroom and solemnly told their teacher they were detained due to a flat tire. The sympathetic teacher smiled and told them it was too bad they were late because they had missed a test that morning. But she was
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 9, 2004
“There is a direct relationship between what I believe about the future and how I live in the present.”
- Alistair
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Orthodox
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
Life’s Onlookers
A man’s life is always more forcible than his speech. When men take stock of him they reckon his deeds as dollars and his words as pennies. If his life and doctrine disagree the mass of
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Baptist
Contributed by John Price on Aug 14, 2004
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Thomas a Kampis - “Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 23, 2004
D. Steven Clark Goad - There was a young lady in DeSoto, Texas who, as valedictorian of her high school graduating class, testified for Jesus Christ? At first the principal flat out said, No. Only a law suit changed that. Then she was asked to rewrite her speech and tone it down. She did not.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
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It is easy to become a slave to hatred in our hearts. A good friend of mine, "Roy", became angry with another friend of mine, "Lee", several years ago. "Roy" has never forgiven "Lee" for the trespass, and "Lee" has never known that "Roy" is angry with him. Recently, I bumped into "Roy" and asked
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Baptist
Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 4, 2005
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One of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. If you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium. Sharks can be six inches long yet fully matured. But if you turn them loose in the ocean, they grow to their normal length of eight feet. That can also
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Norman Vincent Peale wrote more than 46 books during his lifetime. His most popular book, The Power of Positive Thinking, was written in 1952 and has sold more than 20 million copies in 41 languages. Peale and his wife started Guideposts magazine; its circulation now tops 5 million, the largest of
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Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Jan 10, 2005
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Cierto día llegue de trabajar en la tarde, mi esposa me estaba sirviendo de comer en la sala mientras yo veía las noticias y cuando ya estaba la comida servida, me dije bueno voy a orar por los alimentos, y asi cerré mis ojos mientras que observaba un comercial entre medio del Noticiero y al
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Adventist
Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 24, 2005
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Years ago a young man began a small cheese business in Chicago. He failed. He was deeply in debt. “You didn’t take God into your business. You have not worked with Him,” said a Christian friend to him. Then the young man thought, “If God wants to run the cheese business, He can do it, and I’ll work
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
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The Emperors club is a movie about this clash between doing what is right and what will increase power and significance. The teacher has a young Senator's Son (Cedrick), who is a leader. After a brief turn in the right direction Cedrick decides to cheat to win the schools greatest honor. As
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Luciano Pavarotti tells this story: “When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song. He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice.
Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers college.
On
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