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In May of 1846 an evangelist, now mostly forgotten, named “James Caughey” (pronounced “coffee”) visited a chapel in Nottingham England and preached a sermon on the words recorded in St. Mark, “Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye
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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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Katherine Kehler gives practical advice on the need to spend the day with the Lord:
Usually our days are filled with the demands of life crying for our attention, ...but today, whether for four, eight or 12 hours, your only priority is to be with your Lord ...to bask in His love, to thank and
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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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Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Jan 10, 2005
Estaba un viejecito por nombre ( ----------) que fue internado en un asilo en el cual se la pasaba todos los días admirando a una viejecita que se llamaba (----------) hasta que ya no pudo mas y un día muy de mañana decidido y todo se fue al desayuno y terminando de desayunar se dirige a su
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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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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 Clark Tanner on Jun 22, 2005
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“There is nothing so hardening as delay. When God speaks to us, He asks for a tender heart, open to the whispers of His voice of love. The believer who answers the ‘today’ of the Holy Ghost with the ‘tomorrow’ of some more convenient season, knows not how he is hardening his heart; the delay,
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Orthodox
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 8, 2005
"Batman Begins" movie has a scene in it that I like – Bruce Wayne aka Batman puts on the playboy act—meant to keep people from connecting him with the crusading hero Batman— Wayne’s girlfriend from his past and now a zealous district attorney, saw all that and relates her disappointment in what
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
The little boy was innocently talking to the arrogant pastor. "Today my dad taught me all about Babylon."
Really? replied the pastor. And how did he explain Babylon?
He
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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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Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
Jan Johnson in Moody Monthly said, “Many believers are "rabbit hole" Christians. In the morning they pop out of their safe Christian homes, hold their breath at work, scurry home to their families and then off to their Bible studies, and finally end
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
"When Spain led the world (in the 15th century), their coins reflected their national arrogance and were inscribed Ne Plus Ultra which meant "Nothing Further" - meaning that Spain was the ultimate in all the world. After the discovery of the New World, they realized that they were not the "end of
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Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 8, 2005
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I recently read a news story about a little village in Austria named Rattenberg. It is “the smallest town in Austria, and getting smaller each year. The town has lost 20 percent of its population in the past two decades, and as of 2005 had only 440 residents. The reason? Darkness. Rattenberg is
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