Contributed by Brian Bolton on Nov 14, 2005
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Children & Marriage
“No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.”
Kirsten, age 10
“You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like sports,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 2, 2023
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Have you ever worked at a job where you felt a strong bond with your co-workers? Perhaps you were united by a sense of mission, or by a respect for your boss, or by the belief that a prosperous company will benefit everyone financially. The more points of agreement among members of a group, the
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 9, 2026
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We all need to accept and value one another, in all of our glorious variety, and not try to fit people into a mold or expect them to be just like us. Because it is an undeniable fact that God loves variety. Consider the natural world, for example. In this world that God designed and created,
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Baptist
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Richard Foster in his book "Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home", says that intercession is a way of loving others. Intercessory prayer is selfless prayer, even self-giving prayer.
"Intercessory prayer is priestly ministry, and one of the most challenging teachings in the New Testament is the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Bobby Touchton on May 26, 2004
Croatian native Miroslav Volf is one of the brightest minds in theology today. He took the pledge of allegiance to become a citizen of these United States on Good Friday several years ago. The irony was not lost upon him. But his in-laws sent him a card of congratulations that reminded him of his
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 17, 2025
[205]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ONE HAIR HERE AND ONE HAIR THERE
Well, well, well! How many of us are bald? How many are heading that way?
I remember when I was a kid my mother used to say to me, “Tell the barber to thin out your hair.” There used to be some sort of clippers that would do
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Contributed by Nate Barbour on Jan 29, 2003
There was a girl that grew up in Jerusalem. One day, she and her father went shopping in the marketplace. She was holding tight to her daddy’s hand. Well, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a shiny, new baby doll. She longed for it so bad. She let her Father’s hand slip out
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2001
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The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings.
In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah placed his wife’s casket in
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jul 19, 2005
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In one of the games in a classic Rose Bowl football contest in 1929, as recounted by Dr Bruce Wilkinson in his Vision of the Leader seminar, Roy Riegels desperately wanted his team to win. The scores were tied. Now, in a crucial moment of that game, Roy Riegels scooped up a loose ball. He cut in
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 17, 2001
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One of the most moving passages in English literature comes toward the end of Charles Dickens’ "Tale of Two Cities", a story of the French revolution. Each day there was a grim procession through the streets of Paris of prisoners on their way to the guillotine. In one of the processions was
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