Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
The penny is an interesting piece of metal. The price of the metal within the penny actually is worth more than its assigned value. And to top it off, the penny is almost worthless at least in terms economic buying power. You can’t get anything for penny nowadays. I can’t think of anything.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001
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We live in a very stress-filled world. In fact, experts say that 43% – almost half of all adults – suffer adverse health affects due to stress. One million workers here in the United States are
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Lutheran
Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 8, 2002
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It is of the very essence of faith that we should believe what Jesus says is true! So often we have a kind of vague wistful longing that the promises of Jesus should be true. The only way to enter into them is to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004
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Billy Sunday, the great Evangelist of yesteryear wrote, “I am a Christian because God’s Word says so, and I did what He told me to do, and I stand on
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Baptist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 22, 2005
ABOUT ESAU...
Bible commentator Henry Morris points out that hunting was unnecessary because with a large flock of sheep, there was plenty to eat. This may mean that Esau was always away hunting as opposed to being at home helping with
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Baptist
Contributed by Terry Kemp on Dec 23, 2006
As the Herod of our text, this king was not above murdering three of his heirs … which prompted Caesar Augustus to say, “I’d rather be Herod’s sow than Herod’s son."
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 11, 2010
Why will we believe every crackpot about aliens coming, but will not believe that God has come. The Globe could report that Oprah Winfrey gives birth to an alien, but witnesses say Leonard Nimoy is the father, and
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
AT LEAST HE'S HONEST
The teenager who brought home a report card heavy with poor grades. His mother asked, "What have you to say about this?"
The boy replied,
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Brethren
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 20, 2011
New Testament scholar D. A. Carson says:
"If I have strong views and articulate them, I am, by definition, intolerant. . . . The group that [claims it is right] is no longer perceived as standing for something and
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
Joni Eareckson-Tada ‘The measure of the love of God is in what, or I should say, who He gave. He gave His Son. His life. His only begotten. He gave
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
Jerry Bridges again states that the two words negligence and corruption help us by contrast to understand what it means to live faithful lives today: He says – Corrupt is the opposite of being honest or ethical. Being negligent is the
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Baptist
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Perseverance--Gianni Poli of Italy won the 1986 New York Marathon in 2:11:06. On March 2, 2003, Mark Yatich of Kenya won the Los Angels Marathon in 2:09:52. To me, however, the real hero of both marathons was the man who finished dead last in both. He is fifty-seven year old Bob Wieland. In
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
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… when friends and strangers see Amy and me out with our six kids – hers, mine, ours, and “all ours” – they love to describe us as a ‘90s version if the [Brady Bunch].
We definitely meet all the criteria of a blended family. Somehow in the blending process we haven’t gotten too mixed up.
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Contributed by John Shearhart on May 14, 2006
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“Back in the eighteenth century, a young boy was born into a Christian home. For the first six years of his life, he heard the truths of the gospel and he was loved. Sadly, though, his parents died. The orphaned boy went to live with his relatives. There he was mistreated and abused and ridiculed
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