Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 4, 2001
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Illus.: “Moody Loses His Temper”
One time D. L. Moody was lecturing and a theological student asked a question. Moody snapped back at him. At the end of his talk he paused and confessed, “Friends, I want to confess before you that I made a great mistake at the beginning of this meeting. I
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 17, 2001
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On Christmas afternoon, the Pastor’s wife dropped into an easy chair saying, "Boy! Am I ever tried." Her husband looked over at her & said, "I had to conduct two special services last night, three today, & give a total of five sermons. Why
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 28, 2001
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"Self-righteous service requires external rewards. It needs to know that people see and appreciate the effort. It seeks human applause -- with proper religious modesty of course. Self-righteous service is highly concerned about results. It eagerly waits to see if the person served will reciprocate
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 13, 2001
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"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy.
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Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
HOW THE MIGHTY FALL
Jim Collins has written a book called "How the Mighty Fall" about businesses who at one time were strong and effective and yet went from hero to zero during the last decade. Motorola was number one in cell phones in the world in 2004 and today they are on the edge of
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 14, 2004
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This is one may surprise you. “The 3rd most common mistake is the buying and selling of cars,” as Ron Blue says. Why? The buying and selling of cars plays right into pride and ego. When pride and ego get involved, logic goes out the window. Someone has said, “Logic and automobile purchases do not
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
THE LAW IS FOR THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS TO HUMBLE THEIR PRIDE. THE GOSPEL IS FOR THE LOST TO REMOVE
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