Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 2, 2003
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A Young man approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked for a job. “That depends,” replied the foreman. “let’s see you fell this tree.” The young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a great ree. Impressed, the foreman said, “Start Monday.”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 13, 2003
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While the Dorman’s and we were in San Diego for the National Outreach Convention, we went for a walk on the beach by the ocean. None of us had ever been in the Pacific Ocean, so as a wave came in we walked up to it until it faded out at our feet. The wave became a thin sheet of water at the tip
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Methodist
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
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Did you see the move Shallow Hal? It is a movie about an unattractive, really shallow middle-aged man named Hal Larsen who judges women on how “hot” they are. But then one day, Hal gets stuck on a stalled elevator with a motivational guru who helps him overcome his shallowness by hypnotizing him
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2003
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Any adults here remember the television show, "Emergency?"¨
That was my ultra-favorite show. And at times I wish I had TV Land on my TV so I could watch it still.
But because of that show, I was planning to be a paramedic, like the guys on that show.
I thought it was really cool to use the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
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Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest
I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know
I want to be able, as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun,
And hate myself for things I have done.
I don’t want to keep on a
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Charismatic
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There are times when people are not ready for what happens, even though they should be ready. My friend Curt Hatch went to Moody Bible Institute. He paid his own way by working at a night job. Curt had to choose, at times, which classes in which he would stay awake. One of those was not a first
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United Methodist
Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
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The founder of IBM Thomas Watson says: "The way to succeed is to double your failure rate." Or as Thomas Edison said "There is only one good idea in 100 so I want to discover the 99 failures as quick as possible."Here is a personal evaluation question: Do I view failure as an opportunity for growth
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Methodist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 8, 2003
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H. Rick Warren in His Book “The Purpose Driven Life” says, “Philosophy is an important subject and has its uses, but when it comes to determining the purpose of life, even the wisest philosophers are just guessing. Dr. Hugh Moorhead, a philosophy professor at Northwestern Illinios University, once
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 14, 2003
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EVERYONE EXPERIENCES Christmas a little differently than others. Here are some quotes I found from women authors...
"Evidently, Christmas was an unmitigated joy only for the people who inhabited department-store brochures and seasonal television specials. For everyone else the day seemed to be a
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Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 5, 2004
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Once there was this man who was the "picture perfect Christian".
Tithes, attendance, participation in activities you name it, he
was it!
One day as he was praying, he asked the Lord, "Lord I wonder if I
have been an obedient enough child that I might ask one favor when
I die?"
Well the Lord thought
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 10, 2004
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One person I read this week was talking about growing up as a child in a rural community that specialized in growing tobacco. Their first summer job was to weed the crop, and most of the time he and his fellow workers would walk the seemingly endless rows with a hoe, scuffing out weeds in relative
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Thomas H on Feb 11, 2004
Three phrases describing the oppression by foreigners that the Israelites felt, are given one after the other: “the yoke of burden”, “the staff of his shoulder” and “the rod of his oppressor”. The three phrases are piled on top of each other to show a picture of terrible oppression. In those
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Baptist
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Killpatrick reminds us how the Cheap Grace mindset can ruin our lives and drive us away from God.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2004
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Several years ago I was swimming with my 4 year old, Joshua. I was holding him and we were playing and splashing in the water. I wanted to go out a little deeper and while holding him I began to walk. When Joshua realized we were headed out to deeper water he began to cry and fight back saying,
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 15, 2004
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Dick Alexander, Raw
It’s a word I never liked
Raw carrots are too hard
Raw oysters too slimy
Raw humor is too dirty
Raw skin is too painful
In fact raw applied to anything human sounds painful
But we live in a world of raw human need
It’s all around us
Do you ever wonder how many people struggle
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2004
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During the Vietnam area in Boot Camp you could have 25 or 30 companies eating during a two-hour period. That’s about 2000 Sailors. All theses companies are in formation and waiting their turn to eat. Company after company lined up about 3 or 4 feet apart. We had been in Boot Camp a little over a
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 6, 2004
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Successful Author and Christian psychologist, Larry Crabb, begins his book Connecting with the story of his eldest son. Larry had two sons, and being a theologian, psychologist, and loving father, he wanted to do all that was right for his sons. So he gave his sons hugs, and spankings, detailed
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004
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"Rules to Help Women Understand Men"
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. If it’s up … don’t come tell us about it. Put it down.
"Rules of Male-Female Relationships"
1. The Female always makes the Rules.
2. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification.
3. No Male can
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