Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 16, 2003
Quote: "Fossil evidence should on the whole support the claim that today’s complex organisms evolved step-by-gradual-step from specific common ancestors. . . . It is generally conceded today, however, that fossil species are remarkably stable over long periods of time and the
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Contributed by Jim Miller on Nov 3, 2003
In "Witness," (Harrison Ford, Kelly McGinnis). John Book is a Philadelphia policeman protecting an amish boy who has witnessed a murder by another policeman. Near the end, Book is leaving the farm, the reason the grandfather gives his daughter is that "He’s
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Brethren
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Story: According to an ancient Russian Orthodox tradition, the day before Easter was devoted to telling jokes.
Priests would join the people in telling their best jokes to one another. (presumably “clean” jokes!!)
The reason was to reflect the joke God pulled on the devil in the
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Anglican
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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A child's father kept bringing home office work just about every night. Finally his first-grader son asked why. Daddy explained that he had so much work, he couldn't finish it all during the day. The boy
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Mennonite
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 21, 2008
Two football teams were playing a very competitive game. One team scored first and led most of the game by one point. But for some reason, the team with the lead started complaining and criticizing each other and became negative. With time running out, the other team scored and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
What a shame to miss out on things. I would give anything to have a new opportunity to buy Ryan’s stock (a local restaurant in Greenville, S.C. that went national) when it first came out in my home town! I missed that one. But to
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Contributed by Mark Haines on Apr 5, 2011
As pastor and author, Tim Keller points out, "Here's the gospel: you're more sinful than you ever dared believe; you're more loved than you ever dared hope."
Citation: Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian and author of
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Wesleyan
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CONFESSION
A dying man said to his wife, "I am about to die but before I die I would like to confess to you that I am not faithful to you as a husband. I have lots of women in my life. Please forgive me."
The
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Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
In the nineteenth century,
lighthouses on the U.S. coasts
were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families.
If a man who tended the light became disabled,
often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis.
In 1853 he became the keeper of the light
on
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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BECAUSE ONE GAVE
Former seminary and pastor, George Gaston tells the following story that speaks to the value of attitude in giving.
Years ago, I pastored a church that decided to build a worship center. The old building had suffered a major fire. Even so, our decision to build a new facility
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2000
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A story is told of a shipwrecked crew who had been drifting for days in a small boat off the coast of Brazil. They were suffering the horrors of thirst but they dare not drink the seawater because the salt would make it even worse. They saw a vessel coming towards them, and called out, "Water,
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Mar 20, 2001
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Lewis B. Smedes writes in his book: Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve:
"If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who
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Methodist
Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 18, 2001
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Here he was:
The eternal one, caught in a moment of time.
The Omnipresence corralled in a cave manger.
The Omnipotent cradled in a helpless infant who could not even raise His head from the straw.
The Omniscience confined in a baby who would not say a word.
The Christ who created the heavens and
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
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Luther’s ten qualifications for the minister:
1) He should be able to teach plainly and in order.
2) He should have a good head.
3) Good power of language.
4) A good voice.
5) A good memory.
6) He should know when to stop.
7) He should be sure of what he means to say.
8) And be ready to
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Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
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The musical "1776" is based on the events of the first Continental Congress around the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence. The messenger comes in everyday with a message from General George Washington. It appeared such correspondence was going on for about a year. Each letter
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