Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
When England closed it’s Libyan Embassy Muammar Qaddafi became so angry that he ordered England to be removed from all maps in Libya. If you buy a map in that country today, that area will be represented by a new arm of the North Sea bordered by Scotland and Wales. Simply removing England from all
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
In his book, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller says some very pointed things about a rut that all of us can get ourselves into. He says, ‘The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is about me…. I hear addicts talk about the shakes and panic attacks and the highs and lows of
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Busch on Apr 20, 2006
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Bono, lead singer of U2
You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth . . . And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that “as you reap, so you will sow” stuff. Grace defies reason
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Holiness
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006
In about 150A.D., Justin Martyr described a church meeting:
"And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then when the reader has ceased, the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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David Limbaugh has written a book called, Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity, and in it he observed: "It’s one thing for Christophobes to be nervous about Easter and Christmas, given their obvious association with Jesus Christ, but surely holidays like Valentine’s Day
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 10, 2007
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In country, town or city
Some people can be found
Who spend their lives in grumbling
At ev’rything around;
O yes, they always grumble,
No matter what we say,
For these are chronic grumblers
And they grumble night and day.
They grumble when it’s raining,
They grumble when it’s dry,
And if the
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Baptist
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The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The
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Methodist
The great British Baptist pastor Alexander McClaren reminds us, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the strength of my life,’ can say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” [--Alexander McClaren, Christian Reader, Vol. 32, no. 3. Thomas a Kempis, the 14th century German Catholic monk, wrote in The
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Methodist
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In the movie: “The Bear” a bear cub whose mother died took up with a male bear. They traveled together. One of my favorite parts happened when they got separated and the little bear came upon a mountain lion. When the mountain lion came at the cub he stood up trying to scare it away. The mountain
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007
“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic. Take away the tied tendons that all over seem bursting from the marble in the carved Hercules, and its charm would be gone…When Angelo paints
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Orthodox
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
Rico Tice makes an interesting observation in his book, Christianity Explored: “I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments, hanging about in dank halls and religious
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2007
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Guard Your Name
You got it from your father,
it was all he had to give
So it’s yours to use and cherish,
for as long as you may live.
If you lose the watch he gave you,
it can always be replaced.
But a black mark on your name, son,
can never be erased.
It was clean the day you took it,
and a
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Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jan 24, 2008
In 1932 Aldous Huxley published a science fiction novel entitled "Brave New World." In it he wrote about the year 2532. He described a world very different from his own. - Some of the characteristics he describes are: The practice of cloning being perfected - World controlled by science &
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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When Birds Worry
When the birds begin to worry
And the lilies toil and spin,
And God’s creatures all are anxious,
Then I also may begin.
For my Father sets their table,
Decks them out in garments fine,
And if He supplies their living,
Will He not provide for mine?
Just as noisy, common
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
When Lance Armstrong (a professional cyclist) was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time; he chose to get back on his bike & ‘keep on keeping on.’ He went on from this to win 5 Tour de France’s in a row!!! An event which some consider to be the most gruelling
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THAT THE PERSONAL SAVINGS RATE OF DISPOSABLE INCOME IN THIS COUNTRY IS ROUGHLY 1%.
D. THE FEDERAL RESERVE EVERY 3 YEARS CONDUCTS THE SURVEY OF CONSUMER FINANCES AND FOUND THAT 61% OF ALL WORKERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 24 AND 64, (THAT IS 66 MILLION PEOPLE) DO NOT HAVE A
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 2, 2008
Jesus Christ is the only who lived who claimed to be God and proved to be God. When I compare this to all other claimants of all other religions, it is like the poet who said, 'The night has a thousand eyes and the day has but one, The light of the whole world dies with the setting of the sun.' At
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