Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 7, 2003
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When I was in South Africa, a fine, handsome Dutchman came into my service, and God laid his hand on him and convicted him of sin. The next morning he went to the beautiful home of another Dutchman and said to him, “Do you recognize that old watch?”
“Why, yes,” answered the other. “Those are
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 29, 2003
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Steve Brown has inside his Bible written the following, "I wouldn’t be so shocked at my own sins if I didn’t have such a high opinion of myself." Now, this is not an excuse for sin, neglect, disrespect or irresponsibility in your work,
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2003
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In the late 1800’s into the days of the Great Depression, there was a great evangelist that caught the imagination of the people. He was known not just as a great speaker but a great baseball player... his name was Billy Sunday.
One wouldn’t say that he stood in the pulpit, for he would range
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 27, 2003
The Queen Mary was the largest ship to cross the oceans when it was launched in 1936. Through four decades and a World War she served until she was retired, anchored as a floating hotel and museum in Long Beach, California.
During the conversion, her three massive smokestacks were taken off to be
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
Author Oscar Wilde died over 100 years ago, but he summed up the spirit of our own time when he said:
"Disobedience … is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 4, 2003
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Andrew Murray, whose devotional books are still popular nearly a century after his death, said this:
It is when we face ourselves and face Christ, that we are lost in wonder, love and praise. We need to rediscover the almost lost discipline of
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 29, 2003
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[The Giver’s Big Hands]
A young boy went to the local store with his mother. The shop owner, a kindly man, passed him a large jar of suckers and invited him to help himself to a handful. Uncharacteristically, the boy held back. So the shop owner pulled out a handful for him.
When outside, the boy’s
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
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In the novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab is frightened by what he sees in himself. He asks the question that many of us have asked: “What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 19, 2003
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Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, “Our people come to us and pour out their hearts, confess sins
and needs. Let’s do the same. Confession is good for the soul.” In due time all agreed. One confessed he liked to go to the movies and would
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 8, 2003
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A small defiant boy
When I was a youth minister 30+ years ago I told a young 5 year old boy to stop running in church. He stopped and then turned to me and said I couldn’t make him. Well... I couldn’t let a challenge like that go by so I got down on his level and firmly took him by the arms. I
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Contributed by Esteban Ulloa on Dec 17, 2003
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Una profesora estaba enseñando a sus alumnos acerca de los pecados de comisión y de omisión. Cuando terminó quiso comprobar si los alumnos habían estado prestando atención, de modo que pidió un voluntario que le diga la diferencia entre los pecados de comisión y los pecados de omisión. Un
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Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jan 10, 2004
There was a daughter of wealthy parents who got saved in one of Billy Graham’s crusade. The mother was so embarrassed by her daughter’s actions. Her mother said you are a sweet girl you don’t need this. The daughter looked her mother in the
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Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 21, 2001
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The late president Calvin Coolidge returned home from church one Sunday afternoon and found his wife sitting in the chair. Unable to go that day, she was still interested in what the preacher had to say. She asked her husband what the preacher spoke about and he said, "Sin."
Like most women, a
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 6, 2000
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C.S.Lewis said it quite well:
“The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 15, 2005
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A Jewish man was confronting a Christian man: “You know, you people borrowed the 10 Commandments from us.”
“Well,” responded the Christian, “we may
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Independent/Bible
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The Japanese have two proverbs we would do well to remember. The first one says, “The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a person six feet high.” The second one warns everyone: “The tongue is more to be
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005
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1. Joshua Harris- Lust is always a desire for the forbidden. Though lust longs for an object or a person, ultimately this object is not its prize; its goal is the very act of desiring. The result is that lust can never be
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