Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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Ignorance is bliss! Maybe I should say innocence is bliss. A world of rich possibilities and dreams carry many young people from high school graduation to attend college and eventually a career. These innocent minds leave home and if they aren’t already, they are seduced into allowing their
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Contributed by David Fox on Nov 12, 2001
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“In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph.: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its contents torn out, And stripped of its Lettering and Guilding, Lies here, Food for Worms, But the Work shall not be
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 23, 2002
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John Wesley was asked what he would do if he knew his Lord would return at that time the next day. He said in effect, "I would go to bed and go to
sleep; wake up in the morning, and go on with my work, for I
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 14, 2003
There was a statue of Jesus, arms extended, at the cross-roads in the French countryside [Knight’s Treasury of 2000 Illustrations, p 440]. A fierce battle occurred there during WWI. The hands of the statue were blown away in the fighting. Afterwards, someone placed a plaque on the pedestal:
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Contributed by Dylan Potter on Aug 22, 2003
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Two Oars
A familiar story tells of an old Scotsman who operated a rowboat to transport passengers. On one oar he had written the word Faith, while the other bore the word Works. The point of the story, of course, is that pulling on either oar alone would simply make
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Methodist
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"The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field or endeavor.... I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour -- his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear -- is that moment when he has worked his heart
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 23, 2006
Today in Israel, if you are a follower of Judaism, you must fix all meals in advance of the Sabbath in case of company. You wouldn’t want to work on the Sabbath, would you? There is even a Sabbath elevator that stops on every floor so you don¡¦t have to press
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Quote: “Martin Luther, speaking on the Sabbath, said, ‘The spiritual rest which God especially intends in this commandment is that we not only cease from our labor and trade but much more-that we let God alone work in us and that in all our
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Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
(I hate the thought of losing things, -worse than that, I hate things being stolen, the thought of allowing someone the pleasure of my property. Someone asked me about the motivation to work in the harbour on crime prevention. I told him that a thief
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they
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Contributed by Dr Kory Letoa on Sep 4, 2011
ON ACTION
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle
Action should not be confused with haste.
Lee Iacocca
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
J. F.
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Holiness
Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 30, 2018
Dr. John Geddie, a Presbyterian missionary, went to Aneityum, an island in the South Pacific in 1848 and worked there for God for 24 years. On a tablet erected to his memory in the church where he preached, these words are inscribed:
When he landed, in 1848, there were no Christians. When he
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