Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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TO HOLD WATER
There is no substitute for sound, biblical thinking.
John Gardner: An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent theologian. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in theology because it
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 4, 2011
WAITING TO BE KING
In April 2011 Prince Charles became the longest serving heir apparent in British history, having waited 59 years, 2 months and 14 days. Charles overtook the record set by his great-great grandfather king Edward VII; and
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Anglican
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 12, 2012
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THE WONDERFUL TWISTS AND TURNS
Condolezza Rice said, "Life is full of surprises. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Apr 7, 2013
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TABERNACLE FAITH
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes about the feast of Tabernacles: "Sitting in the booth underneath its canopy of leaves, I often think of my ancestors and their wanderings across Europe in search of safety; and I begin to understand how faith was their only home. Their existence was
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Congregational
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000
Sir Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Battle of Britain pilots - that "so many owe so much to so few". Those famous words need to be slightly adapted when we think of what God in Christ has done. It is that "so many owe so much to only one person".
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Nov 11, 2007
Imagine for a moment you were in a playground and you saw someone trying to abduct a child, what would you do? I think we would act, without hesitation we would be stirred into action. You would not stand by and let something so terrible just happen. A conviction
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Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
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Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
Have you ever been shown mercy? Does a teacher come to mind? How about a time when your parent or parents were compassionate and showed mercy?
I remember 9th grade geometry and how I struggled through that class and got a D- for the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 5, 2008
Erma Bombeck – “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy,
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Baptist
I can't count the number of times Christ has kept me from a decision that looked good at the time, but would have led to a disaster for my family. And I think all of us would run out of fingers and toes before we could
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Catholic
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 31, 2009
My daughter had $380 of work done to her car. Later, she called me and said the engine was rattling. I thought the worst and that the mechanic had messed up her car. I drove it around and heard the noise. I lifted the hood and found the hood stand had not been put into
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 30, 2001
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One of the characters in the movie, Toy Story, is Buzz Lightyear, a new toy to Andy’s room. Buzz is an astronaut, with a lot of neat things attached to him.
Buzz comes into the other toys’ lives thinking that there are no other Buzz Lightyears around. He is the only one.
Woody, a cowboy toy, and
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 16, 2002
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1. Morrie: In His Own Words By Morrie Schwartz:
· Learn how to live, and you’ll know how to die. Once you know how to die, you know how to live.
· Death ends life, not a relationship.
· Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.
· Everything that gets born
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Methodist
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jan 1, 2007
TO BIG FOR GOD
Remember when you first came to God compelled by the Holy Ghost you were found in sin and conceived by grace and mercy. Remember your first breath of the life everything look so much brighter and you had hope and faith in nothing else but in Christ. I remember the feeling of the
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Pentecostal