Contributed by John Petty on Dec 1, 2008
** Bertrand Russell said envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness. It is a universal and most unfortunate aspect of human nature because not only is the envious person rendered
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Whenever you obey God, His seal is always that of peace, the witness of an unfathomable peace, which is not natural, but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come,
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 21, 2002
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Madalyn Murray O’Hair’s book, What on Earth Is an Atheist, asserts, "We atheists ... try to find some basis for rational thinking on which we can base our actions and our beliefs, and we have it ... We accept the technical philosophy of materialism ... Essentially, materialism’s philosophy holds
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Imagine for a moment that you live in an old, run down, dilapidated shack. One like one you see on World Vision pictures from 3rd world countries – rusty metal kind of thrown over top of a couple walls full of holes. No running water. No toilet. Dirt on the floor when it is dry, mud when it is
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2008
“We must not be troubled by unbelievers when they say that this promise of reward makes the Christian life a mercenary affair. There are different kinds of reward. There is the reward which has no natural connection with the things you do to earn it, and is quite foreign to the desires that ought
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“Hunger is not so much dependent on lack of material things as on shortage of social resources, the most important of which are institutional. What is missing, in other words, is a network of economic institutions capable of guaranteeing regular access to sufficient food and water for nutritional
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to do what the people want, instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges
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Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
A wise man has said it this way:
“Wherever people find themselves in life, they usually possess the natural desire to move up. They want greater recognition. They want to make more money. They
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 14, 2005
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“But the tongue is as volatile as it is vital. It was Washington Irving who first said, ‘A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.’ It was James, the half brother of Jesus, who first warned: The tongue is a fire…a restless evil and full of deadly poison (James
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PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU
If you commit yourself to taking advantage of opportunities that come your way, you will find that sharing your faith is going to happen naturally. For one thing, People WILL ask you about your connection to God.
We had two examples of this just in the last few weeks from
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Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Oct 22, 2006
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The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless...the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
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Forgive my skepticism, but I’ve conducted highly scientific observations of my children’s bedrooms, and the natural progression of things there isn’t that they get better and better on their own. In fact,
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
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The management regrets that it has come to their attention that workers dying on the job are failing to fall down. This practice must stop, as it becomes impossible to distinguish between death and the natural movement of the staff.
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 1, 2007
According to Wikipedia, "A strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal, most often "winning". Strategy is differentiated from tactics or immediate actions with resources at hand by its
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