Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 2, 2012
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THE HOLMES BROTHERS ON PRIDE
The brilliant physician and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and his brother John represent two radically different views on the subject of flattery.
Dr. Holmes loved to collect compliments, and when he was older he indulged his pastime by saying to someone who had
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Brethren
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SO THE BLIND COULD SEE
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her
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Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
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I walked into the kitchen one afternoon and saw a big white cake that had just been frosted. I love white cake. It’s my favorite. And my wife Betty can really make a mean one.
So I found Betty and asked her, “Who is that white cake for?”
She looked at me and shrugged, “Whoever.”
Now she didn’t
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Calvary Chapel
There are 4 levels of spiritual maturity for believers in Christ. I have created the names of each phase to add to this great quote from John Maxwell:
#1 - REBELLION: I'm going to do what I want regardless of what God says.
#2 - CONDITIONAL LOVE: If God gives me what I want, I will give Him
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After one of our members came down with the flu, was in intensive care for 10 days, we became very aware of how easily it is passed, especially to our elderly members. Which brought about these thoughts.
1) You are 70% Less likely to get the flu (or pass it) if you wash your hands properly.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is the story of a lady who had just completed university
She had been offered a job with an accounting firm
She is a mother of three who were at the time were 12, 15 and 18
but just before she takes up the position she has a regular check up and her doctor discovers she has cancer
not long
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: "I’d like to say here in a court of law, and
speaking as an old man, that nine-tenths of my troubles are traceable to my being kind to others. Look, you young people, if you want to steer away from trouble, be
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 4, 2007
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You see “perfect” in terms of God’s expectation of us does not mean sinless - we can’t be sinless we’ve already blown that! But perfection when understood in the context of progression is possible. Let Odessa Texas’ Permian Cougars coach Gary Gaines explain it.
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Christian Church
William Penn actually wrote a prayer for Philadelphia which today still hangs in Philadelphia’s City Hall:
i. An thou, Philadelphia, the Virgin settlement of this province named before thou wert born, what love, what care. What service and what traveil have there been to bring thee forth and
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