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In my home town there was a company that purchased some land and began to build what
was to become a large grocery store. The foundation was laid, the frame of the building
was erected, then, for some unknown reason, all work stopped. For years the unfinished
building stood as a sort of
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 4, 2002
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Swindoll’s observation, MOSES p. 107)
I believe there are many who have not responded to God’s call on their lives--many who may miss opportunities to flame brightly for Him, like a radiant city shining on a hilltop. I speak to so many who are waiting for some kind of curious sign in the heavens,
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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In evangelical individualism people think of their personal relationship with God in isolation (“Just me and Jesus”) and forge their destiny apart from any church authority. While holding relatively low opinions of history, traditions, and the church, they turn to the experiences of self and
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
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Astronaut James Erwin is one of but a few men to walk on the moon. As he stood upon the lunar landscape and looked up at the earth, he prayed for the first time in his life. He thought about the strife among nations, poverty, hunger, and rampant evil; and he thought to himself: "What is more
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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The Duke of Wellington, the British military leader who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, was not an easy man to serve under. He was brilliant, demanding, and not one to shower his subordinates with compliments. Yet even Wellington realized that his methods left something to be desired. In his old age
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Contributed by Steven Chapman on Nov 6, 2000
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In the article "The American Witness" in the Nov/Dec 1997 issue of The Barna Report, George Barna examined 131 different measures of attitudes, behaviors, values, and beliefs. In that study he concluded that in the aspects of lifestyle where Christians can have their greatest impact on the lives of
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Contributed by Erik Hinchey on Apr 28, 2005
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Adventure looks like crossing a brisk stream on long hills in the woods, listening to the squirrels as they scamper across the underbrush; it looks like climbing a sheer rock face, with only your grip and determination as a safety device.
These images remind us of our intended adventure, of our
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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Listen to this dreary inscription on a gravestone in Britain near Windsor Castle:
Pause, my friend, as you walk by;
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you will be.
Prepare, my friend, to follow me!
A
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Charismatic
Contributed by Roy Carter on Dec 12, 2005
Gene Vieth in his Book “The Soul of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” brings up an interesting point here. He says that after Edmund leaves the Beaver’s house, Lewis begins writing from Edmunds point of view and that forces us see things from Edmunds point of view. It reminds us we have done
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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Francois Fenelon, a 17th century French mystic who wrote the classic Christian Perfection, spoke eloquently of the denial of death: “We consider ourselves immortal, or at least as though [we are] going to live for centuries. Folly of the human spirit! Every day those who die soon follow those who
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 19, 2006
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Winston Churchill designed his own funeral, which took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The dome was the model for our US Capitol building in DC. I was privileged to visit St Paul’s several years ago. At Churchill’s direction, at the close of the service, a bugler positioned high up in
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Congregational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 9, 2006
Trekkie fans – familiar with Tuvok and his Vulcan mind meld. By placing his fingers strategically on another’s face their thoughts become his thoughts and the Vulcan would say, “Our minds are one.”
This is the picture language of Fellowship in this text. They were a living, breathing organism that
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Salvation Army
Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
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TOMORROW
He was going to be all that a mortal should be
Tomorrow
No one would be better than he
Tomorrow
Each morning he stacked up the letters he would write
Tomorrow
It was too bad indeed he was too busy to see Bill, but he promised to do it
Tomorrow
The greatest of workers this man would
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2006
In his essay on morality in the book, “Mere Christianity”, Lewis made a strong argument for the worth of the individual in light of Christianity’s teaching that people are eternal and not simply ceasing to exist when they leave this world.
“If individuals live only seventy years, then a state,
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
I remember when I first left school at 16 with no qualifications, yet I got a job and earnt a living what could I do with all the extra income I had? My mother told me to take driving lessons. I had 26 lessons in all, it was money well spent it was intense but I devoted myself to passing the test.
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