Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
Rico Tice makes an interesting observation in his book, Christianity Explored: “I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing myself. In fact, my experience of Christianity was limited to a few dull sermons, slightly spooky people in strange garments, hanging about in dank halls and religious
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2007
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Guard Your Name
You got it from your father,
it was all he had to give
So it’s yours to use and cherish,
for as long as you may live.
If you lose the watch he gave you,
it can always be replaced.
But a black mark on your name, son,
can never be erased.
It was clean the day you took it,
and a
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
BOATING ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
One family was filled with skilled boaters and water-skiers. They often skied not on nice, glassy lakes but on the huge, choppy Chesapeake Bay.
To one preschool nephew, however, the experience was absolutely horrifying. It seemed to him that everyone would be thrown
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Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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THE BEGGAR AND THE BREAD
A beggar came and sat before me. "I want bread," he said.
"How wise you are," I assured him. "Bread is what you need. And you have come to the right bakery." So I pulled my cookbook down from my shelf and began to tell him all I knew about bread.
I spoke of flour and
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
In the early days of our history frontier travelers were dependent upon ferry boats to get them across our nation’s rivers. The story is told of a wise old ferry boat captain who made it a practice to talk to his passengers as he ferried them back and forth across the river.
On one side he
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
In the early days of our history frontier travelers were dependent upon ferry boats to get them across our nation’s rivers. The story is told of a wise old ferry boat captain who made it a practice to talk to his passengers as he ferried them back and forth across the river.
On one side he
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2004
For example… let’s say that next week I get a chance to go to California. While I’m there, I rent a car and drive around the state capital. I’m stopped at a stoplight and I get rear-ended by a very expensive car. I’m not really hurt, but I’m a little upset. I get out of my car and the other driver
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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Laws of Stewardship, Sowing and Reaping
A few of the Laws of Stewardship and of Sowing and Reaping:
THE LAW OF RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP – Nothing truly belongs to us; everything actually belongs to God.
THE LAW OF PURPOSEFUL POSSESSION – Wise stewards are guided by lordship, not “hoardship.”
THE LAW
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 20, 2001
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Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl;
The one was wise, and a cheery soul.
The other one took a gloomy view
And bade his friend a sad adieu.
Said the other frog with a merry grin,
"I can’t get out, but I won’t give in;
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Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 24, 2001
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Charles Swindoll says, “To walk by faith does not mean that we stop thinking. To trust God does not imply becoming slovenly or lazy or apathetic. What a distortion of biblical faith! You and I need to trust God for our finances, but that is no license to spend foolishly. You and I ought to trust
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Contributed by Philip Cairns on Feb 1, 2002
Nelson Mandela was recently interviewed on Oprah. It was a great interview. Oprah asked him the question - "What was the #1 reason for your success - keeping sane in prison, remaining humble as a leader?" Mandela’s answer was strong and unequivocal - the most important thing, much more important
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 26, 2003
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ILLUSTRATION… Governor John Connally Quote
I was reading recently of events that happened back in 1963 when John F Kennedy was tragically gunned down. It was the Texas Governor of the time John Connally who was wounded in the gun attack. He and his wife Nellie were in the motorcade that day. In
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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In addition we have the record of Josephus, a Jewish writer who was not a Christian either, who records the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth.
He wrote this:
Now there was about this time Jesus a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 5, 2005
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In 1269 Kublai Khan sent a request from Peking to Rome for "a hundred wise men of the Christian religion...And so I shall be baptized, and when I shall be baptized all my baron and great men will be baptized, and their subjects baptized, and so there will be more Christian here than there are in
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Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
A. Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book: Mowgli, the man cub, asks the animals what’s
the most feared thing in the jungle. He’s told that when two animals meet on a narrow
path that one must step aside and let the other pass. The animal that steps aside for no
one would then be the most
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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Give the first and best. The goal is to be reached at any cost. On August 11, 1978, Double Eagle II, a large helium balloon, and her crew of three, eased into an almost windless sky above the potato fields of Maine. Their destination was Paris, France. The aerodynamics of ballooning are somewhat
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Charles Swindoll says, ¡§To walk by faith does not mean that we stop thinking. To trust God does not imply becoming slovenly or lazy or apathetic. What a distortion of biblical faith! You and I need to trust God for our finances, but that is no license to spend foolishly. You and I ought to trust
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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