Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 17, 2007
BF Skinner p world famous psychologist, proved through experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn more much more rapidly and retain what it learns longer than an animal punished for bad behavior. He later discovered it also worked with humans. The scriptures show children
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Wesleyan
In giving his personal advises near the end of his classic work A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION John Wesley affirms:
God does nothing but in answer to prayer; and even
they who have been converted to God without
praying for it themselves, (which is exceeding
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
I LIKE WHAT THE FORMER PRO GOLFER FROM GEORGIA, DOUG SANDERS, SAID, "I AM WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN TO GET MY LIFE AND MY CASH TO RUN OUT AT THE SAME TIME. IF I CAN DIE RIGHT AFTER LUNCH ON TUESDAY, EVERYTHING WILL BE
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Contributed by Samuel Wilder on Nov 10, 2008
"God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken
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Baptist
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009
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LIGHT OR GO BLIND
A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark passages below to preserve their
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dr Kory Letoa on Sep 4, 2011
ON ACTION
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Charles de Gaulle
Action should not be confused with haste.
Lee Iacocca
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
J. F.
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Holiness
Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 30, 2018
Dr. John Geddie, a Presbyterian missionary, went to Aneityum, an island in the South Pacific in 1848 and worked there for God for 24 years. On a tablet erected to his memory in the church where he preached, these words are inscribed:
When he landed, in 1848, there were no Christians. When he
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Christian Church
Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005
I think of the privilege I had of having God hear me. It was when I was living in South Africa and I was seeking God’s will as to my future. At the time I was a research forester. I was coming to the end of my government contract and I had been asked to become a permanent employee but I was
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 13, 2010
DOES GOD HAVE THE SAY?
WE HAVE JUST MOVED TO SYDNEY NSW from the Whitsundays in Queensland, Australia. I didn't come seeking a better position, certainly not better scenery or more money. We don't even have our own house to live in at present. When we moved, we moved because we knew that God was
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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