A.W. Tozer writes in the Pursuit of God: “If God is present at every point in space, if we cannot go where he is not, cannot even conceive of a place where He is not, why then has not that Presence become the one universally celebrated fact of the world? The patriarch Jacob, “in the waste howling
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Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf describes his experience at West Point:
When I began as a plebe, “Duty, Honor, Country” was just a motto I’d heard. By the time I left, those values had become my fixed stars. It was a tremendous liberation.
The Army, with its emphasis on rank and medals and efficiency
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 8, 2005
"Batman Begins" movie has a scene in it that I like – Bruce Wayne aka Batman puts on the playboy act—meant to keep people from connecting him with the crusading hero Batman— Wayne’s girlfriend from his past and now a zealous district attorney, saw all that and relates her disappointment in what
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French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her
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I was officiating at a wedding in the Niagara region on Friday, and an older man - a friend of the bride’s family - spoke to me about his spiritual journey. At one point he said, “I know the first thing that I’d like to ask God when I see him face to face”. I thought he might say that he wanted to
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Contributed by Roy Carter on Dec 5, 2005
And near the end of Book 3 of The Chronicles The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Edmund and Lucy find that they have to go back to their world and will not be coming into Narnia anymore
Lucy sobs, “It isn’t Narnia, you know, it’s you. We shan’t meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting
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Those who call themselves “Pagans” describe their faith as a “modern faith recently reconstructed from beliefs, deities, symbols, practices, and other elements of ancient religion. Some of the main examples of this pagan revival include the following:
• Druids: base their religion on the faith
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Contributed by Mark Price on May 12, 2006
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I have been told that in the jungles of South America, that monkey trappers use jars with narrow mouths, hung in trees by wire, to trap their prey. They hang the jars on the branches, and place rocks inside. As the monkeys travel through the trees, the branches rattle the stones in the jars. The
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When I was in the army they had what many of you may have heard night vision goggles in the police department they used them to.
These interesting binoculars enabled the soldier to see even in the event there was no light and the area was dark.
Impossible no it was very possible for this
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Consider these famous predictions that underestimated the incredible power of vision.
• Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in 1943 said, "I think there is a market for maybe five computers in the world."
• Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation said in 1977, "There is
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Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
YET, so MUCH Communication is happening over INTERNET - people DON’T SEE Each Other
SO - IS OUR COMMUNICATION CLEAR? Personally, I’ve found Email & IM – WORST way to communicate because it doesn’t convey my heart or emotions!
New study - University of Chicago confirms / When reading e-mails
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