Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 28, 2011
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TWO MEN, TWO SOILS
Two of the men have impacted my life. Both of them died of cancer. For many years one of these men allowed his CIRCUMSTANCES to harden him towards those in his family and towards God.
I thought my dad was about as far away from God as he could be. He seemed to be represented
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
MEET ME AT THE MEN'S STORE
Paying my way through Ohio State University was demanding, but the benefit was worth the struggle. My father had died during my senior year in high school, and my mother had become blind. With her encouragement, however, I enrolled in the University on the eve of the
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"There are a large number of men and women in the church whose businesses are very successful; however, many give to the kingdom a fraction of what they've earned. Even though they are hugely successful in society's eyes, what will be the Master's view of what they've held on to? Even in they made
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
Martyrs p222 -223 MacAuthurs Matthew
Over 300 years of Roman persecution Christians dug nearly 600 miles of catacombs beneath the city of Rome. Archaelolgists estimate 4 million bodies buried there. Perhaps 50 million killed in Dark Ages, and millions in our own century by
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Contributed by Benjamin Karner on Sep 18, 2009
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40 MEN DIE FOR CHRIST
One such story took place in 328 B.C. in a city high in the icy mountains of Armenia.
It was a bitterly cold winter and in the middle of that winter an order came from the Roman emperor that every man, woman, and child under the rule of his empire must bow down to
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 11, 2002
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According to a recent poll of American young adult men, 48% believe that most of the problems in the world today are a result of man himself. Only 41% indicated agreement that Jesus has provided the way to know God personally. Only 29% could correctly state how one becomes a Christian. But 67% were
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 26, 2002
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Young William Wilberforce was discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his 10 year battle against the slave trade in England. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter
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In the 1950¡¦s comedy classic ¡§I Love Lucy,¡¨ one episode dealt with Lucy¡¦s lack of cooking skills. She had no clue how much yeast to use. She kept dumping it in¡Kone box, two, three. She left the bread in the refrigerator for a while as she talked on the phone. When she returned the kitchen
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United Methodist
Contributed by Rick Stacy on Feb 24, 2003
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Consider some of the dumb things people have said through the years:
1859 – "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to find oil? You’re crazy!" - the employees to Edwin L. Drake before his first successful oil well near Titusville, Penn
1899 – "Everything that can be invented has been
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Contributed by Jose Diaz on Nov 18, 2003
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Ilustración: Tomas Alba Edison realizo 3,000 experimentos antes de inventar la bombilla. Cuando iba por el experimento numero 1,500 un periodista le dijo: señor Edison, usted ha fracasado 1,500 veces tratando de hacer una bombilla. No le dice esto que es tiempo de rendirse y aceptar que es
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Seventh-Day Adventist