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4051. Keep the Pressure Out

Acts 2:38; Mt 28:19-20

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Brett Blair

... they're not alone. When their lights are turned on and you look through the tiny, thick plate-glass windows, what do you see? Fish! These fish cope with extreme pressure in an entirely different way. First, they don't build thick skins; they remain supple and free. Second, they compensate for the outside pressure by equalizing pressure inside themselves - where we have a lot of air pockets inside us that equalizes the pressure of our atmosphere, fish have less air pockets and more water within. So, that ...

4052. The First and the Last

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... , and in seconds the place was an inferno. In the hideous panic that followed, many women and children were trampled as they rushed for the exits, while workmen from a nearby site rushed into the blaze to carry out the trapped women. Some rescuers reached the duchess, who had remained calmly seated behind her booth. "Because of my title, I was the first to enter here. I shall be the last to go out," she said, rejecting their offer of help. She stayed and was burned to death along with more than 120 others.

4053. What Kind of Leader Are You?

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Jon Johnston

... vendetta against the company. Type 3 - calloused. These people didn't know, or care, whether they could do anything for the company; they felt helpless and hopeless, so they kept quiet. Type 4 - conforming. These people also remained quiet, but only because they loathed confrontation and loved approval. The researchers discovered that the courageous managers accomplished the most, reported the highest job satisfaction, and eventually were commended by superiors. Their commitment had certainly improved the ...

4054. One Nation Under God?

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Brett Blair

... would have thought that the population of the US was headed toward a godless future reading this stat from 1992. But compare this first paragraph to a the second which is a Pew poll. Not much has changed. The good news here is that America remains a wonderful field for evangelism and change. 1992 In "One Nation Under God," a statistical map of American religion, summarized in the November 29 issue of Newsweek, Barry Kosmin and Seymour Lachman of the City University of New York have assembled data from 113 ...

4055. Into God's Arms

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On his deathbed, British preacher Charles Simeon smiled brightly and asked the people gathered in his room, "What do you think especially gives me comfort at this time?" When they all remained silent, he exclaimed, "The creation! I ask myself, 'Did Jehovah create the world or did I?' He did! Now if He made the world and all the rolling spheres of the universe, He certainly can take care of me. Into Jesus' hands I can safely commit my spirit!" Hudson Taylor, ...

4056. Out of Sight, But Not Mind

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Henry Scott Holland

Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you ...

4057. Take Life By the Throat

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... he kept it a guarded secret. By the time he reached his fifties, Beethoven was completely deaf. But he refused to give up. He was once overheard shouting at the top of his voice, "I will take life by the throat!" Many of his biographers believe the only reason Beethoven remained productive for so long was this determination.

4058. Discipline: An Unfinished Mind

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... could not rub down a horse; he returned to Oxford and left without a degree. He began a paper called "The Watchman" which lived for ten numbers and then died. It has been said of him, "he lost himself in visions of work to be done, that always remained to be done. Coleridge had every poetic gift but one the gift of sustained and concentrated effort." In his head and in his mind he had all kinds of books, as he said, "completed save for transcription." But the books were never composed outside of Coleridge's ...

4059. Freedom Rings

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Brian Peterson

... divorcee Lynn Peters, the company makes custom jewelry out of wedding rings. Each customer at Freedom Rings pays a fee, and the ring-smashing ceremony begins, complete with champagne and music. Just before the smashing the M.C. says, "We will now release any remaining ties to your past by transforming your ring which represents the past into a token of your new beginning. Now take the hammer. Stop for a moment to consider the transformation that is about to begin your new life. Ready? With this swing let ...

4060. What Might Have Been

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Joeseph Stowell

... not only is there nothing but I tell myself with jealous love that there can be nothing. Besides, if anyone proved to me that Christ was outside the truth and it really was so that the truth was outside Christ, then I would prefer to remain with Christ, than with the truth." Dostoevsky returned to civilian life. He wrote feverishly and produced his prison memories, The House of the Dead, and then Crime and Punishment, followed by many other major works. Yet his church attendance was sporadic, and he never ...

4061. Forever Faithful

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J. Dobson and G. Bauer

... to the Commandant. On the slip of paper were but two words "Semper Fi" the Latin motto of the Marines meaning "forever faithful." With those two simple words Nashton spoke for the millions of Americans who have sacrificed body and limb and their lives for their country those who have remained faithful.

4062. Death's Sting Is Lost Forever

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Martin Luther

... our offenses given; But now at God's right hand He stands And brings us life from heaven; Therefore let us joyful be And sing to God right thankfully Loud songs of hallelujah. It was a strange and dreadful strife When Life and Death contended; The victory remained with Life, The reign of Death was ended; Holy Scripture plainly saith That Death is swallowed up by Death, His sting is lost forever. Then let us feast this Easter Day On Christ, the Bread of Heaven; The Word of Grace hath purged away The old and ...

4063. The Will to Move Forward

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Jim Peterson

... proceed. So the two begin spending more time with each other. He eventually concludes that she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. Now his intellect has sided with the emotions on the idea of marriage. But the final and heaviest vote remains to be cast that of the will. It stops the march toward the altar with the questions, "Am I willing to give up this lifestyle for another? What about my freedom is it worth the trade? Am I willing to assume the added responsibility?" The marriage will ...

4064. Rising From the Ashes

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Tim Hansel

... families except one black family which refused to leave. Clarence recognized the voices of many of the Klansmen, and, as you might guess, some of them were church people. Another was the local newspaper's reporter. The next day, the reporter came out to see what remained of the farm. The rubble still smoldered and the land was scorched, but he found Clarence in the field, hoeing and planting. "I heard the awful news," he called to Clarence, "and I came out to do a story on the tragedy of your farm closing ...

4065. 101 Ways to Spend Your Time

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Tim Kimmel

... 's a good start). Memorize the Twenty-third Psalm as a family. Give each family member a hug for twenty-one days in a row (that's how long the experts say it takes to develop a habit). Pick a night of the week in which the television will remain unplugged. Go out for a non-fast food dinner as a family. Pray for your spouse and children every day. Plan a vacation together. Take a vacation together. Read a chapter from the Bible every day until it becomes a habit. Sit together as a family in church. Surprise ...

4066. When God Created Fathers

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Erma Bombeck

... a small child who wants to ride a horse to Banbury Cross, or scare off mice at the summer cabin, or display shoes that will be a challenge to fill." God worked throughout the night, giving the Father few words, but a firm authoritative voice; eyes that saw everything, but remained calm and tolerant. Finally, almost as an afterthought, he added tears. Then he turned to the angel and said, "Now, are you satisfied that he can love as much as a Mother?" The angel shuteth up.

4067. Religion of the Founders

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Brett Blair

... of the constitution and the amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, not any one sect...in this age there can be no substitute for Christianity...That was the religion of the founders of the republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants...the great vital and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ." There can be no doubt that the founding and the ...

4068. The Jefferson Eight

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... , 1878, the court pulled out Jefferson's speech in its entirety and confirmed that Jefferson also said that Christian principles were never to be separated from government. The Supreme Court used Jefferson's speech for the next 15 years to make sure that Christian principles stayed part of government. It remained this way until 1947, when, in the first time in the Supreme Court's history, the court used only 8 words out of Jefferson's speech.

4069. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

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... on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to ...

4070. Saved by an Arm

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Staff

... Pee Wee Reese came over and stood next to him. He put his arm around Jackie Robinson and faced the crowd. The fans grew quiet. Robinson later said that arm around his shoulder saved his career. 2. Same story different version: One example of friendship remains with me as vividly as the moment I first heard of it as a boy. In his first seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play Major League baseball, faced venom nearly everywhere he traveled fastballs at his head ...

4071. Fruit of the Spirit: On the Fifth Day

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... medical missionaries Bob and Marion Bowers once treated a young man with a paralyzing snake bite and saw him live long enough to accept Christ as his Savior. In many Third World countries, snake bites are common and fatal. For four days, the young man remained unconscious. Under normal circumstances he would have died the day of the snake bite. But on the fifth day he miraculously woke up. That afternoon a group of students from Moffat Bible College came to the hospital to share the gospel with the patients ...

4072. Killer Soap

Galatians 5:22-23

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Richard L. Dunagin

... for a mere five bucks. Sold! Of course, it was nasty dirty, but the savings made the two hours of clean-up a breeze. Those four new fish looked great in their new home, at least for the first day. But by Sunday one had died. Too bad, but three remained. Monday morning revealed a second casualty, and by Monday night a third goldfish had gone belly up. We called in an expert, a member of our church who has a 30-gallon tank. It didn't take him long to discover the problem: I had washed the tank with soap ...

4073. A Bond to Behold

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... young. Of the children studied, only five percent reported close, regular contact with at least one grandparent. The vast majority see their grandparents only infrequently, not because they live too far away, but because the grandparents have chose to remain emotionally distant. These children appear to be hurt, angry, and very perceptive about their grandparents. One of them said, "I'm just a charm on grandma's bracelet." Positive roles that grandparents play are caretaker, storyteller, family historian ...

4074. Feeling Important

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... ; Sometime, when you feel that you're going Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow this simple instruction And see how it humbles the soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water; Put your hand in it, up to the wrist; Pull it out; and the hole that's remaining Is a measure of how you'll be missed. You may splash all you please, when you enter, You can stir up the water galore, But stop and you'll find in a minute That it looks quite the same as before. The moral in this quaint example Is do ...

4075. Innocent Ignorance

Matthew 15:18

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Oswald Chambers

... I never felt any of those awful things in my heart." Either Jesus Christ is the supreme authority on the human heart or He is not worth paying attention to. Am I prepared to trust His judgment or do I prefer to trust my innocent ignorance? As long as I remain under the refuge of innocence, I am living in a fool's paradise. The only thing that safeguards is the redemption found in Jesus Christ. Purity is too deep down for me to get to naturally; but when the Holy Spirit comes in, He brings into the center of ...

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4051. Keep the Pressure Out

Acts 2:38; Mt 28:19-20

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Brett Blair

4052. The First and the Last

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4053. What Kind of Leader Are You?

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Jon Johnston

4054. One Nation Under God?

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Brett Blair

4055. Into God's Arms

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Staff

4056. Out of Sight, But Not Mind

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Henry Scott Holland

4057. Take Life By the Throat

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4058. Discipline: An Unfinished Mind

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4059. Freedom Rings

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Brian Peterson

4060. What Might Have Been

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Joeseph Stowell

4061. Forever Faithful

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J. Dobson and G. Bauer

4062. Death's Sting Is Lost Forever

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Martin Luther

4063. The Will to Move Forward

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Jim Peterson

4064. Rising From the Ashes

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Tim Hansel

4065. 101 Ways to Spend Your Time

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Tim Kimmel

4066. When God Created Fathers

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Erma Bombeck

4067. Religion of the Founders

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Brett Blair

4068. The Jefferson Eight

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4069. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

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Staff

4070. Saved by an Arm

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Staff

4071. Fruit of the Spirit: On the Fifth Day

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4072. Killer Soap

Galatians 5:22-23

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Richard L. Dunagin

4073. A Bond to Behold

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4074. Feeling Important

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4075. Innocent Ignorance

Matthew 15:18

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Oswald Chambers

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