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4576. What's Your Question

Luke 20:20-40

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Roger von Oech

... deathlike coma. Most individuals would die within twenty-four hours, but occasionally a hardy soul would make it back to the full bloom of health. The problem was that since early eighteenth century medical technology was not very advanced, the unafflicted had quite a difficult time telling whether a victim was dead or alive. This didn't matter too much, though, because most of the people were, in fact, dead. Then one day it was discovered that someone had been buried alive. This alarmed the townspeople ...

4577. Coincidental Births

Children

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In Texas a group of expectant fathers were in a waiting room, while their wives were in the process of delivering babies. A nurse came in and announced to one man that his wife had just given birth to twins. "That's quite a coincidence" he responded, "I play for the Minnesota Twins!" A few minutes later another nurse came in and announced to another man that he was the father of triplets. "That's amazing," he exclaimed, "I work for the 3M company." At that point, a third man slipped off his ...

4578. God and the Republic

Matt 22:20

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One of the changes that came with the rise to power of Oliver Cromwell in 17th-century England was the nation's coinage. New coins were struck with the engraving "God with Us" on one side, and on the reverse "The Republic of England." One old nobleman, a royalist and anti-Puritan to the core, saw the coins and commented: "Quite proper that God and the republic should be on different sides."

4579. Are You an Avid Fan?

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Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I've had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can't get me near one of those places again. Want to know why... Every time I went, they asked me for money. The people with whom I had to sit didn't seem very friendly. The seats were too hard and ...

4580. A Vow of Silence

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... anything to say?" The monk replied, "Food bad." After another 10 years the monk again had opportunity to voice his thoughts. He said, "Bed hard." Another 10 years went by and again he was called in before his superior. When asked if he had anything to say, he responded, "I quit." "It doesn't surprise me a bit, said the superior. You've done nothing but complain ever since you got here."

4581. In the President's Pockets

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Charles Swindoll

... by John Bright which says that Abraham Lincoln is "one of the greatest men of all times." Today that's common knowledge. The world now knows that British statesman John Bright was right in his assessment of Lincoln, but in 1865 millions shared quite a contrary opinion. The President's critics were fierce and many. His was a lonely agony that reflected the suffering and turmoil of his country ripped to shreds by hatred and a cruel, costly war. There is something touchingly pathetic in the mental picture ...

4582. The Testimony of a Good Conscience

1 Tim 1:19

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C.F.H. Henry

... offense. I should be living in such perfect sympathy with God's Son that in every circumstance the spirit of my mind is renewed. The one thing that keeps the conscience sensitive to Him is the habit of being open to God on the inside. When there is any debate, quit. There is no debate possible when conscience speaks.

4583. Truth or Fiction

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G. Campbell Morgan

... the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing before crowds night after night with fiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching the essential and unchangeable truth, and I am not getting any crowd at all." Macready's answer was this: "This is quite simple. I can tell you the difference between us. I present my fiction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fiction."

4584. Criticism: A Real Compliment

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Rohrer, Hibler and Replogle

Constructive criticism is an invaluable source of information for those who accept it. Quite often we spend more time justifying, excusing or rationalizing an error, than in trying to understand and benefit from criticism. When we are non-defensive we become aware that constructive criticism is a real compliment to us. The person offering it is usually uncomfortable in doing so, but if he ...

4585. Finishing the Race

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John E. Anderson

... was the 400 meter semifinal in which British runner Derek Redmond tore a hamstring and fell to the track. He struggled to his feet and began to hobble, determined to complete the race. His father ran from the stands to help him off the track, but the athlete refused to quit. He leaned on his father, and the two limped to the finish line together, to deafening applause.

4586. The Devil's Chief Device

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Charles W. Colson

... power. That there ought to prevail among them such a reverence for the ministry of the word and the sacraments that wherever they perceive these things to be, there they must consider the church to exist...nor need it be of any hindrance that some points of doctrine are not quite so pure, seeing that there is scarcely any church which has not retained some remnants of former ignorance."

4587. A Bald Eagle

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... with a bow and arrow and said to him, "I wish you would bring down that eagle up there." The man said he would if he had some feathers for his arrow. So the jealous eagle pulled one out of his wing. The arrow was shot, but it didn't quite reach the rival bird because he was flying too high. The first eagle pulled out another feather, then another until he had lost so many that he himself couldn't fly. The archer took advantage of the situation, turned around, and killed the helpless bird. Moody made this ...

4588. Believing What You Cannot See

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Richard Mayhue

Augustine said, "What is faith, unless it is to believe what you cannot see." This is the obvious description, but scripture has quite a bit to say about what exactly faith is: Definition of faith: Hebrews 11:1. Faith is derived from the Word of God: Romans 10:17 Faith's demand: Hebrews 11:6 Faith's design: 2 Corinthians 5:7 The dualism of faith: Hebrews 4:2 Faith's duty: Romans 1:17 live by it.

4589. Dad's Favorite Sayings

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... Peer pressure is a crack in the armor of your own conviction. Knowing what's right from wrong is education, doing what's right is execution. The latter is the hard part. The difference always is attitude. You have to eat an elephant in small bites. The one who quits last wins. Potential means you haven't done your best yet. Do you know what happened when I found out all the answers? They changed all the questions. The golden rule: the guy who's got the gold makes the rules. If everybody else is doing it, it ...

4590. The Rules of Prediction

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... nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. Another basic law: If the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. If you've always had doubts about the judgments of forecasters, it's quite understandable because: An economist is a man who would marry Farrah Fawcett-Majors for her money. By the same reasoning, your suspicions about the narrow range of most forecasts are justified: The herd instinct among forecasters make sheep look like independent thinkers. When ...

4591. The Journey Beyond

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... distress she wrote Todd a letter. Would death mean the end of everything, or could she hope for something beyond? Here, condensed from The Autobiography of John Todd, is the letter he sent in reply: "It is now thirty-five years since I, as a boy of six, was left quite alone in the world. You sent me word you would give me a home and be a kind mother to me. I have never forgotten the day I made the long journey to your house. I can still recall my disappointment when, instead of coming for me yourself, you ...

4592. A Caddie Worth Having

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... after that because of his health. He died a few months later. One morning I was playing a round with William carrying my bag. Spring was running riot all over Westchester County and the fields and hedges were alive with blossoms. William gathered flowers until he had quite a bouquet. 'Who's the girl, William?' I asked. 'I haven't any girl, sir,' he said sheepishly. 'They're for my friend, the doctor twice a week I take flowers to his grave.' "You see," the man went on, "the doctor took him down South that ...

4593. Speak the Language

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... crowd. The door to the cage was unlocked, the man stepped inside, then the door was locked behind him. At the sight of this stranger in his cage the elephant threw back his trunk, let out a might roar, then bent his head preparing to charge. The man stood quite still, a faint smile on his face as he began to talk to the animal. The audience was so quiet that those nearest the cage could hear the man talking but couldn't make out the words; he seemed to be speaking some foreign language. Slowly, as the man ...

4594. Scratch the Surface

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J.M. Boice

... He will never let one of His children have anything rather than Himself." Years later he met the girl again, and she confessed that this had indeed been her life story. She had dabbled in the stage. Once her picture had been in a national magazine. But she had never quite made it. She told Barnhouse, "I can't tell you how many times in my discouragement I have closed my eyes and seen you scratching on that postal box with your key. God let me scratch the edges, but He gave me nothing in place of Himself."

4595. Feeling Important

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... , 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 just the best that you can, Be proud of yourself, but remember There's NO indispensable man!

4596. Building a Bright Future

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He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He knew he would never get anywhere without more schooling, so he ...

4597. Empty Attack

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... antiaircraft guns. That was not unusual, but on this particular occasion our gas tanks were hit. Later, as I reflected on the miracle of a twenty-millimeter shell piercing the fuel tank without touching off an explosion, our pilot, Bohn Fawkes, told me it was not quite that simple. On the morning following the raid, Bohn had gone down to ask our crew chief for that shell as a souvenir of unbelievable luck. The crew chief told Bohn that not just one shell but eleven had been found in the gas tanks eleven ...

4598. A Bald Eagle

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... saw a sportsman one day, and said to him: "I wish you would bring down that eagle." The sportsman replied that he would if he only had some feathers to put into the arrow. So the eagle pulled one out of his wing. The arrow was shot, but didn't quite reach the rival eagle; it was flying too high. The envious eagle pulled out more feathers, and kept pulling them out until he lost so many that he couldn't fly, and then the sportsman turned around and killed him. My friend, if you are jealous, the only man you ...

4599. Pucker Up in the Morning

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... for this, says Dr. Sazbo, is that the kissers begin the day with a positive attitude. A kiss signifies a sort of seal of approval, offer Sazbo and his colleagues, and they believe, those who don't experience it, for whatever reason, go out the door feeling not quite right about themselves. Whether you give this study any credence or not, an au revoir kiss every morning can do you no harm. Maybe you can expand the study and write a book, Pucker Up to Grow Rich, Feel Good, and Live Longer. It could be a best ...

4600. Monster Rehab

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... me, was to throw yourself against the barbed wire fence as if trying to escape and be shot instantly by the guards. Johnny said that one night, deeply discouraged, depressed, and sick with despair and hunger, he slipped out of the barracks and walked toward the fence, not quite sure whether he ought simply to end it all. He sat down on the bare ground thinking. He sensed movement in the dark on the other side of the barbed wire. It was a Polish farmer. He had half a potato in his hand. He thrust the potato ...

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4576. What's Your Question

Luke 20:20-40

Illustration

Roger von Oech

4577. Coincidental Births

Children

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Staff

4578. God and the Republic

Matt 22:20

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Staff

4579. Are You an Avid Fan?

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Staff

4580. A Vow of Silence

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Staff

4581. In the President's Pockets

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Charles Swindoll

4582. The Testimony of a Good Conscience

1 Tim 1:19

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C.F.H. Henry

4583. Truth or Fiction

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G. Campbell Morgan

4584. Criticism: A Real Compliment

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Rohrer, Hibler and Replogle

4585. Finishing the Race

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John E. Anderson

4586. The Devil's Chief Device

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Charles W. Colson

4587. A Bald Eagle

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4588. Believing What You Cannot See

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Richard Mayhue

4589. Dad's Favorite Sayings

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Staff

4590. The Rules of Prediction

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Staff

4591. The Journey Beyond

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4592. A Caddie Worth Having

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4593. Speak the Language

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4594. Scratch the Surface

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J.M. Boice

4595. Feeling Important

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4596. Building a Bright Future

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4597. Empty Attack

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4598. A Bald Eagle

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Staff

4599. Pucker Up in the Morning

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Staff

4600. Monster Rehab

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

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