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I've Become Convinced That The Problem With ... PRO
Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006 (message contributor)
“I’ve become convinced that the problem with believing the Bible is not based on what we don’t understand about the Bible – but it’s based on what we do understand about the Bible.
“What we do understand challenges everything about us. Jesus calls us to follow him, and that means we have to give up our life. That, I think, is the major reason why people don’t want to believe in the Gospels, because it involves self-surrender, the hardest thing in life to do.” (Dr. Scot...
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Pornography Now Nets Over $40 Billion A Year ... PRO
Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Jul 26, 2004
Pornography now nets over $40 billion a year selling 400 porno magazines openly. The 3rd largest grossing industry in the US is illegal drug sales. 15 million alcoholics cause over half of our traffic deaths, and that number increases by 1500 every day. Shoplifting losses net over $30 ...read more
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There's A Far Side Cartoon That Shows A Bum ... PRO
Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Jan 12, 2005
There’s a Far Side cartoon that shows a bum sitting in a dirty alley, and there’s a giant bug next to him. And the bug is saying, “There I was, vice president, stock options, corner office, Mercedes, then one day someone comes in and says, “Wait a minute! He’s nothing but a giant cockroach!” Very ...read more
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When She Turned 21, Tammy Harris From Roanoke, ...
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to a recent Associated Press story, there ...read more
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Quote From Jerry Vines, ...
Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 2, 2005
Quote from Jerry Vines, http://elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+2567 “Our churches are in serious trouble today. There is virtually no difference between the average church member and the person who is not a Christian. God meant for the Christian to be different, to live a different ...read more
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From National Public Radio -- June 6, 2002 -- ...
Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 19, 2005
From National Public Radio -- June 6, 2002 -- Writer Bob Greene calls it "the miracle of the trains." Starting in December 1941 and throughout World War II, volunteers in North Platte, Neb., greeted and comforted millions of soldiers and sailors heading off to battle as troop trains made brief ...read more
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