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Repentance

Biblical repentance reestablishes credibility with the world and fellowship with the Lord. The seven "what's" of 2 Corinthians 7:11 are seven marks of godly sorrow: (1) Earnestness to do right. (2) Ea...

Complaints

A guy joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence. He's allowed to say two words every seven years. After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. "Cold floors," he s...

Sin

It is reported that Gandhi taught his own version of the seven deadly sins. He said the seven deadly sins were: 1) Wealth without work, 2) Pleasure without conscience, 3) Knowledge without character, ...

Pornography

According to a U.S. government study based on over 200,000 pieces of pornography, nearly three-quarters of all pornographic material is prepared for children under the age of 18. Pornography in the U...

Calvary

Recently it was announced that Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain, is actually seven feet taller than was formerly thought. When you think that the mountain is more than 29,000 feet above sea l...

Thanksgiving

Have you read the story about the teacher who asked her pupils what they thought the Seven Wonders of the World were for today? ...

What Is Love?

A group of 4-8 year olds was asked, "What does love mean?" Here are some of their answers: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore so my grandfather d...

Illustration: Competition, Competence

A good business person knows business, as well as is able to maintain an excellent sense of humor....

Deception

A large family of seven children moved to a new city. The parents didn't want to buy a home immediately, preferring to rent a townhouse until they could get a feel for the area and choose a home where...

Instruction of Children

One percent of the child's time is spent under the influence of the Sunday school: seven percent under the influence of the public school; 92 percent under the influence of the home. -Albert ...

Communion

In his famous autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton wrote of the death of Christ and used three little prases: He was sacrificed for us, by us and with us. We understand that it was for ...

Transformation - Power Of The Gospel

During the 1840's in the Fiji Islands of the Pacific, a man was worth $7. You could buy a man for a musket. After you bought him, you could starve him, work him to death, whip him or eat him. (Canniba...

Entertainment, Holiness, Temptaion

Do we realize how entertainment crazy Americans really are? The top ten Yahoo searches of 2003 were all popular and entertainment related. 1. KaZaA 2. Harry Potter 3. American Idol 4. Britney Spears 5...

Church

After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented, "The choir was awful thismorning." The father commented, "The sermon was too long." Their 7-year-old daughter added, "You've got to admit, Dad, it ...

Parental Weakness

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years....

Perseverance

One of my favorite quotations was given to us by the great Samuel Johnson. He said, "Great works are performed not be strength but by perseverance. He that shall walk with vigor, three hours a...

Illustration: Heaven

The Sultan of Brunei owns 500 Rolls Royce automobiles, seven airplanes and two helicopters. His palace is the largest residence in the world with 1,788 rooms and 257 bathrooms—but it pales in comparis...

Mountains

Dick Bass and Frank Wells became the first persons to climb the tallest mountain on each continent. They wrote a book about their adventures called "Seven Summits." Now Bass has written another book c...

Marriage, Timing

Bob got home from work at his usual hour of 5 p.m., only to discover that it had not been one of his wife's better days....

Age

Kant wrote his famous philosophical work at the age of seventy-four. Verdi wrote Ave Maria at the age of eighty-five. At the age of eighty Tennyson wrote Crossing The Bar, Goethe finished Faust, and M...