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Vol 10 Goldmines quotes and bulletin inserts
Vol 10
#1
Mar
2010
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Sermon a
little too
long?
The preacher asked a man who got up
to leave during the service, “Where are you going? “Out to get a
haircut,” the man replied.
“But why didn’t you get it before you came here?” “I didn’t need
it then.”
Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
Just suppose "church" was like "school" and you 'had to maintain a
passing grade to stay in. How many would "graduate?" How many would
"drop out?"
If absence makes the heart grow fonder, some members must be deeply in
love with the church.
Most of the world does not read the Bible, but reads carefully the
lives – the attitudes and actions – of those who claim to follow the
Bible’s teaching.
Religion should be a steering wheel, not a spare tire.
One of the best evidences of the inspiration of the Bible is the fact
that it has survived the fanaticism of some of its friends.
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin
for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
“The church is the glue that keeps us together when we disagree.
It is the gasoline that keeps us going during the tough times. It
is the guts that enable us to take risks when we need to.” (Mary
Nelson)
- From Leadership Magazine
“Pray” is a four – letter word you can say anywhere – except in public
schools.
In our town where I held a meeting the paper reported—”Leon Hill came
to our town for a revival meeting and did nobody any harm.”
My faithful and wise maid said in response to the question of what
keeps people from praying, "To stiff to bend, I guess."
“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”
- via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted via their
website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is
impassioned, small speech cantankerous." [Chuang-tzu (369
BC - 286 BC), On Leveling All Things]
“The true American religious tradition, the one that disciplines power,
subjugating it to reason, truth and, ultimately, an all-powerful God,
is not a threat to liberty but its best defender.” [Judge Janice
Rogers Brown]
“No small concern of those who created the Constitution was the
prospect of legislative tyranny, the exercise of power for illegitimate
purposes carried out in the name of the majority.” [Gary McDowell] |
Vol 10
#2
Apr
2010 |
“If your day is
hemmed with prayer, it is less likely to come unraveled.”
"God couldn't
re-create the world today in 7 days. He couldn't
get environmental impact clearance permission in under nine months."
(Henry L. Mencken)
- via THE SOWER, a
weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ, Arthur, IL. Ron
Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be contacted through
their website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
When shepherds start speaking well of wolves, the sheep are in big
trouble.
Do not laugh at those who fall. There are, no doubt, some slippery
places
in your own path.
Even if happiness could be bought, most people would not pay the price.
They would still insist that it be given to them.
Even those who doubt their ability have few doubts about their
importance.
If you want to be sure God will hear you when you pray you must make
sure you hear Him when He speaks.
Sermon Quotes
The best way to compliment the preacher on his sermon is to bring
somebody with you to hear the next one.
Very few people find the sermon too long if it is helpful.
Too many folks would rather hear a good sermon on Sunday than to live
one during the week.
It is easy to appreciate any point of a sermon that prods somebody else.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
A
GOOD QUESTION? If someone were to pay you ten cents for every kind
word you ever spoke about people and collect five cents for every
unkind word…...would you be rich or poor?
- via The Central
Message, the weekly bulletin of the Central church of Christ in Paducah
KY. Jim Faughn serves as an elder and preacher for the
congregation. He may be contacted through the church’s website: http://www.centralchurchofchrist.org
Attending church services regularly is like making a path through the
forest ~ the more often you use it, the less obstruction you find in
the way.
- Selections from
Bulletin Digest; via The Central Message, the weekly bulletin of the
Central church of Christ in Paducah KY. Jim Faughn serves as an
elder and preacher for the congregation. He may be contacted
through the church’s website: http://www.centralchurchofchrist.org
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Vol
10
#3
May
2010 |
Before you run words through
your mouth, run them through
your heart and mind first.
Before you give anyone a piece of your mind be sure you can get by with
what you have left.
If you give a piece of your mind to too many people they may begin to
think you are not all there.
One who sings his own praises is often a soloist.
If you want to criticize someone, go look in your mirror.
Criticism is the disapproval of people who have faults different from
yours.
-
via
The
Encourager,
the
weekly
bulletin
for
the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature is apt to fill
it with conceit.
Fool fights with his own shadow.
He who has an inflated ego should wear heavy shoes.
Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient
capital to form a corporation. (Howard Scott)
I would rather be a
coward than brave because people hurt you when you
are brave. (E. M. Forster, 1879-1970)
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Vol
10
#4
Jun
2010 |
Stay
Humble
or
Stumble.
- via The Lantern, Highway church of Christ, Sullivan, IL Visit
their website as http://www.highwaycofc.com
“HUMILITY is that strange thing that the moment you think you have it,
you lost it!” (Unknown source)
THINK ABOUT IT—
What you think of yourself is much more important
than what others think about you.
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we
are foolish.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong. - Matatma Gandhi
- via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted through the congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
I wish people were always as nice as they are when they want something.
If arousing enthusiasm were as easy as arousing suspicion, just think
what we could accomplish.
If you want to succeed you must be easy to start and hard to stop.
It should be comforting to know that God still has His hands on the
wheel of the universe. There’s nobody else I would trust to drive this
world or my life.
The concern of Jesus was not to get people out of the slums. He walked
the squalid streets of the world of his time getting the slums out of
the people. – Paul Harvey
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
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Vol
10
#5
Jul
2010 |
To
be
innocent
is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our
evil inclinations.
A PRAYER TO BE PRAYED MORE OFTEN: "Dear Lord, please keep your arm
around my shoulder, and your hand over my mouth."
"LORD, thank you for this beautiful day! Please help me to see the
beauty in every day, and help others to see the beauty in your wonders.
Guide me through perils toward your brilliant light. Amen." -
Kate E. Ritger, Prayer in All Things
BEING "QUICK TO HEAR": Always listen to the opinions of others.
It probably won't do you any good, but it will them.
"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a
calamity in every opportunity." - Winston Churchill
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT Assistance administration spent $27,000 to find out
why inmates want to escape from prison. (Trib-Bits, Decatur Tribune,
9-5-'04)
- via
THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ, Arthur,
IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be contacted
through the congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
A person may make many mistakes in working for the Lord, but he makes a
much greater mistake in not working for Him.
- via
The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of Christ,
Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells
us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has
come."- Victor Hugo
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Vol
10
#6
Aug
2010 |
All
I
have seen teaches me
to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. (Emerson)
- via the Family Matters, weekly bulletin
of the Jackson church of
Christ in Jackson, MO. Edd Sterchi preaches for the congregation, and
he may be contacted through their website at http://www.jacksonchurchofchrist.com
Nothing is outside the reach of prayer except what is outside the will
of God.
- via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin
for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
God Himself doesn’t propose to judge a man until he is dead. So
why should you?
“God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called.”
“We don’t change the message; the message changes us.”
"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful
hearts and no one to thank." (Christina Georgina Rossetti)
- via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of
the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted through the congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
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Vol 10
#7
Sept
2010
|
Don’t
mistake a poor memory for a clear conscience.
A
friend is someone who oils the hinges of opportunity for others.
Many
of those who repent loud and long sometimes only seem to be bragging.
Strange
isn’t it? People repeat some scandalous rumor while declaring they do
not believe it.
The
difference between a smart man and a wise man: a smart man knows what
to say; a wise man knows whether or not to say it.
The
true test of loyalty may not be willingness to tell your friends about
Christ, but to tell your enemies about Him.
There
is probably some good in every person, but in some it is certainly more
difficult to find than we expect it to be.
To
marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint.
When
Christ was on the cross you were on His mind.
-
via The Encourager, the weekly bulletin for the Dongola church of
Christ, Dongola, IL. Gerald Cowan serves the congregation as
minister. He may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com
TODAY’S
LAUGH: “I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting
harder to find one.”
He
who kneels before God can stand before anyone.
He
who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
-
via THE SOWER, a weekly publication of the Arthur church of Christ,
Arthur, IL. Ron Bartanen, who serves as minister and editor, may be
contacted through the congregation's website: http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
"Happy
he who learns to bear what he cannot change." Johann Friedrich Von
Schiller (1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, historian)
-
H. L. Gradowith For more information on H. L. Gradowith and
GRADOWITH POEMS e-mail group visit http://www.geocities.com/fp5699/ -
the website of Tim Smith, minister of the Enon church of Christ in
Webb, AL.
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