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July 2008
News reports have introduced us to a church choir director named Rocky, who wants to bring down gas prices...
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July 2008
Ludlow Porch is a bit of a Southern legend.
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July 2008
Did you see the television reports of the extraordinary act of sportsmanship at the college women’s softball...
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July 2008
The second-largest building in the world is the palace that President Ceacescieu of Romania built for...
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July 2008
In a particular church they had a lady who was known to be the town gossip.
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July 2008
Harold and Don Reid, two of the legendary Statler Brothers, tell a wonderful story in their book Random...
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July 2008
People use a lot of big words when they speak of Communion.
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Pride
Pride
Recently The Wall Street Journal carried a story from the small town of Erwin,
Tennessee. The local state representative had sponsored several bills and was
responsible for naming 23 bridges in the region. At first he named them for
local heroes. Then he named some for prominent citizens. Then he named some for
his friends. Every bridge has a name. When someone asked long time U.S.
Congressman James H. Quillen if he had noticed all those green signs he said no
but he had noticed the sign on Interstate 181 naming it in his honor -- the
James H. Quillen Parkway! His candor is to be appreciated. And it's quite
natural that we notice things that bear our name. In fact, no letters in print
ever look better to anyone than his own name. That kind of pride is
understandable and excusable. There is another kind of pride that is dangerous
and often the root of evil.
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