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Vol 8
Goldmines quotes and bulletin
inserts
Vol
8
#1
Mar
2008
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"A happy
childhood is poor
preparation for human
contacts." (Colette)
I am determined that my
children shall be
brought up in their
father's religion, if
they can find out what
it is. (Charles
Lamb)
One brow wrinkle is the
result of 200,000
frowns. (“Real
Facts #168 Snapple
bottle top)
“Be kind to unkind
people—they need it the
most.” (Anonymous)
“It is not the parts of
the Bible I don’t
understand that bother
me. It’s the parts I do
understand.” (Mark
Twain)
It only takes one
counterfeit Christian to
put all Christians under
suspicion.
No two people are
exactly alike, and
probably both are glad
of it.
One purpose of a wedding
ring is to cut off your
circulation.
Your day often goes the
way the corners of your
mouth turn.
- 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
Never comes mortal
utterance so near to
eternity as when a child
utters words of loving
praise to a mother.
Every syllable drops
into the jewel box of
her memory to be
treasured forever and
ever. (George B. Lyon)
- via The
Lantern, Highway
church of Christ,
Sullivan, IL
Visit their website at
http://www.highwaycofc.com
“Let us remember that,
as much as has been
given us, much will be
expected from us, and
that true homage comes
from the heart as well
as the lips, and shows
itself in deeds.”
(Theodore Roosevelt)
- via The
Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the
Calvert City church of
Christ, Calvert City,
KY. Lance Cordle
preaches for the
congregation. He
may be contacted
through the
congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
THE AVERAGE DURATION of
an American marriage is
now 9.4 years.
THE MOST NEGLECTED
ability is that of being
able to mind one’s own
business.
SENSE OF HUMOR: What
makes you laugh at
something which would
have made you mad if it
had happened to you.
“Thinking is the hardest
work there is, which is
the probable reason why
so few engage in it.”
(Henry Ford)
- 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 at - ron33dor@yahoo.com You may
also visit their
website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Keep your head and your
heart going in the right
direction and you will
not have to worry about
your feet.
- via the
weekly bulletin of the
Harrisburg church of
Christ in Harrisburg,
IL. Edd Sterchi
serves as one of the
congregation's
ministers. He
may be contacted at sterchi@midwest.net
You may visit their
website at http://www.harrisburgchurchofchrist.org
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Vol
8
#2
Apr
2008 |
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"Be
ye fishers of men.
You catch them-He'll clean
them."
IT TAKES COURAGE to stand
up and be counted, but to
keep on standing up after
being counted is the real
test.
"The man who prides
himself on having courage
to say what he thinks
should be sure he thinks."
“A Christian should be
like a good watch: open
face, busy hands, pure
gold, well regulated, and
full of good works
MADE A MISTAKE? Then
replace "If only." with
"Next time."
- 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 at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You may also visit their
website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
Success is sweet, but the
secret to it is sweat.
Any person who criticizes
you for the way you do a
good work places himself
under a solemn obligation
to do that same work in a
better way.
No one ever got lost on a
straight and narrow road
if he stayed on it.
What a person is can be
determined in large part
by what he does when he
has nothing to do.
You will never reach the
right destination by
traveling in the wrong
direction.
- 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
Never give the devil a
ride, he will always want
to drive.
Not to have control over
the senses is like sailing
in a rudderless ship,
bound to break to pieces
on coming in contact with
the very first rock
(Mahatma Gandhi).
- via The
Lantern, Highway church
of Christ, Sullivan,
IL Visit their
website at http://www.highwaycofc.com
Keep your face turned
toward the sunshine and
the shadows will fall
behind you.
- via The
Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the Calvert
City church of Christ,
Calvert City, KY.
Lance Cordle preaches
for the
congregation. He
may be contacted through
the congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
Avoid suspicion:
When you are walking
through your neighbor’s
melon patch don’t tie your
shoe. – Chinese Proverb
- via the Main
Street Monitor, the
weekly bulletin for the
Main Street church of
Christ in Manchester,
TN. You can visit
their website at: http://www.mainstreetcofc.org
Putting off an easy thing
makes it hard, and putting
off a hard one makes it
impossible! (George
Lorimer)
Success seems to be
largely a matter of
hanging on after others
have let go (William
Feather).
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Vol
8
#3
May
2008 |
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"TEMPER
is what gets most of us
into trouble. Pride keeps
us there."
“Nothing makes people go
into debt like trying to
keep up with people who
are already in debt.”
If it is true that "to err
is human" - some are
apparently more human than
others.
To err is human, but to
remain in error is stupid.
The longer a person
remains in error the more
certain he becomes that he
is right.
“He who falls in love with
himself will have no
rivals.” (Anonymous)
- 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 at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You
may
also visit their website
at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
SENTENCE SERMONS
There is a
difference between having
something to say and
having to say something.
It is a terrible
condemnation of any
Christian that no one
would suspect him of it.
When a person turns green
with envy it is a sure
sign he is ripe for
trouble.
The wages of sin will
never be reduced. (Rom.
6:23)
- 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 hypocrite is
someone who is not himself
on Sunday."
ANGER
is just one letter short
of DANGER! (Wise Words and
Quotes)
- via The Encourager,
the weekly bulletin for
the Calvert City church
of Christ, Calvert City,
KY. Lance Cordle
preaches for the
congregation. He
may be contacted through
the congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
Generally speaking,
you aren’t learning much
when your lips are moving.
Never miss a good chance
to shut-up.
The journey of a thousand
miles begins with a broken
fan belt and leaky tire.
If you lend someone $20
and never see that person
again, it was probably
worth it.
Always remember that
you’re unique. Just
like everyone else.
- via The Lantern,
Highway church of
Christ, Sullivan,
IL Visit their
website at http://www.highwaycofc.com
I define ego as Edging God
Out. (Kenneth Blanchard;
from Leadership Magazine)
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Vol
8
#4
Jun
2008 |
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A fellow who has
to keep declaring he is
not a fool is giving
others a reason to think
he is.
Gossip is like mud
thrown at a clean wall.
It may not stick, but it
always leaves a dirty
mark.
Abraham Lincoln’s motto:
I will prepare myself
and opportunity will
come.
- 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
“Be always at war with
your vices, at peace
with your neighbors, and
let each New Year find
you a better man.” (Ben
Franklin)
- via The
Encourager, the weekly
bulletin for the
Calvert City church of
Christ, Calvert City,
KY. Lance Cordle
preaches for the
congregation. He
may be contacted
through the
congregation's
website: http://www.calvertchurchofchrist.com
God has a Plan for your
Life--He's waiting to
tell you about it.
Consult Owner's Manual,
It's called THE BIBLE!
- via Greater
Springfield church of
Christ, in Chicopee,
MA.
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT--
If anyone speaks badly
of you, live so that
none will believe it.
If you get to thinkin’
you’re a person of some
influence, try orderin’
somebody else’s dog
around.
“The three
non-negotiables of
manhood: integrity,
commitment, action.”
–Bill McCartney, head
football coach
“To belittle is to be
little.”
“Well done is better
than well said.”
--Ben Franklin
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Vol
8
#5
Jul
2008 |
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Do not anticipate
trouble, or worry about
what may never happen.
Keep in the
sunlight. --
Benjamin Franklin
Hard
work is always a more
dependable horse to
ride than either
“luck” or
“smarts.”
Be
careful with your
thoughts. They have a
way of breaking into
words at any time,
often without warning
and, once spoken your
words never come back.
Intelligence
is like a river. The
deeper it is the less
noise it makes.
No
one can grow by
letting others make
his choices and
decisions.
One
who runs from
responsibility will
never get very far.
- 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
"ONE POUND of learning
requires ten pounds of
common sense to apply
it."
(Unknown)
The private and personal
blessings we enjoy, the
blessings of immunity,
safeguard, liberty and
integrity, deserve the
thanksgiving of a whole
life." -- Jeremy Taylor
Most of us go to our
graves with our music
still inside of us.
Any great truth can --
and eventually will --
be expressed as a cliche
-- a cliche is a sure
and certain way to
dilute an idea. For
instance, my grandmother
used to say, 'The black
cat is always the last
one off the fence.' I
have no idea what she
meant, but at one time,
it was undoubtedly true.
-- Solomon Short
"Ideals are like stars;
you will not succeed in
reaching them with your
hands. But like the
seafaring man on the
desert of waters, you
choose them as your
guides, and following
them you will reach your
destiny." -- Carl
Schurz
Many people would sooner
die than think; In fact,
they do so. -- Bertrand
Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Vol
8
#6
Aug
2008 |
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"A good time to
keep your mouth shut is when
you're in deep water."
“A half truth is a whole
lie.” --Ancient
proverb
ANGER: An acid which can do
more damage to the vessel
that holds it than to
anything on which it is
thrown.
A BARGAIN? "When you get
something for a song, watch
out for the accompaniment."
- 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 at - ron33dor@yahoo.com
You may also visit their
website at http://www.arthurchurchofchrist.com
One who sings his own
praises is often a soloist.
Fools still rush in where
fools have often been
before. I suppose that is
because fools do not want to
learn from other fools.
Some people can’t tell a
lie, some can’t tell the
truth, and some can’t tell
the difference.
Some people think they are
bearing their cross when
they are only putting up
with themselves.
Some battle their way to the
top. Some bottle their way
to the bottom.
Some people want to be in
the front of the bus, the
back of the church
auditorium, and in the
middle of the road.
Sometimes a fellow who acts
like a big gun on the job
doesn’t dare pop off at
home.
The devil has many tools,
but sin is the one handle
that fits them all.
The person who can laugh at
himself will never cease to
be amused
Sin pays! What
it pays is death.
What it pays is death.
An egotistical person thinks
that, had he not been born,
people in the world would
want to know why.
Most men are within a
finger's breadth of being
mad. (Diogenes the Cynic --
412 BC - 323 BC)
I am free of all prejudice.
I hate everyone equally. (W.
C. Fields; 1890 - 1946)
- 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
Some people will walk a mile
for a cigarette, but can’t
walk two blocks to church.
Nature abhors a vacuum. When
a head lacks brains, nature
is apt to fill it with
conceit.
- via The
Lantern, Highway church
of Christ, Sullivan,
IL Visit their
website at http://www.highwaycofc.com
Ambrose, a bishop of Milan
in the fourth century, said,
“As we must render an
account for every idle word,
so we must of our idle
silence.”
- Jack Wilhelm,
Know Your Bible, The
Paradoxical Tongue,
Gospel Advocate, June
2008, p. 10.
I have never made but one
prayer to God, a very short
one: 'O Lord, make my
enemies ridiculous.' And God
granted it. (Voltaire)
I've been trying for some
time to develop a lifestyle
that doesn't require my
presence. (Gary Trudeau)
If we were not all so
interested in ourselves,
life would be so
uninteresting that none of
us would be able to endure
it. (Arthur Schopenhauer) |
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We
would
do
well to follow Martin
Luther's dictum: "Peace if
possible, truth at all
costs."
-
Gregory Alan Tidwell,
The Spirit and the
Truth, Gospel Advocate,
September 2007, p. 24.
"ALTHOUGH God demands a
whole heart, He will
accept a broken one if He
gets all the pieces."
THE
LORD’S
PRAYER
is comprised of 66
words. The Ten
Commandments contain 179
words. The
Declaration of
Independence, 1300
words. U.S.
government regulations on
the sale of cabbage,
26,911 words.
Smile
and
take
a cloud off your face.
The person who can laugh
at himself will never
cease to be amused.
Always do the right thing
first. You can find out
later if it was also the
smart thing.
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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
To
be
almost
saved, is to be totally
lost!
Power is not revealed by
striking hard or often,
but by striking true.
The good Lord didn’t
create anything without a
purpose, but mosquitoes
come close - Honore de
Balzac |
Vol
8
#8
Oct
2008 |
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“The man who
knows the truth and
has the opportunity to
tell it, but who
nonetheless refuses
to, is among the most
shameful of all
creatures. God forbid
that we should ever
become so lax as
that.” (Theodore
Roosevelt)
"Without God, there is
no virtue, because
there's no prompting
of the conscience.
Without God, we're
mired in the material,
that flat world that
tells us only what the
senses perceive.
Without God, there is
a coarsening of the
society. And without
God, democracy will
not and cannot long
endure. If we
ever forget that we're
one nation under God,
then we will be a
nation gone." (Ronald
Reagan)
Great teaching and
little souls do not get
along well together.
It is impossible to
learn what you think you
already know.
“Occasionally he
stumbled over the truth,
but always picked
himself up and hurried
on as though nothing had
happened.” (Winston
Churchill)
No heavenly rest can
come to us unless we are
willing to accept the
rest that Jesus gives
today. Take the Lord’s
offer of rest.
No peace is contained in
the future that is not
hidden and available in
the present moment. Make
peace, first with the
Lord and then with all
others, as much as you
can.
Only when you know peace
can you hope to lead
others to peace. For
your sake and the sake
of others, as much as it
is possible for you,
make peace and be at
peace.
The gloom that fills the
world is but a shadow.
Behind the shadow, but
always within our reach,
is the joy of the Lord.
The shadow may be caused
by letting someone or
something stand between
us and the Lord,
obscuring or eclipsing
Him from our sight. Let
nothing come between you
and your Lord.
Sometimes the shadow is
only there because we
have closed our eyes to
the light of the Lord.
Open your eyes. Look for
the Lord. See the Light.
You can rejoice in Him
who drives away all
shadows, darkness,
doubt, and gloom. You
can rejoice in the Lord
always and in
everything.
- 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
"Everything
you add to the truth
subtracts from the
truth," observed
Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn. (Gregory
Alan Tidwell, The
Spirit and the Truth,
Gospel Advocate,
September 2007, 24)
It is the
final proof of God's
omnipotence that he
need not exist in
order to save us.
(Peter De Vries)
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Vol
8
#9
Nov
2008 |
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He who thanks but
with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true
Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
J.A. Shedd
Thanksgiving, after all,
is a word of action.
W.J. Cameron
“Thanksgiving Day comes,
by statute, once a year;
to the honest man it
comes as frequently as
the heart of gratitude
will allow.”
Edward Sandford Martin
"We can always find
something to be thankful
for, no matter what may
be the burden of our
wants, or the special
subject of our
petitions."
Albert Barnes
"Some people complain
because God put thorns
on roses,
while others praise Him
for putting roses among
thorns."
Anonymous
The Pilgrims made seven
times more graves than
huts. No Americans
have been more
impoverished than these
who, nevertheless, set
aside a day of
thanksgiving.
~H.U. Westermayer
What we're really
talking about is a
wonderful day set aside
on the fourth Thursday
of November when no one
diets. I mean, why
else would they call it
Thanksgiving?
~Erma Bombeck, "No One
Diets on Thanksgiving,"
26 November 1981
A thankful heart is not
only the greatest
virtue, but the parent
of all the other
virtues. ~Cicero
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Vol
8
#10
Dec
2008 |
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Going
to church services and
sitting in a “church
building” does not make
you a Christian any more
than sitting in a
chicken house and
cackling makes you a
chicken.
Killing time is a way of
murdering your
opportunities.
The world would be
better if the people in
it tried to become
better. And the people
would be better if they
stopped trying to be
better off.
You cannot know all the
answers. So be glad you
are not asked all the
questions.
- 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 grand essentials in
this life are: something
to do, something to
love, and something to
hope for.”
--Addison
"Time may be a great
healer but it's also a
lousy beautician."
THOUGHTS TO PONDER
"Time
wasted is existence;
used, it is life."
"When you
kill time, remember that
it has no resurrection."
"If you
want to kill time, why
not try working it to
death?"
"Each
moment is the meeting
place of two
eternities."
Being at peace with
yourself is a direct
result of finding peace
with God (Olin Miller).
Live each day as if
it were your last –
someday you’ll be right.
The measure of life is
not its duration, but
its donation (Peter
Marshall).
"Telling the future by
looking at the past
assumes that conditions
remain constant. This is
like driving a car by
looking in the rearview
mirror" (Herb Brody).
"What, then, is time? I
know well enough what it
is, provided that nobody
asks me; but if I am
asked what it is and try
to explain, I am
baffled" (Augustine).
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Vol
8
#11
Jan
2009 |
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Be glad the
future only comes one
day at a time – at least
for the present.
If you are going
nowhere, just follow the
crowd.
Stand still and watch
the world go by –
and it will.
One cannot be good or
bad without personal
choice.
Always do what is right.
You will amuse some and
amaze the rest.
He who does a good deed
should keep silent about
it. He who receives one
should publicize it.
One who will not share
Christ cannot keep 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
“In a free society,
there is much clamor
with little suffering;
in a despotic state
there is little
complaint but much
suffering.”
--Carrot
About “words” --
The
easiest way to eat crow
is while it is still
warm, ‘cause the older
it gets, the harder it
is to swallow.
Choose your words and
actions carefully so if
you have to swallow them
it will be easier.
Only solitary men know
the full joys of
friendship. Others have
their family; but to a
solitary and an exile,
his friends are
everything. (Willa
Cather; 1873-1947)
"Nothing endures but
change." ~ Heraclitus,
from Diogenes Laertius,
Lives of Eminent
Philosophers, Greek
philosopher (540 BC -
480 BC) |
Vol
8
#12
Feb
2009 |
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"The test of
character is not whether you
conform to moral standards
when they are the community
norm, but whether you
continue to adhere to them
when the community strays
elsewhere."
"A man shows his character
by what he laughs at."
(Italian proverb)
"Wear a smile, and have
friends. Wear a scowl, and
have wrinkles." (George
Elliot)
"There is only one thing
more painful than learning
from experience, and that is
not learning from
experience." (Archibald
McLeish)
“People seldom improve when
they have no other model but
themselves to copy after.”
(Goldsmith)
“How a man plays the game
shows something of his
character; how he loses
shows all of it!”
“The Christian life is a
reproduction, not an
imitation, of the life of
Christ.”
“Experience gained the hard
way brings knowledge that
stays with you.”
”Experience is a very good
teacher, but a hard one. She
gives the test first, and
then the lesson.”
“Deal with the faults of
others at least as gently as
you deal with your own.”
“To be in the minority can
be a test of courage. To be
in the majority is a test of
tolerance.”
“You can't push yourself
forward by patting yourself
on the back.”
- 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
“Dealing with network
executives is like being
nibbled to death by ducks.”
(Eric Sevareid)
“Ten percent of happenings
are ninety percent of the
reaction to it.
We are in charge of our
attitudes.”
“True humility is not an
abject, groveling,
self-despising spirit; it is
but a right estimate of
ourselves as God sees us"
(Tyron Edwards).
“Humility is strong - not
bold; quiet - not
speechless; sure - not
arrogant.” (Estelle Smith).
“Peace starts with a smile.”
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