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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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Vol
10
#8
Oct
2010 |
RANDOM
THOUGHTS—
“Our national life is ended as soon as it has
lost the power of noble anger. When it paints over and apologizes
for its pitiful criminalities and endures its false weights and
adulterated food, dares not decide practically between good and evil,
and can neither honor the one nor smite the other, but sneers at the
good as if it were hidden evil, and consoles the evil with pious
sympathy, the end is come.” --John Ruskin
“He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses
a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses
all.” --Miguel de Carvantes
A Wise Voice from the Past:
Regardless of what you may think of President Woodrow Wilson, he gave
us a very wise warning when he said, “The history of liberty is the
history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the
limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we
resist the concentration of power, we are resisting the powers of
death. Concentration of power precedes the destruction of human
liberties.”
THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT—
“Government is a lot like your digestive
system—if it is working right, you hardly know you have it.”
“The national budget must be balanced.
The public debt must be reduced. The arrogance of the authorities
must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments
must be reduced if the nation doesn’t want to go bankrupt. People must
again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." (Tillius
Cicero, 55 B.C.)
"Character is like the foundation of a house -
strong below the surface.
--Trib-Bits,
Decatur
Tribune
MEMORABLE QUOTES
Words are best kept sweet and soft because someday you may have
to eat them.
What’s the use of having ignorance if you can’t show it? (Lou
Costello)
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,
go together.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools
do. (Benjamin Franklin)
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man
I know. (Abraham Lincoln)
- 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
- Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can
eliminate prejudices - just recognize them (Edward R. Muggow).
- The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- But what happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the
life he leads? (Albert Camus).
- Your success and happiness lie in you ... Resolve to keep happy, and
your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties
(Helen Keller).
- Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age
(Booth Tarkington).
- Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else
(Will Rogers).
- There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it (Mark Twain).
- Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking
(Henry Louis Mencken).
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Vol
10
#9
Nov
2010 |
“Character
is
like the
foundation of a house—strong below the surface.”
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great
nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on
religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!" (Patrick Henry)
- 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 friend is someone who will help you move. A real friend is someone
who will help you move a body. -- Unknown
A friend is someone who has an interest in you, but not a controlling
one.
- 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
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are
consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes.
This is not coincidence. (Erma Bombeck)
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old
and new. (Will Carleton)
“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men, but
be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude.”
(E.P. Powell)
“Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor.
Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light!
Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!” (Henry Ward Beecher)
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Vol
10
#10
Dec
2010 |
LIFE
is
like a coin.
You can spend it any way you wish—but you can only spend it once.
No matter what a man’s past may have been, his future is spotless.
(John R. Rice)
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time. For that’s the
stuff life is made of. (Benjamin Franklin)
Time wasted is existence; used, it is life.
- 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
What the new year brings to you will depend in part on what you bring
to the new year.
Do not let the new year bring you a fresh start on your same old habits.
-
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
#11
Jan
2011 |
Education
helps
one
go from cocksure certainty to thoughtful uncertainty.
Education pays - unless you happen to be the educator.
Most people don't really fail. They just quit trying to get things
right.
If you are not able to make good use of what you have, perhaps you have
too much.
It is better to wish you had something you don't have than to wish you
didn't have something you do have.
It is hard to identify good luck. It looks so much like something you
have earned or deserve.
Is thrift becoming unfashionable or just impossible?
- 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
FRUSTRATION is not having anyone to blame but yourself.
- 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
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep
in the sunlight. (Benjamin Franklin)
Failure is one thing that can be achieved without effort.
Ideas are funny things, they do not work unless you do.
If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales!
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. (Mark Twain)
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded
everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. (Robert Anton
Wilson)
Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in
Hamburger Technology. (Clive James)
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it; if you are
sick, you shouldn't take it. (Henry Ford)
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. (Richard Feynman)
God help those who do not help themselves. (Wilson Mizner)
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. (Albert Einstein)
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh,
there was a happy time when I believed in liberals... (G. K.
Chesterton)
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year
ago. (Bernard Berenson)
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Vol
10
#12
Feb
2011 |
Giving
all
your love to others is no assurance they will love you back. Wait
for love to grow in their hearts, but if it doesn’t, be content that it
grew in yours.
If you cut a person too much slack you shouldn’t be surprised when he
becomes a slacker.
Life is like a bath. The longer you stay in it the more wrinkled you
get.
No rule of success will work if you do not.
One cannot go anywhere by straddling the fence.
People with tact keep relationships intact and have less to retract.
The grass next door may be greener but it is just as hard to cut.
Things could always be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and
published every day, like a baseball player’s.
"Before a diamond shows its brilliancy and prismatic colors it has to
stand a good deal of cutting and smoothing." -- Author Unknown
Those who invite trouble find it usually accepts the invitation.
The trouble with going your own way is that you may not find your way
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
It is much easier to be critical than correct. (Benjamin Disraeli)
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without
trials.” (Chinese Proverb)
- 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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