following the bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. Back then, Americans were desperately in need of unity and inspiration. Hence, the myth of the first Thanksgiving was born to inspire and unite. ...
14. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.”– Joe Girard 15. “The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office.”–Robert Frost 16...
When I got home, I took my sticker, wrote “Garbage” on it and wore it proudly all day. I also posted on Facebook Abraham Lincoln’s famous statement from his first Inaugural Address (when the country was in far worse straits than it is now): “We are not enemies, but friends. We...
If you don't make a conscious effort to control your focus-and decide in advance which things you're going to focus on-you'll be so pulled by the demands of the world that you will soon find yourself living in reaction rather than living a life plan you've designed for yourself. — ...
AA: As Abraham Lincoln noted, even if you call a dog’s tail a leg, it still has just four legs. Calling something the wrong name doesn’t change reality. In God’s eyes, taking human life without adequate justification is murder. ...
In the previous few Chapters in 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul outlines his determination to put nothing in the way of the Gospel and to be“all things to all men”in order to“save some.” “And everyone who competes for the prize istemperatein all things. Now they do it to obtain ...
The obedience of a Christian expressed under the notion of friendship to God CHAPTER II. How the apostle Paul and the apostle James are consistent CHAPTER III. Abraham called the friend of God CHAPTER IV. An exhortation unto friendship with God CHAPTER V. What the conversation of a believer ...
Statement of Faith Grace Life Bible Church Download a PDF copy (Updated 8/16) While accepting the scriptures to be our only authority in all matters of faith and practice, we make the following declaration as a summary of certain foundational beliefs we hold. This statement does not contain ...
The Hebrew Bible contains several additional prohibitions regarding self-mutilation, for example: “Ye are the children of the Lord your God: Ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead” (Deut. 14:1). Much the same prohibition is given specifically to...
facets in common, such as geographical origins (the Middle East), a shared emphasis on “the book” (e.g., the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an), inspired leaders who wrote scripture (e.g., Moses, Peter, Muhammed), and a belief in the God of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, and Jacob...