CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
John was driving home late one night when he picked up a hitchhiker. As they rode along, he began to be suspicious of his passenger. John check...
CONDUCT
CONDUCT
When Queen Victoria was a child, she didn't know she was in line for the throne of England. Her instructors, trying to prepare her for the fu...
CONFESSION
CONFESSION
In the washroom of his London club, British newspaper publisher and politician William Beverbrook happened to meet Edward Heath, then a young m...
CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE
John McKay, of the NFL, tells a story illustrating the supreme confidence of University of Alabama football coach Bear Bryant: "We were out sho...
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
The Duke of Wellington is best remembered as the general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. During his earlier service in India, Well...
CONFLICT
CONFLICT
Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. Called "Christ of the Andes," the st...
CONFORMITY
CONFORMITY
Athanasius, early bishop of Alexandria, stoutly opposed the teachings of Arius, who declared that Christ was not the eternal Son of God, but a ...
CONFRONTATION
CONFRONTATION
Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, was talking to a reporter about a player's mistake in practice. He said, "We never let an error...
CONFUSION
CONFUSION
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
H. Truman.
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CONQUER
CONQUER
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CONSCIENCE
CONSCIENCE
Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is--that we are taught by God's word.
H.C...
CONSECRATION
CONSECRATION
(see also HOLY)
At a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bobby Richardson, former New York Yankee second baseman, offered ...
CONSEQUENCES
CONSEQUENCES
When you buy something for a song, you may have to face the music later on.
R. Cvikota, in the Wall Street Journal.
CONSIDERATION
CONSIDERATION
Marian Anderson once performed at a concert in a small Nebraska college town. A student who was working her way through college was terribly...
CONSISTENCY
CONSISTENCY
A brief, simple, but expressive eulogy was pronounced by Martin Luther upon a pastor at Zwickau in 1522 named Nicholas Haussmann. "What we pre...
Contentment/Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor/Benjamin Franklin
Contentment
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.(Benjamin Franklin)
In the fifth c...
CONTROVERSY
CONTROVERSY
No great advance has been made in science, politics or religion without controversy.
Lyman Beecher.
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CONVENIENCE
CONVENIENCE
Alvin Verette--in New Roads, Louisiana, he owns and operates the nation's first drive-in mortuary. For the convenience of time-pressed mo...
CONVERSION
CONVERSION
I was weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when I heard the voice of children from a neighboring house chanting, "take up and rea...
CONVICTION
CONVICTION
A well-known professional golfer was playing in a tournament with President Gerald Ford, fellow pro Jack Nicklaus, and Billy Graham. After the ...