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  • Life After Death  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 8, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,096 views

    LIFE AFTER DEATH It's good to remember what stories you have told so that they don't come back to haunt you. A young man's boss asked him, "Boy, do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," the young man answered. The boss said, "Well that's good, because about a ...read more

  • Ronald Knox Had It Right: "Original Sin Is The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 8, 2012
     | 1,927 views

    Ronald Knox had it right: "Original sin is the only key which fits the ...read more

  • Depressions Of Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,818 views

    DEPRESSIONS OF SPIRIT One Sunday morning in 1866, the famous preacher C. H. Spurgeon shocked 5,000 listeners from the pulpit of London's Metropolitan Tabernacle he announced, "I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as ...read more

  • Hot Air

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 2,139 views

    HOT AIR When we were building this sanctuary we were discussing whether to put paper towel dispensers in the new rest rooms or those hot-air hand dryers. I strongly recommended the paper towel dispensers because of a story I heard about at another church. They installed the hot-air hand dryers. ...read more

  • A Husband Stayed Home While His Wife Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,596 views

    A husband stayed home while his wife went to church. When she got back he asked her what the preacher preached about. ...read more

  • Forgotten Steps

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,416 views

    FORGOTTEN STEPS A man who was not an architect decided to draw the plans for his new home. He was very proud of what he had done. He hired a builder with the firm understanding that he would follow the blueprints exactly. "You may not like my plans, but they suit me. So don't even try to ...read more

  • No One Missed Him

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 1,838 views

    NO ONE MISSED HIM There was a story in the papers years ago that occurred in Hamburg, Germany. The skeletal remains of a man were found in his apartment, sitting in front of a TV set, with Christmas lights twinkling nearby. But the lights were from a long past year. In fact, the man had been ...read more

  • Nothing Has A Greater Impact On Spiritual Growth ...

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
     | 4,343 views

    "Nothing has a greater impact on spiritual growth than reflection on Scripture. If churches could do only one thing to help people at all levels of spiritual maturity grow in their relationship with Christ, their choice is clear. They would inspire, encourage, and equip their people to read the ...read more

  • Labor Prompted By Love

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
     | 3,370 views

    LABOR PROMPTED BY LOVE Bernard Newman tells how once he stayed in a Bulgarian peasant’s house. All the time he was there the daughter was stitching away at a dress. He said to her, "Don’t you ever get tired of that eternal sewing?" "Oh no!" she said. "You see, this is my ...read more

  • On Habits

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012
     | 3,876 views

    ON HABITS Someone Once Said... * Thoughts produce acts, acts produce habits, and habits produce character.--Anonymous * If we realize the extent to which we are mere walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their own formation.--William James* * First we ...read more

  • Two Women Praying

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Mar 6, 2012
     | 3,431 views

    TWO WOMEN PRAYING There were two widow women, each with only a single son. The two young men both got involved in drugs and they both ended up in prison. The women were devout Christians and both had been in constant prayer for many years. When their two boys were sent to prison the one woman ...read more

  • The Unfair Contest

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 6, 2012
     | 2,500 views

    THE UNFAIR CONTEST A Christian university student shared a room with a Muslim. As they became friends, their conversation turned to their beliefs. The believer asked the Muslim if he'd ever read the Bible. He answered no, but then asked if the Christian had ever read the Koran. The believer ...read more

  • The "Wrapping" Of Pentecost

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,812 views

    THE "WRAPPING" OF PENTECOST We must put this in proper perspective. Those who see Pentecost's main significance as miraculous powers are missing the new thing that was being done, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. It is like someone who receives a beautifully wrapped birthday gift. After ...read more

  • Miracle Mandy

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 5, 2012
     | 3,925 views

    MIRACLE MANDY The doctor told Marsha Mark and her husband they would never have biological children. In their disappointment, Marsha clung to a friend's words: "Somehow, God is going to use your struggle with infertility for his glory." Marsha began to pray for a glimpse of that glory. "I asked ...read more

  • The Unending Wish

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
     | 1,977 views

    THE UNENDING WISH When I was a boy, my dad asked me if I could have one wish be granted, what would it be? We played that game as a family, and every time my brother or one of my sisters thought of a better wish than I thought about, I would change my wish. Then my dad unplugged all the fun by ...read more

  • Ingersoll And The Patience Of God

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 5, 2012
     | 4,821 views

    INGERSOLL AND THE PATIENCE OF GOD Robert Ingersoll, an American Agnostic, after delivering one of his addresses, pulled his watch from his pocket and said, "According to the Bible, God has struck men to death for blasphemy. I will blaspheme Him and give Him five minutes to strike me dead and ...read more

  • Augustine And The Four States Of Man  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,230 views

    AUGUSTINE AND THE FOUR STATES OF MAN In the 5th century AD, St. Augustine wrote about the "4 States of Man": * The first state of man (the haec sunt prima) is "living according to the flesh -- with reason making no resistance." This can be seen in so many ancient cultures and religions (and ...read more

  • John Quincy Adams: The Decayed Tenement

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
     | 2,407 views

    JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: THE DECAYED TENEMENT In 1846, former president John Quincy Adams had a stroke. Upon his return to Congress the following year, it was apparent that his health was failing. When asked about his health Adams replied, "I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement battered by the winds ...read more

  • Denying Oneself

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
     | 3,117 views

    DENYING ONESELF "To deny oneself is not to do without something or even many things. It is not asceticism, nor self-rejection or self-hatred, nor is it even the disowning of particular sins. It is to renounce the self as the dominant element in life. It is to replace the self with God-in-Christ as ...read more

  • Feeling God

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 4, 2012
     | 2,930 views

    FEELING GOD When we try to measure time or weight or temperature or speed or any of a hundred other things, we normally rely on instrumentation. But we can try to tell the time by using our feelings, such as how hungry or tired we feel, and our senses, such as how light it seems, is crudely ...read more

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