GIFT OF PEARLS
A number of years ago, when our oldest was just a little tyke, a Chinese man we knew gave my wife a string of pearls as a gift. Anyway, the pearls he gave her were different from the ones we might find in a jewelry store; they were natural, not cultivated.
Now, the most common
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Lutheran
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 25, 2011
I'M THE GREATEST!
"I’m the greatest batter in the world!" Such was the cry of a self-confident little boy swinging his bat in the back yard. Once, twice, and three times he could not connect with the ball. Dejectedly, he set his bat down. But then his eyes
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 25, 2011
NOAH LEGENDS
One website I visited examined different flood stories from such diverse nations as
· East Africa
· Argentina
· Australia
· Bolivia
· Borneo
· Burma
· Cuba (original natives)
· Fiji
· Egypt (Book of the Dead)
· Iceland
· India
· Mexico
· New Zealand
· Russia- Vogul
· Vietnam-
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Christian/Church Of Christ
LOSING THE BOYS
Dr. H Norman Wright tells this story:
My wife and I had just arrived home from vacation, and the phone rang. It was our house painter. He said, "I remembered that your son died. My daughter just lost two of her little boys. Can you help her?" We agreed, so my wife and I made an
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 24, 2011
LINCOLN WRITES A LETTER
Despite his busy schedule during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often visited the hospitals to cheer the wounded. On one occasion he saw a young fellow who was near death. "Is there anything I can do for you?" asked the compassionate President.
"Please write a letter to
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Nazarene
A CURE FOR FEAR
The story starts with a boy of 12 whose name was Jim. Jim was a pleasant young lad, but one day his mother became very ill, the doctor came and saw her, and he explained to Jim and his father that in all probability Jim's mother will die. Sad right?
Well, the day came for Jim's
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 23, 2011
PRAYER IS A GAUGE
Spurgeon: The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the
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Baptist