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I Got This Story Recently In An Email And Felt It ... PRO
Contributed by Donald Stevens on May 12, 2005 (message contributor)
I got this story recently in an email and felt it had to be shared with all of you.
It is a story as told by a young lady who also happened to be a Sunday School teacher.
It goes like this. I was testing the children in my Sunday school class one morning, to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven. I asked them, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?"
"NO!" the children answered.
"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven?"
Again, the answer was, "NO!"
By now I was starting to smile. Hey, this was fun!
"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and...
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Reggie Mcneal Tells The Story Of How An ... PRO
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 23, 2005
Reggie McNeal tells the story of how an electrical generating plant in Texas works: “First, huge shovels dig house-sized scoops of lignite coal. Pulverized and loaded onto railroad boxcars, the coal travels to a generating plant in east Texas, where it is further crushed into powder. ...read more
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A Number Of Years Ago I Read A Newspaper Article ...
Contributed by Richard Harsell on Jun 2, 2005
A number of years ago I read a newspaper article about a man who was a member of a religious cult that believed that the utilization of modern medical science was unneccessary and any needed healing which a person needed could be accomplished through fervent prayer. His wife, who was 8 months ...read more
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