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Chuck Swindoll Tells About A Couple Who ... PRO
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001 (message contributor)
ILL. Chuck Swindoll tells about a couple who went into a crowded fried chicken franchise & ordered a picnic box to go. In the rush of business a clerk accidentally handed them the picnic box in which the manager had hidden the deposit he was about to take to the bank. Fearful of being robbed, he had camouflaged the deposit.
The man paid his bill, took the picnic box, & they drove away. But when they got to the park & opened it, they discovered it was full of money. And they knew that a big mistake had been made. Now for many people that would be a great temptation. But this couple got back in the car, returned to the restaurant, & gave the money back.
Well, you can imagine how happy the manager was to see them! In fact, he was so grateful that he told the...
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Rev. Billy Graham, Noted Evangelist, Said This ...
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 31, 2002
Rev. Billy Graham, noted evangelist, said this in 1975: “When I decided to preach a sermon on angels, I found practically nothing in my library… I soon discovered that little had been written on the subject in this ...read more
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Confidence In A Crisis PRO
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 8, 2002
Green Bay Packers’ [now Seattle Seahawks] head coach Mike Holmgren looks back at a heartbreaking moment, when he was cut from the New York Jets as backup quarterback to Joe Namath, that directed him to a bigger plan. "I had committed my life to Jesus Christ when I was 11, but in my pursuit to ...read more
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Mark Twain And A Friend Walked Outside One Day ... PRO
Contributed by Joanna Loucky-Ramsey on Nov 4, 2002
Mark Twain and a friend walked outside one day in the rain. The friend said, “You think it will stop?” Mark Twain said, “It ...read more
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A Pompous-Looking Deacon Was Trying To Impress ... PRO
Contributed by John Beehler on Oct 29, 2002
A pompous-looking deacon was trying to impress upon a class of boys the importance of living the Christian life. "Why do people call me a Christian?" the man asked. After a moment’s pause, ...read more
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Her Response PRO
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 30, 2002
HER RESPONSE Frederick Buechner’s little book of character sketches of people from the Bible has this to say about the angel Gabriel as he encounters Mary: "She struck him as hardly old enough to have a child at all, let alone this child. But he had been entrusted with a message to give her, ...read more
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