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  • They Were My Sins, But Not Anymore

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
     | 2,622 views

    THEY WERE MY SINS, BUT NOT ANYMORE F.W. Farrar said, "Sometimes as we float down the river of life, memory flashes up from the hidden depths, and the dark wave is peopled with the innumerable faces of once-forgotten sins which menace us from the waters and prophecy of death. But God can enable us ...read more

  • The Locust Plague Described

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
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     | 3,950 views

    THE LOCUST PLAGUE DESCRIBED The judgment in the book of Joel centers on the warning of a plague of locusts. Now you may think, "Ah, little grasshoppers. Not much of a problem, eh." History records a similar event. Let me read to you: In 1915 a plague of locusts covered Palestine and Syria from ...read more

  • Carrying What I Don't Need  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,583 views

    CARRYING WHAT I DON'T NEED I think back to my Army days. All those foot marches and all the pain associated with them. As a young private I packed pretty much everything I could before we went out. I wanted to make sure I had all the comforts to help make life easier. I made sure to have extra ...read more

  • No Green Bananas

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013
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    NO GREEN BANANAS Approaching 85 years of age, Mrs. Wells finally decided it was time to give up her home in North Carolina and move to Miami. She was given the name of a Florida realtor, who enthusiastically drove her all over Miami, extolling the virtues of every apartment they looked at. ...read more

  • The Opposite Of A Christian

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,701 views

    THE OPPOSITE OF A CHRISTIAN What would you say was the opposite of a Christian people? would it be an atheist people? a pagan people? Perhaps even a hypocritical people, an unforgiving people. What would be your answer? When the novelist George bernanos was asked this question "What is the ...read more

  • Your Attitude Toward Attitude

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Jan 28, 2013
     | 4,562 views

    YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD ATTITUDE It was February 20, 1962, when a man by the name of John Glenn circled the earth in outer space three times; and we thought it was tremendous. We followed. We listened. We saw him on television. And if you listened carefully, you would have heard from a man in ...read more

  • What's Your Dream Job?

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jan 27, 2013
     | 3,001 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM JOB? What would be your dream job? According to http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/top-ten-dream-jobs.asp here are some dream jobs indicated by a recent survey: Author Jet Pilot Inventor Pro-Athlete Race Car Driver Video Game Tester Chocolate Taste tester Hit Man Pro ...read more

  • Marriage Roles

    Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013
     | 3,289 views

    MARRIAGE ROLES "Differentiated roles were corrupted, not created, ...read more

  • Value And Service = Design

    Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013
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    VALUE AND SERVICE = DESIGN "For there are those who, giving the name of atoms to certain imperishable and most minute bodies that are supposed to be infinite in number, allege that these atoms, as they were carried along by chance in the void, all clashed fortuitously against each other in an ...read more

  • Trusting The History

    Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013
     | 3,344 views

    TRUSTING THE HISTORY "..in this era of history, the most attacked part of the Bible's history is Genesis 1-11.  When people understand they can trust the history of the early chapters of Genesis, they can better understand and be more responsive to the gospel--the gospel that is based ...read more

  • The Church, Therefore, Earnestly Desires That ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 26, 2013
     | 2,537 views

    The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ's faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or silent spectators; on the contrary, through a good understanding of the rites and prayers they should take part in the sacred action conscious of what they are ...read more

  • There Was A Little Canadian Bird Who Decided Not ...

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 26, 2013
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    There was a little Canadian bird who decided not to fly south for the winter. "If other animals can stay," he reasoned, "why can't I?" Against the better advice of his elders, the little bird stubbornly decided to stay. Very soon, however, he realized his mistake. The ...read more

  • Being A Blessing

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 25, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,148 views

    BEING A BLESSING Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were 8 children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell ...read more

  • Spurgeon On Romans 6:23

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 25, 2013
     | 4,461 views

    SPURGEON ON ROMANS 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23). C.H. Spurgeon said about this verse, "It is a Christian proverb, a golden ...read more

  • The Obedience Of Gladys Aylward

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013
     | 4,731 views

    THE OBEDIENCE OF GLADYS AYLWARD Gladys Aylward, missionary to China, during the 1930s as a young woman she left her home in England and sailed to China. Here she opened a home for orphaned children who'd been left to starve or wander the streets. When the Japanese invaded China, Gladys was forced ...read more

  • We Are Here! We Are Here!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 23, 2013
     | 2,050 views

    WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! From movie, "Horton Hears a Who!" Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The "Who" people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard -- it was life and death by the way -- they did this to let the rest of the world around them know that ...read more

  • Cirrhosis Of The Giver

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,833 views

    CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and ...read more

  • Poor I-Sight

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
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     | 5,586 views

    POOR I-SIGHT We suffer from poor I-sight. Not eyesight, a matter of distorted vision that lenses can correct, but I-sight. Poor I-sight blurs your view, not of the world, but of yourself. Some see self too highly. Maybe it's the PhD or pedigree. A tattoo can do it; so can a new truck or the Nobel ...read more

  • A Few More Hours

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 23, 2013
     | 3,804 views

    A FEW MORE HOURS A young lady busied herself getting ready for a blind date. He had promised dinner at an exclusive downtown restaurant with live music and dancing. Wanting to make a good first impression she had taken the day off work. She cleaned her apartment; she went out that afternoon to ...read more

  • God's Taking My Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,596 views

    GOD'S TAKING MY PICTURE I heard a story of a little girl who walked to and from school daily. The weather one morning was questionable and clouds were forming, yet she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and ...read more