Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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There were two armies... one twice as strong as the other. The commander of the larger army sent an envisage to other asking for surrender. The commander of the smaller army called up three men. To the first he said. "Fall on your sword." The man immediately stuck the hilt of his sword into the
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 30, 2007
There is nothing quite like fresh bread as its being baked in the oven (10 years I was a baker) as it comes out of the oven you can see it golden brown colour, you can smell the freshness, your taste buds start to salivate, your tummy starts to rumble (and mine did many times) and not until
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 10, 2008
An Altitude Problem
A few years ago, a couple of adventurers tried to become the first to circle the globe in a hot air balloon.
They took off from St. Louis, Missouri, rose to 24,000 feet, and started eastward across the Atlantic Ocean toward Africa.
The prevailing winds carried the balloonists
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
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Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges 6:24)
Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd
To satisfy the law's demand;
By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd,
Before the Father's face I stand.
To reconcile offending man,
Make Justice drop her angry rod;
What creature could have form'd the plan,
Or
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
"SEEKER"
In recent years, there has been a movement of calling people who are not Christians "seekers." It was a way to classify people who come into the church looking for God without labeling them offensively as "sinners." It was a way to try to keep church accessible to anyone and everyone. Has
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DIVORCE DOESN'T MEAN HAPPINESS
Survey of those who had been seriously considering divorce.
Five years later, revisited. Some had divorced, some had done hard work to stay together.
On repeat survey, those who had done hard work and stayed together rated their lives as happier than those who’d
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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A Nation of Bible Illiterates
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians.
• 48% could not name the four Gospels.
• 52% cannot identify more than two
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On November 15, 1993, 71-year-old Dr. Tom Amberry stepped up to the line in a local gymnasium and sunk 2,750 free throws in a row. He walked away without a miss--they were closing the gym and asked him to leave.
This amazing feat, which took 12 hours to accomplish, was witnessed by 10 people who
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
CONFINED CHRISTIANS
I met a young man not long ago who dives for exotic fish for aquariums. He told me that one of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. He explained that if you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium you put it in. Sharks can
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Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
Here in the South, there are memorials in most towns to the bloodiest war fought on American soil – the Civil War. Over 600,000 died in that conflict. What is often not known is that both the North and the South allowed “substitute soldiers.” A man drafted for military service could literally
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Farmer Jones lived in the countryside alone except for his old dog that he had by his side for years.
But, unfortunately, his pet died and Farmer Jones went in town to see his pastor about his loss. “Pastor, my dog is dead," he said. "Could you possibly do a funeral service for this old
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