Contributed by John D Jones on May 2, 2010
When I was a boy we had access to numerous motorbikes and go-carts. My father refused to buy us any kind of motorised vehicles because he did not want us to get injured. But most of our friends and family had some sort of motorbike. As youths, the parents always set the governor really low. This
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Baptist
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 16, 2010
Jack was an impressionable 15 year-old. He attended the local Presbyterian Church with his family since he was a baby. He studied for confirmation and was confirmed taking his place in the congregation. He attended youth group meetings and sat in church every Sunday. His 16th birthday was fast
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 13, 2011
FITTING IN
I read the prologue to a story called Girl in the Middle. The girl is Kim Satinsky who is in eighth grade. She says, "You would think that being in a clique is fun, but take my word for it...it's not. They make me wear expensive things when I'm not really rich and tell me if something's
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Salvation Army
SALVATION SWING
I remember back, as though it was yesterday, when my daughters were just little tykes. There was a great playground just down the hill from our seminary apartment where the girls would climb, slide and swing.
Day after day they’d ask, "Mom, Dad, can we go to the park and swing?"
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Lutheran
Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 12, 2012
THE DEAD DONKEY
A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died."
Kenny replied, "Well then, just give
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Independent/Bible
I’m a fan of the television show "24". It has more fast-moving action packed into an hour than any show I have ever seen. The lead character, special agent Jack Bauer, is on the run practically the entire show. He has no sooner solved one crisis than another rises. The title "24" is taken from
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Methodist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2007
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On the central east coast of Florida 1000’s loggerhead female turtles come onto the beach at night to nest their eggs, they dig a chamber and can lay anything from 80 - 120 eggs once that is done they cover the chamber with sand. Incubation takes about 60 days, unlike baby alligators who are
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A minister brought home a 12-year-old boy named Roger. His parents had died from a drug overdose. There was no one to care for Roger, so this couple decided they’d just raise him as if he were one of their own sons. At first it was quite difficult for Roger to adjust to his new home--an environment
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
Now contrast that with one the story of another man. He owned a liquor store. One day, the liquor store owner met the Jesus. He poured all of his inventory down the drain. That’s called disposing of your liquid assets. And he owed a lot of money on some of that. He worked for along time paying off
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Baptist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
As we look today at the eighth commandment, “You shall not steal,” here are a couple of stories to remind us that crime does not pay.
A London taxi driver found an ingenious way to keep his cab clean. He would wrap up the leftovers from his lunch together with any other garbage he found in the cab
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 24, 2007
Jesus did as much when he gave his first sermon in Luke 4. Jesus was asked to read the scripture in the synagogue and give some teaching. He read from Isaiah about freeing the captives, healing the sick, making the blind see, and enacting the Kingdom Day of Jubilee. He said today it is fulfilled in
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Church Of God
Danielle Fineout grew up as the daughter of missionaries in Zaire. As a little girl, she went to a day-long rally celebrating the one-hundreth anniversary of Christian missionaries coming to that part of Zaile. After a full day of long speeches and music, an old man came before the crowd and
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Baptist
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