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  • I Came Across This True Account From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
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    I came across this true account from Reader’s Digest: My cell phone quit as I tried to let my wife know that I was caught in freeway gridlock and would be late for our anniversary dinner. I wrote a message on my laptop asking other motorists to call her, printed it on a portable inkjet and taped ...read more

  • I Like Me Best When I'm With You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    I LIKE ME BEST WHEN I'M WITH YOU As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research, he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Asked Her Class If They ...

    Contributed by Andy Payne on Jan 18, 2009
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    A Sunday School teacher asked her class if they knew the difference between kindness and loving kindness. One little girl said she knew the difference. She told the teacher that kindness is like when you ask your mother for some toast and she gives it to you, but loving kindness is when you ask ...read more

  • I Read A Story Of A Soldier In Wwi Who Was So ...

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 21, 2009
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    *I read a story of a soldier in WWI who was so distraught with the war that he deserted! * Tried to find his way to the coast so he could catch a boat, make his way back home to England. * In the darkness of the night he stumbled on a road sign. * It was so dark and he was so lost, he had no ...read more

  • The Golden Rule Is The Culmination Of The Entire ...

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
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    The GOLDEN RULE is the CULMINATION of the ENTIRE SEMON ON THE MOUNT. As I said earlier, "THEREFORE" is the key word - it means - BECAUSE of everything that I’ve already said here on the mount - you MUST do this! Because of the BEATITUDES-THE BLESSED BE’S - because YOU are the SALT OF THE EARTH and ...read more

  • I Arrived In The City Of Everywhere Early One ...

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
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    "I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the Baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly enough, they wore no shoes. ...read more

  • Why Is This Touching So Important? "Dr. ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 3, 2009
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    Why is this touching so important? “Dr. Brandt points out that as late as 1920, the death rate among infants in some founding hospitals in America approached 100 percent. Then Dr. Fritz Talbot of Boston brought over from Germany an unscientific sounding concept of “tender loving care.” ...read more

  • William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death Of ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 9, 2009
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    WILLIAM GLADSTONE, IN ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF PRINCESS ALICE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TOLD A TOUCHING STORY. THE LITTLE DAUGHTER OF THE PRINCESS WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WITH DIPHTHERIA. THE DOCTORS TOLD THE PRINCESS NOT TO KISS HER LITTLE DAUGHTER AND ENDANGER HER LIFE BY BREATHING THE CHILD’S BREATH. ...read more

  • When Thomas Edison Was 38 Years Old, His Wife ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 9, 2009
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    When Thomas Edison was 38 years old, his wife died leaving him a very lonely man. Six months after her death, Edison began looking for a new mate. He would leave no stone unturned in a systematic search reflecting his scientific nature. Although he liked to be portrayed in the media as a genius ...read more

  • Years Ago I Was The Associate Pastor Of A Church ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 9, 2009
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    Years ago I was the Associate Pastor of a church in Camden, Arkansas. Shirley and I were asked to go to Triple S Bible Camp with the young people of the church. The preachers asked to preach to the teens and youth workers were very abusive in their approach. One preacher referred to women who wore ...read more

  • When North Korea Fell To The Communists, All The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 9, 2009
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    When North Korea fell to the communists, all the Christians in a small village were ordered to go at once to their church. The building was plain and simple, and the people had placed a picture of Christ on the wall. When the soldiers walked in, they took it down and put it on the floor. All who ...read more

  • Spoiled Child Of God

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
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    SPOILED CHILD OF GOD Have you ever noticed a parent spoiling his child by allowing him to freely roam, disobey, be out late at night without accountability, talk back to him, etc? At times, parents are fearful of losing their child’s love if they restrict their activity or don’t give in to their ...read more

  • John Ortberg In The Life You've Always Wanted ...

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 13, 2009
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    John Ortberg in The Life You’ve Always Wanted speaks about Mable. She was in a state-run convalescent home, a place where people were left to die. Mable lived 25yrs in a home. She was strapped into a wheelchair; half her face was eaten away with cancer, she was blind and almost deaf; she drooled ...read more

  • God's Valentine's Day  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
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    GOD'S VALENTINE'S DAY If yesterday is like Valentine's Days of the past, over $1 billion was spent on chocolate, $1 billion on cards, and 218 million roses were sold in the pursuit of or in an attempt to demonstrate love. The Bible tells us that God sent the first Valentine. He showed what true ...read more

  • Newspaper Columnist And Minister George Crane ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 18, 2009
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    Newspaper columnist and minister George Crane tells of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. "I do not only want to get rid of him, I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me." Dr. Crane suggested an ingenious plan "Go home and ...read more

  • Eleanor Doon Said, "You Cannot Kindle A Fire In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
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    Eleanor Doon said, “You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it ...read more

  • We Are Sons And Daughters  PRO

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 5, 2009
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    WE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS The moment we put our faith in Christ, we not only became children of God, we became His full adult children. That’s the meaning of the word "sons" in this context. In other words, God doesn’t treat us like little babies in his family. He treats us as His mature, ...read more

  • Anyone Can Do That...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    "ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more

  • I Wish I Could Be Like That  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    I WISH I COULD BE LIKE THAT It was the Christmas season and Paul had received a special pre-Christmas gift from his brother. It was a beautiful brand new automobile. On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street kid was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. When Paul ...read more

  • Brother's Brother

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    BROTHER’S BROTHER Robert Hingson is a physician, an anesthesiologist, working out of Pittsburgh. A Baptist layman, he got interested in the plight of the diseased peoples of the world. He found out that thousands of the world’s children are dying from a host of contagious diseases. So Bob Hingson ...read more