Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Oct 14, 2003
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A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride’s side and groom’s side). While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and growl. So it went, step, step, GROWL, step, step,
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 2, 2003
Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her, regarding the attacks on Sept.11, "How could God let something like this happen?" Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are,
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 12, 2003
Consider what we know about divorce in the United States:
> In 1998 2.2 million couples married and 1.1 million divorced.
> In 2000, 58 million couples were married yet separated and another 21 million couples were divorced.
> People between the ages of 25 to 39 account for 60% of all
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Erik Estep on Nov 13, 2003
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When Charles Schwab was 70 years old, he made the following statement. These words were spoken for the record in a court of law after he’d just won a nuisance suit. He said, “I’d like to say here in a court of law, and speaking as an old man, that 9/10ths of my troubles are traceable to my being
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A missionary in Paraguay wrote, “While …serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood what he was saying but
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2004
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Good cell phone reception is dependent upon not getting too far away from the cell phone tower. We’ve all been driving around and suddenly lost a call due to the signal being lost. In a little while, we can see the phone has reaquirred a signal and we can place the call again. Christians maintain
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 11, 2004
Writing about God’s sure guidance, British pastor Frank W. Boreham recounted a time when a minister visited his home in New Zealand. Being young and inexperienced, Boreham sought the counsel of his guest. He said that one morning they were sitting on the veranda, looking out over the golden plains
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
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Illus.: “Pulling the Plow Themselves”
Shortly after the Korean War ended, two businessmen took a trip around the world. During their tour of Korea they traveled by bus with a missionary guide. In a field nearby they noticed a young boy pulling a plow. One of the businessmen commented on how poor
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 12, 2004
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading British brain surgeon has been suspended from work following a dispute over a bowl of soup.
Dr Terence Hope was sent home from the Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham, where newspapers say there is a 39-day waiting list for brain operations, after being accused of
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 31, 2003
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"A common sense and satisfying interpretation of our world suggests the designing hand of a superintelligence.… There is, I shall argue, no contradiction between holding a staunch belief in supernatural design and being a creative scientist.… Just as I believe that the Book of Scripture illumines
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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Some suggest that TV is just giving the public what it demands. There is some truth to that, but don’t be misled, there is also a gay agenda that many in Hollywood push. Will & Grace star Eric McCormick said, "When little old women say, ’I hope he finds a nice man," the show will be successful." In
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Baptist
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A church member went to his pastor, Phillips Brooks, to tell him he was going to the Holy Land. He said that it was his intention to visit Mount Sinai. "In fact," the man told the minister, "I plan to climb to the top of that mountain and when I get there read aloud the Ten Commandments."
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The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us. He stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced
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Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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A hospital administrator was once startled to see a patient fleeing down the hall out of the operating room, his loose hospital gown flapping the breeze behind him. He stopped the fleeing patient and said, "Do you mind telling me why you ran away from the operating room?" The patient looked at him
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
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One of the great nineteenth-century preachers was a Scottish Presbyterian named Alexander Whyte. I have a set of his commentaries in my office that I treasure. He was a great man, but he also had an awareness of the potential for evil that was never far from the surface. After one of his
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Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 20, 2005
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Philip Yancey, writing in Christianity Today, offers these three reasons why this topic of heaven is being neglected.
1. “Affluence has given us in this life what former generations longed for in anticipation of heaven.
2. A creeping paganism invites us to accept death as the culmination of life
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Contributed by Steve Malone on May 10, 2001
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A teacher was trying to teach her class a lesson about fractions. After the lesson she tested one of the boys who was in a large family. Johnny, she said, There are 6 people in your family. Your mom bakes a pie, and she cuts it up for you, what percentage of the pie will you receive?
Johnny,
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