Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
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The Graduates vs. the ACLU
This story took place in Calvert County, Maryland, where a senior named Julie Schenk was asked to lead a prayer at her high-school graduation. Of course, it’s perfectly legal for students, as opposed to school administrators, to lead classmates in prayer. But all too
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2008
Wall Street Journal
Banned From Church
Reviving an ancient practice, churches are exposing sinners and shunning those who won’t repent.
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
January 18, 2008; Page W1
On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
GIANNI POLI OF ITALY WON THE 1986 NEW YORK MARATHON IN 2:11:06 AND ON MARCH 2, 2003, MARK YATICH OF KENYA WON THE LOS ANGELS MARATHON IN 2:09:52, BUT TO ME, THE REAL HERO OF BOTH MARATHONS WAS THE MAN WHO FINISHED DEAD LAST IN BOTH MARATHONS. HIS NAME IS BOB WIELAND A FIFTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD VIETNAM
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 2, 2008
CALMS THE STORM
God is greater than any problem we will ever face, and Jesus is able to calm any storm. In 1993, I had the privilege of preaching the funeral for Bro. Moses Lee. Bro. Lee served for many years as a pastor in Franklin, Tensas and Winn Parishes, later on he served in the Mobile area.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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SOLE WITNESS
A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring.
Surrounded by scores of
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Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 24, 2012
FULFILLING YOUR PURPOSE
When we lived in Wiesbaden, some missionary friends bought a German toaster. When they got home, they plugged it in, placed some bread in it, and then waited for the toast to pop up a few minutes later. Well, the toast never did pop up from it because...well, it didn’t
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Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
DO NOT TRUST YOUR EYES
The enemy's strategy is to be invisible, so we have to always be on guard.
Mike Slaughter tells the story of his mission trip back to Darfur and traveling from their compound in Ed Daein to Adilla Town, which is a six-hour round trip over rough desert terrain. On this
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Methodist
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Dec 30, 2021
Have you ever wondered why sin has such an appeal, stranglehold and blindness quality to it?
Trinity a character, heroine and Neo’s sidekick from the Matrix saga but in Matrix 4 she spends most of the movie stuck in the Matrix living as Tiffany, Neo is finally able to remind Trinity of who she
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Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 19, 2009
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Sir Isaac Newton was a very famous mathematician and scientist who strongly believed in God. However, he had a very close friend who did not believe in God, so Sir Isaac devised a plan to try to convince his friend that God did exist and had created the Universe. One day, he went to a carpentry
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Dads:
I want you to listen to a poem from a teenager in Chicago who expresses how important you are as fathers and fatherly figures:
Maggie’s Poem
Do you know, do you understand,
that you represent Jesus to me?
Do you know, do you understand,
that when you treat me with gentleness
It raises the
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The difference between knowing about and knowing:
I’ve read several books about Winston Churchill … but of course, I never met the man. I admire him and appreciate him, but can’t say that I know him in the way that I know my own father. The difference lies in the fact that I have been around my
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
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I REMEMBER ONCE MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING QUITE RIGHT - I CHOSE TO IGNORE IT THINKING IT MIGHT GO AWAY – BUT IT DIDN’T - I REMEMBER THE NEXT DAY OPENING THE BONNET FIDDLING WITH THE WIRES AND SO ON - YET THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED - SO I TOOK IT INTO THE GARAGE – THEY RAN A FREE
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 15, 2010
THE WITNESS OF BOOTH AND LEE
In the early years of her life she witnessed horrific events as members of her family were beheaded in conflicts in China. Although she was only a little girl, MI LEE (not her real name) was forced to watch and still hallucinates about these terrible and barbaric
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2010
MITCH ALBOM: TESTIMONY
Mitch Albom is the author of the bestselling book titled, "Tuesdays with Morrie." He wrote another book recently called "Have a Little Faith." In describing his motivation for writing it, he will tell you that up until a few years ago he would have been among the many that
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