Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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Some things in this world look very much alike. They are very similar. For instance, a King Snake and a Coral Snake look very much alike. An alligator and a crocodile look a lot alike. They are very similar. We have a citrus tree growing in our yard, that produces both sweet and sour oranges,
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
Author Thom Rainer tells of a man name George who learned a few weeks after becoming a Christian that at least 4 people were praying for him daily. George said:
“I wasn’t surprised (my wife) was praying for me….then George learned about others. ‘A friend of mine who lives over seven hundred miles
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jan 5, 2008
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Are you all familiar with the ‘Footprints’ poster that essentially says that when times get rough and there was only one set of footprints in the sand as you walked with God, that this is the time when God carried you. How inspirational, but it’s a lie! What drivel…it all started within a heresy
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Baptist
Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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Charles McCarry has lived an interesting life.
In addition to being the author of The Tears of Autumn and The Last Supper,
He served as Assistant to the Secretary of Labor in the Eisenhower cabinet, as well as, worked for the CIA.
However, Charles McCarry almost wasn’t born . . . He explained it
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
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Dr. Thomas M. Carter, an ex-convict, tells a thrilling story of his mother who constantly followed him with her prayers. On one occasion while he was in prison, she received a telegram stating that he was dead and asking what she wanted done with his body. Stunned by the news, she opened her Bible
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Baptist
Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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SHAVED HEADS REAFFIRMS A FRIEND!
A teenage boy was diagnosed with cancer and as a result was in the hospital for several weeks to undergo radiation treatments and chemotherapy. During that time, he lost all of his hair. On the way home from the hospital, he was worried-not about the cancer, but
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Mar 29, 2008
The story goes that a man had a dream. He stood at the gate of Heaven and confronted Peter. The man asked, “What does it take to get into Heaven?”
Peter answered, “One Thousand Points.”
OK the man said, “I have been faithful in church attendance all my life.” Peter said, “That’s one point.”
The man
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bob Joyce on May 21, 2008
In a small Texas town, a new bar/tavern started a building to open up their business. The local church started a campaign of petitions to block the bar from opening.
Work progressed, however right up till the week before opening, when a lightening strike hit the bar and it burned to the
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Baptist
Since at least January of 2008, we have all seen daily television commercials for the annual "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer." One young lady, walking in memory of her Mother, who was a breast cancer victim, laments, "I really didn't have any say so about my Mother's death, walking in her memory
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Methodist
Have you ever received a gift that you wanted for a long that had great sentimental value to it? What did you do with this gift once you had it? You probably utilized it for whatever uses it was for, until it was unusable of course.
God gives every believer the gift of the Holy Spirit the moment
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Baptist
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jul 14, 2008
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The hard-hearted listener is cynical. Often they have done a fair amount of research to support their unwillingness to hear the word. Or they may have had a personal trauma that left them without faith.
There is a woman in New York City that I counseled during a particularly difficult time in
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Presbyterian/Reformed
GOD DOES THE REMEMBERING
A 91-year-old lady reads the Scriptures regularly, but now her memory is failing her. Friends commented, "So what’s the use of all this reading when you cannot remember what you’ve read." Her answer is always the same. "God has blessed me richly. I eat well and sleep
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 23, 2008
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), that great English scientist, discovered three important "laws of motion." The third one states that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." This principle was used in space exploration. We learned to use powerful thrust rockets burning fuel to
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 27, 2008
The St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre … was a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants), during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Catherine de’ Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre took place six
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 18, 2008
As I mentioned, ancients held the belief that blood was significant. It was powerful. The Hebrews would hold animal sacrifices. The blood would be used to symbolically cover up the sin of the people. Hebrews 9:22 says that forgiveness does not come without the shedding of blood. The Hebrews had to
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Church Of God
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