Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Aug 28, 2001
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On one of his old history books, someone once wrote, “In case of famine, eat this book; it’s full of baloney! In case of flood, stand on this book; it’s dry!” The world sees the Bible in much the same
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Lutheran
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
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We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, that is, into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
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I heard a story about 2 boys that were members of the same diving team at school, Bill Duncan and Joey Miller. They practiced diving together and Bill knew that he was just a mediocre diver but he was so proud of his friend Joey who was an excellent diver. The problem was that in practice Joey was
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Christian Church
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 21, 2006
Dr. Charles Henderson provides a case in point. He tells of a woman who “had suffered from acute bouts of depression for 30 years when she saw a newspaper ad looking for subjects for an antidepressant study to be conducted by the Neuropsychiatric Institute of UCLA. She applied to be a participant
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
Northern Mississippi River freezes. A man decided to walk across the ice instead of going down to the bridge. He didn’t see anyone else out there. It looked so crusty and thick, He said, “I believe I can walk across. I won’t have to take the journey down to the bridge” and he began to walk
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Baptist
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 22, 2002
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For people who suffer from loneliness and depression during the holiday season counselors give them the advice to go serve the homeless in a soup kitchen or do something for less fortunate people in need. The results are always the same, when they serve others they
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 18, 2009
Daniel still prayed to God openly because Daniel’s love for God was more important to him than pretending he didn’t care about God. Daniel thought it was better to die than to pretend. Daniel
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 1, 2001
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The Bear and the Atheist
An atheist was walking through the woods looking at the beautiful trees and flower that had just bloomed. Because he was an atheist he couldn’t thank anyone for the beautiful landscape that he was witnessing. As he was gazing at the sky he saw a bear running toward him,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
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ALL THE EVIDENCE
Professor Thomas Arnold, for 14 years a headmaster of Rugby, author of the famous, History of Rome, and appointed to the chair of modern history at Oxford, was well acquainted with the value of evidence in determining historical facts. This great scholar said:
"I have been used
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Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006
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I was 12 years old when I discovered I had the power to knock down my older sister! We were out playing in the new fallen snow. It was all good natured. But, this winter was different. I had had a growth streak & was about the same height of my older sister.
In the rough & tumble of having
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