Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 24, 2007
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As a recovered alcoholic, I have a God-given opportunity to share with other alcoholics so that they also may recover. But the very first question is, “Do you want to get better?” If the answer is “no” or “I don’t have a problem” then the response is, “Sorry to bother you.” Pursuing the issue will
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Church Of God
Contributed by Carl Kolb on Jan 5, 2008
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• Do you remember when Magic Johnson announced he had AIDS? He vowed to use that tragedy to promote AIDS awareness. While we might be able to commend him for using his illness for a creative, positive purpose, don’t you think it would have been better for him to stress to young people the real
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Phaneuf on Jul 28, 2003
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My friend Norm is a United Methodist pastor. A while back Norm was telling me about one of his parishioners -- Bill. Bill was gravely ill in the hospital, and Norm was visiting with him when the doctor came in, and point-blank told the patient: “Bill... you’re dead! There’s no hope. You’d better
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United Methodist
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 27, 2009
NO MORE RULES
More than 28 years ago, before I married Sandy, I was a lousy cook. I could maybe cook hot dogs and beans (out of a can), and those didn’t always turn out so well. That’s because I was confined to a set of instructions called a "cookbook." It was a list of rules and regulations, a
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Evangelical Free
History is always a great teacher to those who want to learn it’s lessons. Abraham Lincoln knew this and one author had this to say about him.
o He was not a born king of men…but a child of the common people, who made himself a great persuader, therefore a leader, by dint of firm resolve, patient
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dan Stires on Aug 12, 2009
CROCODILE DUNDEE
Do you remember the movie called "Crocodile Dundee?" It was a good one.
Crocodile Dundee comes from the land down under. He is completely out of his realm when he came from Australia to New York City. Crocodile Dundee and his girlfriend are out for a walk at night, when all of a
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Nazarene
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 21, 2010
LOT AND CORRUPTION
Her father gently tries to persuade her with promises of a better life. She cries and shudders but does not move. As tears stream down her face He becomes angry and manhandles her out the door. She becomes hysterical. A sharp slap across her faces shocks her into silence and she
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 2, 2007
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Years ago this worker would stroll into the department I was working in, make several observations about how we were doing our jobs and then proceed to tell us what we needed to do to be better at our jobs. Later she would visit and be taken back that none of her “suggestions” were implemented.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
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During quail season in Georgia, an Atlanta journalist met an old farmer hunting with an ancient pointer at his side. Twice the dog ran ahead as his body ached rheumatism and pointed.
Twice his master fired into the open air. When the journalist saw no birds rise, he asked the farmer for an
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 1, 2002
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Remember that William Carey, the Father of modern missions told his churches, If you will hold the ropes, I will go down to look for the lost." He started out with only six supporters but ended up staying 47 years in India and setting in motion the entire modern missionary movement because of those
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Todd Stiles on Nov 16, 2006
Sacrifice is what Milton Olive III was all about! As a Pfc. in the Vietnam War, he and four other soldiers were moving through a Vietnam jungle together when a grenade was thrown into their midst. Pfc. Olive saw the grenade, and then saved the lives of his fellow soldiers at the sacrifice of his
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Baptist
Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009
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LIFE BEGINS AT THE CROSS
We don’t begin to live until we believe on Jesus and receive this everlasting life. A popular book a generation ago was entitled, Life Begins at Forty, where the author sought to prove that a person just enters the prime of life at forty years of age. The new saying is
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 26, 2009
My older sister Sue is panicked by mice. She lives in an old farm house, next door to the house we grew up in. One night she went into her kitchen and saw a mouse scury underneath the pantry door. Wanted it eradicated, she called Dad who went over the house to take care of the problem. He was
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 12, 2011
STARBUCKS SOCIETY
Sometimes people describe today as the culture of "Starbucks" or the "iPod" society? We have been taught to look at ourselves as individuals, and the preferences of the individual are more important than the group. At Starbucks you can stand behind somebody and they can rattle I
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Lutheran