Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 29, 2001
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One of the greatest marathoners in the world is a Kenyan woman named Tegla Loroupe. She is also one of the smallest. Tegla Loroupe is just under 5 feet tall and weighs a mere 88 pounds. For more than five years she’s been among the top marathoners in the world.
Tegla said in an interview that
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United Methodist
Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
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When I was about 27 years old I developed an abscess in a rather embarrassing area of the body. Consequently I tried to keep quiet about it hoping it would go away by natural means.
Eventually the abscess got to such a size that the pain was intense and I was finding it difficult to walk. So I
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Methodist
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
It was January and a crowd of mostly Christian children and teenagers had gathered for a Bible Camp at the Station Field complex of Pattimura University on the Island of Ambon in Indonesia. When the camp was over, cars came to take the laughing; rejoicing children back to their homes. But there
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
“The Tarsier is one of the smallest primates and lives in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra and the Philippines. Tarsiers have a maximum body length of 6⅓ inches and a 10½ inch tail. Their eyes are so large that they would be equivalent to grapefruit-sized eyes in a human being.
Tarsiers,
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
CALLING OTHERS TO GOD
A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
CALLING OTHERS TO GOD
A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 13, 2009
OBJECT LESSON: THE MOP HEAD
I have here a mop head that I recently replaced at the Upper Room. This has been used to mop urine. I know, because I mopped up when this guy urinated all over himself, the couch he was sitting on, and the floor while he was asleep. It has mopped up the filth that was
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication.
Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand
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Baptist
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We live in a generation of government corruption and evil that is unparalleled. How long will God tolerate this?
The Bible says in Luke 8:17 (NLT), "For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Jesus, the mere mention of His name can calm the storm, heal the broken hearted, and raise the dead. At the name of Jesus, I've seen sin-hardened men melted, derelicts transformed, the lights of hope put back into the eyes of a hopeless child...
At the name of Jesus, hatred and bitterness has
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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LETTING PEOPLE DROWN?
The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool.
The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 17, 2003
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NO DIFFERENCE TO ME
John G. Paton, a nineteenth-century missionary to the South Seas met opposition to leaving his home in Scotland and going to preach to the cannibalistic people of the New Hebrides Islands.
A well-meaning church member moaned to him, “The cannibals, the cannibals! You’ll be
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by W F on Sep 20, 2004
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In 1715, Louis 14th of France died. Louis, who called himself “the Great,” was the monarch who made the infamous statement “I am the State!” His court was the most magnificent in all of Europe, and his funeral was spectacular. His body lay in a gold coffin. To dramatize the deceased King’s
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on May 7, 2005
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A man thought that by being baptised he could find salvation. A friend of his tried hard to explain that this was not so. But this man insisted that, as water would purify the body, so water consecrated by a minister or priest would purify the soul. Finally the friend used an illustration. "Suppose
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
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In the InterVarsity Press publication, “Lifeline,” the benefits of forgiving were highlighted as follows, ‘According to the latest medical and psychological research, forgiving is good for our souls-and our bodies. People who forgive: benefit from better immune functioning and lower blood
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Church Of God