GIOVANNI WAS A SAINT
In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, renowned members of the local Mafia. They were mean, bad and very rich. No one had a good word to say about them. Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or maligned by the
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Anglican
Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 28, 2011
En Hampton Court, palacio en las afueras de Londres, existe una vid de más de 200 años. Tiene ramas que llegan a 120 pies de largo, pero se recogen hasta 700 lbs de uva por temporada. ¿El secreto? Cada rama está conectada directamente al tronco y este a su raíz de 12 pies de
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 5, 2012
Billy Graham describes an experience he had walking down a street, and a drunk man recognized him, and accosted him, stinking of liquor, claiming “I became a disciple at one of your meetings”. Billy Graham said “he must have been one of my disciples. He certainly wasn’t a disciple of Jesus”.
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
Happy is that Christian who cares for nothing so much as to be holy and loving like his Master, while he lives, and a companion of his Master when he
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
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AT LEAST ONE FOLLOWER
A father was filling out an application form for his daughter who was seeking entrance to a very exclusive college. He came to the question on the form which asked whether the applicant was a leader. In honesty he wrote, "No, but she is a good follower." The application
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Lutheran
Contributed by Steve Heartsill on Oct 25, 2000
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A pastor was called to a new church. The first Sunday the pastor was there, his message was taken from John 3:16. The message was entitled, "How to Be Born Again." The
message was well received, but no decisions were made. The second Sunday, the pastor’s message was taken from John 3:16 and was
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Baptist
Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 2, 2001
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Jim Wallis writes in The Call to Conversion (HarperCollins, 1992, p. 108) his testimony: "When I was a university student, I was unsuccessfully evangelized by almost every Christian group on campus. My basic response to their preaching was, “How can I believe when I look at the way the church
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Holiness
Contributed by Dennis Clark on Apr 12, 2001
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A railroad yardmaster called the telephone daily at exactly 11:45 to verify the time. After years of this ritual the operator asked the yardmaster, "Why do you call each day at exactly the same time?" His reply, "I take my responsibilities very seriously, I call to be certain I blow the 12:00
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Baptist
Contributed by Russ Sharrock on Jan 3, 2002
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In a book called "Directions", James Hamilton writes: Before refrigerators, people used ice houses to preserve their food. Ice houses had thick walls, no windows, and a tightly fitting door. In winter, when streams and lakes were frozen, large blocks of ice were cut, hauled to the ice houses, and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2002
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In a book called “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” a Roman Emporer is quoted:
--I have now reigned above 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any
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I CANNOT CALL YOU FRIEND!
Unknown...
My friend, I stand in judgment now.
And I fill that you are to blame somehow.
On earth I walked with you day by day.
But never did you point the way.
You knew the LORD,
In His truth and His glory.
But never did you share the story! ?
My knowledge then was very
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 21, 2003
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A pastor received a call from a church that offered him a salary four times what he was then receiving. Being a devout man, he spent much time in prayer trying to discern what God wanted him to do. One day a friend met the pastor’s young son on the street. “Do you know what your dad is going to
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Larsen on Dec 23, 2003
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There is a new series on TV called Joan of Arcadia. It is about a teenager named Joan. Joan is a pretty typical teen in that she gets in trouble at school for talking and failing to do her homework. She has problems at home. The biggest problem being that her brother was in a car accident and
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Orthodox
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