Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 15, 2010
FROM THE BALCONY
A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the movie theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The man mumbled but didn't budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2010
THE CHARTER FLIGHT
With his request approved, the CNN News cameraman quickly used his cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight. He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.
Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger. He
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Contributed by Hugh Laing on Mar 1, 2010
TEMPTATION...means Enticement, Forbidden Fruit, Allure, Bait, Desire... and I love this story on temptation. “There is a story told about a little boy in a grocery store that I think illustrates the nature of TEMPTATION. The boy was standing near an open box of peanut butter cookies. “Now then,
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 20, 2010
ON TAX COLLECTORS
In Kiev, MONEY CHANGERS sit in little booths with a small window. You can't see their faces, and they mutter to you in Russian as you hand over American dollars in exchange for Grivnas. Whenever I exchanged money, I seemed to be getting more Grivna for my dollar because the
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
Way back in January of 2002 we taught William Fay’s approach to sharing the gospel. It was called “Share Jesus Without Fear.” A part of those sessions dealt with handling objections.
"There are many religions in the world. How can you know the right one?"
Response: "All religions can be divided
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jul 14, 2010
LOOKING WELL AHEAD
I once did this driving course called an anti-skid driving course. One of the really valuable learnings that I got out of it was that when you drive, you should drive with your eyes looking well ahead maybe a couple of hundred metres ahead, not on the car just in front of you,
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 28, 2010
Alex Haley, in his book, Roots, shared the story of an old slave who one day drove his master to a great ball at an adjoining plantation. As the slave sat quietly in the buggy waiting for his master to return, he became aware not only of the sounds coming from the big house, but of strange music
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
GEN. MACARTHUR: UNDERSTANDING EINSTEIN
When General Douglas MacArthur was at Army training college, he tells this story:
"The first section was studying the time-space relationship later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. The text was complex and, being unable to comprehend it, I
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
MONUMENT OF THE STATES
In Kissimmee, Florida, there is a monument built of 1,500 stones from the 48 states and from 23 foreign countries. It is called the Monument of the States.
Conceived by Dr. Charles D. Bressler-Pettis, the idea for the structure took years to materialize. On a
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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SATAN AS AMUSING
One of Satan's characteristic strategems is to give those who believe that he does exist an entirely wrong concept of what his true nature and character really are.
In the Middle Ages, when there were no radios, no magazines, no newspapers, no movies, no telephones, and none of
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NO OTHER PLANS
There is an ancient legend about Jesus’ ascension into heaven.
He is met by the angel Gabriel who asks him, "Now that your work is finished, what plans have you made to ensure that the truth that you brought to earth will spread throughout the world?"
Jesus answered, "I have
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Anglican
Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 27, 2011
"I CAN SEE YOU."
During the bombing of London during WW2, the Nazis would nightly bomb buildings and homes of civilians.
A father, holding his small son by the hand ran from a building that had been struck by a bomb. In the front yard was a shell hole. Seeking shelter as quickly as possible,
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DESPAIR DEFAULT
I remember a woman years back who used to come to me about once a month ... to rehearse her troubles. And I use the word "rehearse" on purpose, because that's exactly what she did. Every time, she'd tell me the same set of complaints over and over and over again. She had her
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