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  • The Stages Of Loss

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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    THE STAGES OF LOSS Several years ago a profound and dramatic research project began in Chicago's Billings Hospital. It was a seminar on death, in which psychiatists, chaplains, nurses, and medical doctors studied the ultimate human crisis of facing death. Basic findings is that the very ill ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • Why Do You Ask?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    WHY DO YOU ASK? A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?" Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?" "No" the lady replied. "You bury treasure but you burn ...read more

  • Be Ready

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    Typical inscription on a grave in Paul’s day: I was not I became I am not I care ...read more

  • Mr. Goodness And Mr. Mercy

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2011
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    MR. GOODNESS AND MR. MERCY A faithful Christian lady told the preacher on her death bed that she felt like two demons were always around her. She said that when she died she felt like those demons were going to escort her to hell. The preacher was disturbed and couldn't understand her terrors. ...read more

  • The Angel And Anthony Burger

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 22, 2011
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    THE ANGEL AND ANTHONY BURGER Anthony Burger died at age 44. Many feel that he is the finest gospel pianist that ever lived. He spent the last ten years playing for the Gaither Vocal Band. He last played on a cruise ship. Fifteen hundred people were on the cruise, vacationing during the day, and ...read more

  • Our Lives Are Like A...

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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    OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A... Listen to what the Bible compares our lives to, and as you do, notice that the central theme of each comparison is the idea of the BREVITY of our lives upon this earth: * First, our lives are compared to A VAPOR (James 4:1) - Think about the vapor from a teapot. It is ...read more

  • Roman Historian Livy: "Wealth Has Made Us ...

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 10, 2011
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    Roman historian Livy: "Wealth has made us greedy, and self-indulgence has brought us, through every form of sensual excess, to be, if I may so put it, ...read more

  • I Shall Be Alive...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2011
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    I SHALL BE ALIVE... One of the penetrating churchmen of the past generation was Reverend James Gordon Gilkey. While living in Portland, Oregon, he was told by his physician that he had an incurable disease. Death could not be averted, nor long delayed. What did he do? Here is his own story: "I ...read more

  • Moody's Dying Words  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 21, 2011
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    MOODY'S DYING WORDS "Earth recedes. Heaven opens before me. If this is death, it is sweet! There is no valley here. God is calling me, and I must go." "No, no, Father," said Moody's son, "You are dreaming." "I am not dreaming," replied Moody. "I have been within the gates. I have seen the ...read more

  • What Would You Like To Hear?  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 27, 2011
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    WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR? Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, "When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?" The first man said, "I'd like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time ...read more

  • This Past Week I Heard A Man Named Paul Peck ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 14, 2008
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    This past week I heard a man named Paul Peck speak. He talked about watching the riots in Los Angeles in April of 1992 following the acquittal of the four white officers who beat Rodney King. Paul watched in horror as African Americans burned down their own communities and businesses, but instead ...read more

  • In The Ultimate Obedience Depicted In 1 Peter 4:1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    In the ultimate obedience depicted in 1 Peter 4:1 Believers who have died have ceased from sin will have entered into an eternal condition of holy perfection, free from all sin’s influences and effects (cf. 1 Cor. 15:42–43; 2 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 21:4; 22:14–15). SAFELY HOME I am home in Heaven, dear ...read more

  • 82% Of Adults Age 18-24 Believe A Person's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    82% of adults age 18-24 believe a person’s spirit exists in an afterlife ...read more

  • I Was Reading Outdoor Life The Other Day While ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on May 9, 2008
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    I was reading Outdoor Life the other day while waiting to get my allergy shot and came across an interesting story. It was in a section entitled, "This Happened to Me." A turkey hunter had successfully called in a big gobbler within shooting range and shot the turkey. He picked up his trophy ...read more

  • Charley The Cat

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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    CHARLEY THE CAT "It was around Thanksgiving, just after our daughter turned five, that we brought Charley home. We named him after Charles, Prince of Wales. The name seemed to fit just right for this shy little newly-adopted member of our family. His wonderful blue eyes seemed to look deep into ...read more

  • Since At Least January Of 2008, We Have All Seen ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on May 25, 2008
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    Since at least January of 2008, we have all seen daily television commercials for the annual "Avon Walk for Breast Cancer." One young lady, walking in memory of her Mother, who was a breast cancer victim, laments, "I really didn't have any say so about my Mother's death, walking in her memory ...read more

  • Jesus Has Gone Before Us. In The Words Of John ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on May 25, 2008
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    "Jesus has gone before us. In the words of John 13:1, He has made the crossing from this world toward the father and summons us to come after Him. We will do this definitively when, at the hour of our death, we will have to summon up whatever resources we have in order to cast ourselves into the ...read more

  • A Tombstone Epitaph Reads: "Pause Stranger, When ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jun 8, 2008
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    A tombstone epitaph reads: “Pause stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me!” A passerby read those words and underneath scratched this response: “To follow you I’ll not consent, until I know ...read more

  • I Remember A Year Ago When A Doctor Told Me, ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 18, 2008
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    "I remember a year ago when a doctor told me, 'You have an illness from which you won't recover.' I walked out to where I live, five miles from Portland, Oregon, and I looked across at that mountain that I love. I looked at the river in which I rejoice, and I looked at the stately trees that are ...read more