Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 4, 2004
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Dr.W.A.Criswell talks about the kind of faith we have by comparing it to an operation. If you’ve ever had surgery, you go in and the anesthetic is administered usually by a mask. They tell you to count to 3 and you’ll be out. They put the mask over your face and you think to yourself that the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 26, 2010
ONE SMALL STEP
As a boy he was active in the Boy Scouts, and had earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was only the second person in his family to attend college. In 1950, a week after his 20th birthday, he became a Naval Aviator and then later an ASTRONAUT.
Watching television as the dramatic
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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You remember the singing group Milli Vanilli? They were a big sensation until someone exposed them as a fake because the guys were lip-synching instead of singing themselves.
I’d like to suggest that the lesson to be learned for us is instead of trying to lip-synch the Christian life, faking our
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 9, 2006
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Over Memorial Day weekend the WWII based series Band of Brothers played. Close to the end the historical character Major Winters says something like “When we began this war these men obeyed me because they were commanded to. Now they obey me because they trust me.”
The men learned that they
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Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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THE EAGLE AND THE VULTURE
A story is told of two birds that soared far above a beautiful national park. They flew the same path, at the same altitude, at the same speed. The eagle returned to tell all about the beautiful waterfalls and streams full of trout, breath-taking landscapes of colorful
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Contributed by Lark Lewis on Jul 14, 2011
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THE DOVE, THE FISH AND THE ANCHOR
If ever you have the chance to visit the catacombs in Rome, those tunnels under the ancient city, where many of the early Christians were buried, you can see the symbols of faith on their tombs. Three common symbols appear: the dove, the fish, and the anchor. The
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Contributed by Chad Wright on Apr 15, 2002
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In 1865 after the Civil War, America officially banned slavery. In modern headlines every once in a while you will read of a child held hostage by his own parents. Usually, the child is abused and neglected. One or both of the parents beat and starve the child. Some children have been chained like
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Lutheran
Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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A lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of coastline received oil once a month to keep his light burning. Not begin far from a village, he had frequent guests. One night a woman needed oil to keep her family warm. Another night a father needed oil for his lamp. Then another needed oil to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 8, 2005
"Batman Begins" movie has a scene in it that I like – Bruce Wayne aka Batman puts on the playboy act—meant to keep people from connecting him with the crusading hero Batman— Wayne’s girlfriend from his past and now a zealous district attorney, saw all that and relates her disappointment in what
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Evangelical Free