Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 26, 2009
"Margaret Waage wrote of an especially important Christmas eve in her life. She got off her job at noon and stood dejectedly in the crowd waiting for the subway train. She had worked by herself all morning since her fellow workers had been given the day off. Now many people around her were talking
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2004
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NO WONDER PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE (IN SANTA, THAT IS)
In his book, “Still More Hot Illustrations for Youth”, Wayne Rice says this:
It is truly heartwarming to know that millions of people around the world believe in Santa. Sure, most are under four feet tall, but still it’s amazing that so many
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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Seventeen years ago I was keenly interested in a widow in our church. Renfro laughed at me for saying she and I had a conversation in which we negotiated whether we could date or not. Listen, if there are things on which you do not agree, either negotiate a lasting change or else keep on
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2013
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POWER AND DISCIPLINE
Over here is a wall socket. There is power in that socket.
Because of that power, I can plug lamps, fans, microwaves and phone chargers into it and magically empower those devises. I can even plug a car charger into a wall socket and revive a dead car battery (like I’ve had to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
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Amy Alt is well aware of these studies, and they frighten her. Amy was featured in
the Los Angeles Times article from 1996 where I found the other statistics I’ve used today.
Her husband, Steve, decided he was unhappy and didn’t want to be married anymore.
He left her. She tried to reconcile
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Oct 4, 2002
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Th Lord is a personal God and there are some ministries for which He has no deputies because He wants to do them Himself. He is the One who cares for His people.
Illustration.
I remember coming home the first time from university. My mother came up as I was ready to go to bed and asked :
Son, are
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 20, 2003
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Several years ago Newsweek conducted a survey on people’s prayer beliefs and habits and discovered that a high percentage - 87% - of the people believe that God answers prayers. 54% say they pray on a daily basis, that is, 25% pray once a day and 29% more than once a day. Then it gets revealing
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Independent/Bible
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There is the story of a young man who went off to college and defied some of the values of his rearing that he had acquired in a Christian home. He had pornographic pictures on the walls. One day his mother came to visit him. She saw his walls but said nothing. Instead, she sent him a picture of
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United Methodist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2003
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"Nothing we have is attributable to our own strengths and talents. People think so. It’s an attitude that was expressed very effectively by James Stewart’s character in the movie, “Shenandoah”. He was the patriarch of a large Southern family, running a very successful plantation when the Civil
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2004
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TOP TEN LIST OF WHAT MOMS REALLY WANT FOR MOTHER'S DAY
10. To be able to eat a whole candy bar (alone) and drink a Coke
without any "floaters."
9. To have a 14-year-old answer a question without rolling her eyes
in that "Why is this person my mother?" way.
8. Five pounds of
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004
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There is a plaque on a church building in England that reads like this: "In the year 1653, when all things sacred throughout the land were either demolished or profaned, Sir Robert Shirley built this church. His singular praise is this: To have done the best of things in the worst of times." In
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Christian Church
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 29, 2005
Since January 22, 1973 when the Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand there have been over 53 million abortions. One out of every three pregnancies end in the killing of the unborn baby. More unborn lives have been snuffed out than 10 times the number of Americans lost in all our wars. And
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Christian Church
Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
Recently Jeanie and I have been working on a project to install a mantle above our fireplace. It is going to be beautiful when we finish it, if we ever finish it. The problem is that we started with a piece of wood that had already been molded into something else. It had been a piece of
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Charismatic
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The following conversation occurred between a canary in a cage and a lark on the window sill. The lark looked in at the canary and asked, "What is you Purpose?"
"My purpose is to eat seed."
"What for?"
"So I can be strong."
"What for?"
"So I can sing," answered the canary.
"What for?" continued the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 28, 2007
Adrian Dieleman tells the story of one man’s transformation: “Oscar Cervantes is a dramatic example of the Spirit’s power to transform lives. As a child, Oscar began to get into trouble. Then as he got older, he was jailed 17 times for brutal crimes. Prison psychiatrists said he was beyond
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Methodist
Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 7, 2007
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MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn’t remember any more. Melanie said, "If you don’t remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six."
BRITTANY (age 4) had an earache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take
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Pentecostal
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