Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
                
                
                
                    There was a time when anyone who read the Bible in England did so at great risk. But a man by the name of Wycliffe saw in the Bible the remedy for the ills of his country. There was no English Bible in existence , so in the face of bitter opposition, he translated the Bible into English. People
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an exerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829:
As you may know, Mr. President, ‘railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per
                    
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                    Teen Perspective on Woes  Roper National Youth Survey reports what teens view as the top 6 causes of American society’s problems:
·	56% Selfishness/People not thinking of the rights of others.
·	52% People who don’t respect the law and the authorities.
·	48% Wrongdoing by politicians.
·	47% Lack of
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Nov 21, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Returning Thanks is a LEARNED Trait.
We are not born grateful creatures.  Take a baby for just a little while and you’ll probably hold in your arms what could be best described as a schizophrenic!  One minute cooing, the next crying; one minute silent, the next screaming; one minute friendly
                    
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                    Contributed by Susan Blader on Nov 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Our Personal Rainbow
And did you know that God gives each of us our own personal rainbow?  No two people will see the same rainbow.  A rainbow is formed by a raindrop that acts like a prism, separating sunlight into its individual color components.  If you stand looking at a rainbow, and someone
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the United States, you can be fined $5000 and imprisoned for up to a year for breaking an eagle’s egg, you can be imprisoned and fined for stealing a sea turtle egg, and yet our babies are being killed daily with little outcry.  It is time we contact our legislators and tell them there must be a
                    
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                    When the railroads were first introduced to the U.S., some folks feared that they’d be the downfall of the nation! Here’s an excerpt from a letter to then President Jackson dated January 31, 1829: As you may know, Mr. President, ’railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per
                    
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                    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 4, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We can’t imagine what our Redeemer has in store for us.  The Holy Spirit gives us a few clues, but it is like a person blind from birth trying to comprehend color.  Imagine if you lived in a world of darkness – then could suddenly see.  Imagine if you lived in a world without taste – and suddenly
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A loaded mini-van pulled up to the only remaining campsite. Four youngsters leaped from the vehicle and feverishly began unloading the gear and setting up the tent. The boys rushed off to gather firewood while the girls along with their mother began to set up the camp stove and cooking utensils. A
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CHRIST-LIKE SIMPLICITY
Francis de Sales, 17th cent. writer, said that Christ-like simplicity is similar to what we see in little children "who with one hand cling to their father, and with the other gather strawberries or blackberries along the hedges. For just like this, while you are gathering
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011
                
                
                
                    I CAN'T TELL A LIE
A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy, and both these children had been very, very naughty.
As the time drew near for their mother to pick them up, the little girl asked, "Are you going to tell Mummy how we
                    
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                    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
                
                
                
                    FOCUS ON CHRIST 
The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some
                    
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                    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Dec 16, 2007
                
                
                
                    Just this past Thursday we learned the results of what is being called the "Mitchell" report.  For those of us who are baseball fans it was a pretty dark day.  Former Senator George Mitchell concluded his almost two year investigation into the game and released his conclusions and one of those
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 26, 2025
                
                
                
                    [143].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN THE FURNACE AND THE LIONS’ DEN
This poem is the telling of two stories in Daniel, one of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the blazing furnace, and the other of Daniel in the lion’s den.
Both stories testify to the goodness of God, and both are examples of
                    
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