Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 17, 2011
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FLOOD STORIES
One evidence that the Genesis flood was a real event is the prevalence of flood stories in other ancient cultures, remnants of the story passed on by Noah’s descendants, stories corrupted as his descendants forgot the one true God.
The Mesopotamian flood story describes their gods
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Baptist
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A STORY OF REVENGE
The other day, a soldier was in my office. He had been exposed to radiation poisoning while deployed in Afghanistan and was brought home to prepare for death. But he told me his story and said he wasn't prepared to die and meet God on Judgment Day. This soldier said that his
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THE STORY OF JANUARIUS
Januarius, as bishop of Benevento, was performing one of the works of mercy when he was arrested. He was visiting some deacon friends in prison. They were then all rounded up and put in the arena with the wild beasts, who refused to eat them. (I find it comforting
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Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 5, 2011
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TIMOTHY'S STORY
I want to tell you a story today about a little fellow named Jason. The circumstances that Jason was born into not entirely clear. What we do know is that his birth parents, for what ever reason, decided not to care for him or could not care for him. Instead they decided to place
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Contributed by Scott Spencer on Nov 14, 2011
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CHIPPIE'S STORY
Max Lucado shares the story of a parakeet named Chippie. Chippie’s owner decided to clean his cage...with a vacuum cleaner. She was almost finished when the phone rang, so she turned around to answer it. Before she knew it, Chippie was gone.
In a panic she ripped open the vacuum
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Calvary Chapel
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 5, 2011
THE STORY OF THE TEACUP
There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery, especially teacups.
This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They were in this one shop when they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, "We’ve never
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Contributed by Arron Chambers on Dec 21, 2011
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BRYON'S STORY
Do you know that Jesus is still in the life-changing business? Bryon Widner does.
Bryon used to be one of the leaders of the white power movement as the found of the Vinlanders gang of skinheads. He’d covered his body and face with tattoos that were designed to communicate hate and
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
HEZEKIAH'S STORY
Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from
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THE STORY OF THE GIPPER
It was halftime of the 1928 Army vs. Notre Dame Game that legendary head coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech to his beleaguered players.
Notre Dame was having one of its worst seasons on record and Rockne was trying to salvage what he could of the
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Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
TRUNG'S STORY
To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison
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Lutheran
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Those of you who have heard of Evangelism Explosion by D. James Kennedy
know the illustration of the chair.
You know, a person can say ‘Yes, I see that chair. That’s a chair. I acknowledge that’s a chair.
I believe that’s a chair. And I think that chair could hold me up if I sat in it.’
But
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
THE STORY OF UNCLE GEORGE
Being honest is not always easy.
The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family's "black sheep"
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Brethren
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
GOD LEADS HIS DEAR CHILDREN ALONG
Haldor Lillenas, founder of a noted music-publishing company, made his way to the United States from Scandinavia. His first years in this country were hard, but a kind lady befriended him and taught him the English language.
More importantly, perhaps, she told
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