Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 25, 2002
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A PREREQUISITE TO FORGIVENESS
A pastor finished his message early one Sunday, (and that pastor was not me) and he wanted to check his congregation’s understanding. So he asked, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?"
There was a short pause and then, from
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
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Astronaut James Erwin is one of but a few men to walk on the moon. As he stood upon the lunar landscape and looked up at the earth, he prayed for the first time in his life. He thought about the strife among nations, poverty, hunger, and rampant evil; and he thought to himself: "What is more
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Contributed by Wayne Dean Sr. on Aug 21, 2002
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Peter Marshall has written a little poem which illustrates how children see the “diamond in the rough” as Jesus did. It goes like this:
“We have the nicest garbage man,
He empties out our garbage can.
He’s just as nice as he can be,
He always stops and talks to me.
My mother doesn’t
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 17, 2003
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[That’s the Only Problem]
The young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home.
Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there.
After getting up a head of steam and warming up to
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
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It helps to have a powerful father. I read the story of some small boys playing football but ’big lads’ came along and stole the football. One of the boys went up to these teenagers and said, ’Give our ball back.’ The ’big lads’ declined the invitation. The small boy asked again and the
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Contributed by Paul Redwine on Jan 5, 2004
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As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times better than any
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 7, 2004
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It is recorded that during the coronation of Edward VI, after various ceremonial swords had been brought to him, the king said to his nobles: "There is one sword yet lacking, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Without that sword we are nothing and we can do nothing!" To what the
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 11, 2004
Self Love Is Ordinary
Self-love is so ordinary that Jesus used it as a reference point: Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” When I was in elementary school, the teacher sometimes solved the first problem on a sheet of homework to show us how the others were solved. Jesus used our love for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
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The people who received help from Jesus were mainly “normal,” respectable, religious people. Yet they were demonized. A demon had gained access to some area of their personalities, and as a result they themselves were not in full control.
We need to remember that the moral and ethical code
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Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 10, 2005
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I am reminded of my daughter the other day trying on her father’s shoes. It was so endearing to see her walk around thinking she didn’t look utterly ridiculous. To her nothing was wrong with clomping around in shoes 14 inches longer than her chubby little feet. She was all at once very silly and
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 10, 2005
It was written in 1929 but it has been sung for over 6 decades by such performers as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, The Carpenters, The Supremes, Willie Nelson and now, our own Robin Petrovich. The tune is entitled "Without a Song," the chorus goes: "Without a song the day would never end; Without a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as “the dark hour of his soul.”
Eliot’s mother gave him this
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I heard about a Union Meeting where the Union Representative was explaining the new Work Contract.
He said, "I have great news, Comrades. Management has agreed to lighten our work schedule!”
The crowd shouted, "Hooray!"
"And we will have a 150% pay rise."
"Hooray!"
"We will finish work at 4 PM,
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