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Clive Calver tells the story of his mother-in-law who had Alzheimer’s Disease - him and his wife were contemplating bringing her home - they went to visit not knowing if she would even recognize them. Clive told her that he would pray for her and if she wanted she could pray after he did. Her
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
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Sir Douglas Bader was a pilot who lost both his legs in a plane crash before WW2. He was fitted with artificial legs & resumed flying. In 1939, when Germany & England went to war, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force.
Flying with two artificial legs, he shot down 22 enemy airplanes in the Battle
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Contributed by Rob Culler on Mar 21, 2001
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One day Adam and his boys were out for a walk and happened upon the Garden of Eden. One of the boys said, “Dad, what is that place?” Adam responded, “Guys,
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Contributed by Tony Miano on Apr 21, 2001
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R. Kent Hughes, in his book, James—Faith That Works, shares this story.
"It is said that Napoleon, while looking at some papers, let slip the bridle of his horse, which reared so that the Emperor was in danger. A corporal of the grenadiers leaped forward and caught the bridle, bringing the
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 17, 2001
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In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote, "Do not waste your time bothering whether you ’love’ your neighbor act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on May 29, 2001
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Erle Stanley Gardner tells about his early days as a writer of Western stories:
“When a writer is writing at three cents a word, he is painfully conscious of the number of words. In fact, when I was typing my own stories. I had an adding machine device connected to the space bar of my typewriter,
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Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Feb 10, 2001
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The Bible says, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." How do I know if I am hearing his voice you say?
One time, I made a homemade kite. I used about a thousand yards of my grandmothers crochet thread for the string. I let that kite out as far as I could on that string. So
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001
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C S Lewis, in his book "The Screwtape Letters", imagined that he could overhear what a chief tempter in Hell was saying: "It will be an ill day for us," the tempter says, "if what most humans mean by ’Religion’ ever vanished from the Earth. It can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 24, 2001
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A little boy walked into his Dad’s den just as his Dad finished reading a book. The son asked, "What were you reading?’
The Father replied, "I was reading the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible."
The little boy curiously asked, "What’s it about?
His Dad replied, "It’s about God’s
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Nov 16, 2001
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In his book "One Lord, One Faith," author Rex Koivisto warns:
We cannot read into the [biblical] text some meaning if it
conflicts with the writer’s intended meaning.
[For example,] in the early 1960’s the folk group Peter,
Paul, and Mary sang a song about a young boy’s
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 25, 2001
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A boy came home from Sunday school and His Mother said, "What did you discuss at Church?" The boy said, "Marriage"! His Mother said inquisitively, "What did you learn about marriage?" The little boy thought for a moment and
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany? The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business adventures!" The young lad never got over his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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C. H. Spurgeon preached once a each year for his orphans. At that great meeting many would come to hear the famous preacher, and an offering would be received for the orphanage. After one of these meetings he was leaving the sanctuary when one of those "super spiritual," narrow-minded, nitpicking
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2002
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The being we call God is unique. His name is I AM, it is not God. The astrologer worships his footstool -- The sun worshiper loves just, one small star. The animist, the works of His hands The Satanist prays to a created and lesser being. The materialist is consumed by a temporary condition
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
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One day a lady criticized D. L. Moody for his methods of evangelism in attempting to win people to the Lord. Moody’s reply was "I agree with you. I don’t like the way I do it either. Tell me, how do you do it?" The lady replied, "I don’t do it." Moody retorted, "Then I like my way of doing it
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Contributed by Keith Andrews on Jun 5, 2002
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J.I. Packer shows how Paul expresses his humility. Paul says
I am the least of the apostles. 1 Corinthians 15:9
I am the very least of all the saints. Ephesians 3:8
I am the foremost of sinners. 1 Timothy
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