Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Aug 28, 2009
Corrie ten Boom lived through the terrible life of Nazi concentration camps, a place where hope was lost for many people. She survived to tell her story of unfaltering faith and tight-fisted hope in God. She saw the face of evil up close and personal. She saw some of the most atrocious and
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 19, 2009
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For 23 years I lived in a small three-bedroomed duplex house which was attached to other duplexes on either side of my house. My (duplex) house stood on a 120sq metre plot of ground. I used to tell my family that one day I would have a big house with an office at the back of the house so that when
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 15, 2009
My grandmother lived until she was 108. Now that is a long life! At 90 I remember her going on expeditions with a lapidary club. She loved collecting rocks and climbing mountains and walking for incredible distances. She would talk about the old people in the nursing home in which she lived. They
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 7, 2010
My daughter and son-in-law once lived in Parramatta in Sydney, Australia, quite near an old cemetery. It had historic significance for Sydney and was protected, I think, by the national trust. It angered me when it was vandalised. A part of our history destroyed! I could take the broken bottles and
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And now, am watching Larry King Live! Where there is an interesting interview with Mrs Cindi Broaddus, the sister to Robin McGraw, Dr Phil McGraw’s wife.
She was attacked five years ago by an unknown, hateful bigot who sprayed her with Sulfuric Acid from a highway overpass in the quiet countryside
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IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER- by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose
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Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
"Many, I am afraid, think that being a Christian is primarily just a personal individual thing, like something that will benefit me. Even a church can be a very selfish venture if it is meant only to enhance the members. A congregation is not a religious club run for the benefit of the members."
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I heard a story about Christian junior high camp. One of the campers, a boy with spastic paralysis, was the object of heartless ridicule. When he would ask a question, the boys would deliberately answer in a halting, mimicking way. One night his cabin group chose him to lead the devotions before
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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Why would Christians choose to sin rather than choose what they know God wants them to do? Four answers are commonly given today.
1. Some would point to Romans 8:16 and explain that Christians who willfully sin have forgotten their true identity as "children of God." While it is true that
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 2, 2007
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Bob had been a Christian for about 6 years and had come to Dallas to head up a major city wide evangelistic campaign, hosting a daily radio program and working with some of the largest churches in America. He was beginning to think he was close to reaching the ultimate in Christian maturity -
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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C. S. Lewis, the great British Christian writer, has another answer in his book The Problem of Pain. Some of you may have seen the Anthony Hopkins’ movie Shadowlands which tells the story of Lewis’s faith and grief at the death of new bride. Lewis married late in life to an American women after
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 20, 2025
[232]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - REFLECTIONS ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
The poem explores some aspects of our faith. Each stanza makes a statement beginning with "What".
STANZA 1 – Christ is glorified, and one day we will share in that glory.
STANZA 2 – As perfect Man Jesus helps us in our
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 28, 2025
[091]. A POEM MESSAGE – FOR THE CHRISTIAN THERE IS LIGHT THROUGH THE TUNNEL
There was a lovely little song written in that western style around the middle of last century called, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Sometimes in our lives, it is like being in a dark tunnel where we can not
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life.
Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then
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