Contributed by Rita Sims on May 2, 2001
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Not long ago, I was visiting with a young woman who had served in the military. She was stationed in Cuba. She didn’t like it there at all. She had recently gone through a traumatic divorce. Now, she was separated from her country and from her family in Cuba, of all places. She hated it and
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United Methodist
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I found these lines in an old book copyrighted in 1911. The title of the book is "MORE
HEART THROBS VOLUME TWO"...
IT WILL MEND
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, in an address that was both kind and witty, said in Philadelphia
of the divorce evil:
"There would be less divorce if there were more
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Holiness
Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 16, 2001
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A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when, all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road & crashed into a tree in an old farmer’s field.
The old farmer, after seeing what happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole & bury the politicians. A few days later,
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
With regard to Daneil,I thought it strange that an official of a conquered nation would become an official in the conquering nation. However, I remembered the end of World War II.
Germany was working feverishly with V-1 and V-2 buzz bombs and rockets. They were advanced their capability at that
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 4, 2008
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"Hours behind the runner in front of him, the last marathoner finally entered the Olympic stadium. By that time, the drama of the day’s events was
almost over and most of the spectators had gone home. This athlete’s story, however, was still being played out.
Limping into the arena, the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 23, 2008
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Illus.: “The General Took His Stand”
Fredrick the Great of Germany, was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a devout Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus and the whole palace was ringing with laughter. Von Zealand arose stiffly and said,
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 23, 2008
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Illus.: “The General Took His Stand”
Fredrick the Great of Germany, was a scoffer, but his great general, Von Zealand, was a devout Christian. One day at a gathering, the king was making coarse jokes about Jesus and the whole palace was ringing with laughter. Von Zealand arose stiffly and said,
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
If you want to communicate clearly and with meaning to people in the street, be careful about using in-house talk they don’t understand.
Years ago a traveling preacher was riding his horse through the country when he came upon an old farmer at his house. He greeted the farmer and asked, “Are
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 26, 2008
Wikipedia tells us this about Memorial Day:
"Memorial Day is a United States Federal Holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed in 2008 on May 26). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Joe La Rue on Jul 10, 2008
You may have heard about the Westboro Baptist Church in Wichita, Kansas, whose members picket at the funerals of soldiers. They believe that God is punishing our Nation because we have accepted ungodly lifestyles as normal, and so while they have nothing against the brave men and women who have
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 20, 2008
In the not so distant past, was a movement that swept across the country that was started by former Colorado University football coach Bill McCartney, called Promise Keepers. It started small, but before long, hundreds of thousands of men would gather for huge conferences that focused on men
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Methodist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
SUPPORT YOUR LEADERSHIP
Doing what is right means that we give our leaders support. This does not mean we have to agree with them all the time. In our governmental structure, it also does not mean that we should not criticize their decisions if they are bad ones. We are allowed that freedom.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 5, 2007
A woman approached a well-known preacher who had just returned from the mission field in a third world country where occult worship was wide-spread and he had seen a great deal of actual deliverances from demon possession in the power of the Holy Spirit. He had preached on that subject, telling
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Orthodox
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WAILING AND LAUGHING
Now, you may realize that in those days in Middle-Eastern custom, people usually wailed loudly at funerals. I grew up in a Greek Orthodox country and until today the custom requires a loud and visible weep for the dead. Can you imagine how perplexed I was when I watched people
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