Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 30, 2002
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Did you read B.C. in yesterday’s cartoons? Two women are sitting on a small hill. One is reading the Bible and says, “Oh, my goodness. . . Says here. . . Jesus descended into hell!” The other is shocked and says, “You’re kidding!” Then the woman with the Bible says, “Oh, no. . . Not to
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AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT
Following the Civil War, a dejected confederate soldier was sitting outside the grounds of the White House. A young boy approached him and inquired why he was so sad. The solider related how he had repeatedly tried to see President Lincoln to tell him why he was
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Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003
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HE CHOSE THE NAILS
Max Lucado writes:
...God’s list contains the name of every person who ever lived. For this is the scope of his love. And this is the reason for the cross. He loves the world.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (John 3:16 NLT)
As boldly as the center
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Mennonite
Contributed by Joel Vicente on Apr 19, 2003
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President Calvin Coolege went to church, and afterwards was asked by a friend what the minister spoke on. “He preached on sin.” The friend asked what the preacher
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Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 31, 2004
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In a painting of the Crucifixion by the famous Dutch artist, Rembrandt, our attention is drawn immediately to the cross and to Him who hangs there.
Then looking at the crowd gathered around the Cross, we note the attitudes and actions of these people. As our eyes drift to the edge of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Haun on Apr 5, 2004
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The author Lee Strobel has written a book titled God’s Outrageous Claims. In it he writes these words: "Jesus was tied to a post and beaten at least thirty-nine times – and probably more – with a whip that had jagged bones and balls of lead woven into it. Again and again the whip was brought down
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When John McNeill, the Scottish evangelist, landed in France for duty during the World War, he was introduced to the general in command, who said that he would like to give him suggestions about his preaching to the men. McNeill’s biographer describes the incident: "What the general wanted him to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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A cartoon has been found on a wall in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time. It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross - but the body has the head of a donkey. There’s also a figure of a young man
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Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Nov 11, 2000
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A Greek author from Caria named Phlegon wrote about the darkness that occurred in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad (equivilant to 33 A.D.). "There was the greatest eclipse of the sun. It became as night in the sixth hour of the day (noon) so that the stars even appeared in the
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Contributed by Graham John on Apr 2, 2001
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Foot and Mouth
The most recent attack on the foot and mouth disease that is ravaging farms in the U.K. has been the sad slaughter of thousands and thousands of unaffected cows & sheep, together with their newborn spring lambs. This is to create a “firebreak” between the infected and the uninfected
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Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006
The mother of a nine-year-old Kentucky boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle of the afternoon. It was the teacher from her son’s school.
"Mrs. Smith, something unusual happened today in your son’s third grade class. Your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 3, 2007
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Some time ago my wife and I were watching Biography. It was about the development of the papacy, starting with Peter. Following the ascension Peter went to Rome. He is talked about some in Acts and Paul’s letters so his travel to Rome is taken pretty much at face value. They said, however, that
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