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                    GOOD GIFTS
Go to God--he is the source of our goodness on this earth.
Matthew 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
This story about Hudson Taylor, a well-known
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
As Americans, we pride ourselves in "doing Christmas up right." Tons of gifts, big holiday feasts, huge trees, Lights on the houses. USA! 
Here are some of the other ways people prepare for the celebration of Christmas.
*	In Italy they have no Christmas
                    
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                    NO HAY DIOS (Translation follows)
El sistema escolar le dice a los niños: “No hay Dios”
* El humanismo es un sistema de pensamiento que se centra en los seres humanos, en sus valores y capacidades, además de su “habilidad” de poder vivir apartado de Dios. 
El Humanismo defiende constantemente
                    
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                    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I WISH I COULD LIVE LIFE OVER AGAIN
I remember when I was an assistant pastor in TN visiting a man who had lived his whole life in sin and selfishness. He finally came to the Lord in his sixties. When he was diagnosed with cancer, I went to visit him at his home shortly before his death.
The day
                    
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                    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Sep 29, 2011
                
                
                
                    CALL TO WAR
Have you ever heard the "trumpet" call to do battle in our culture?  On every side we are bombarded with things and teachings that are anti-God.  There is the lasciviousness where "free-sex" reigns as supreme.  It is the Christian’s God ordained duty to confront this sin against God
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 13, 2012
                
                
                
                    UNDER THE INFLUENCE
David Kupelian's book The Marketing of Evil, published in 2005, is an eye-opening study of what we face today.  I wish every parent would read it.  
Does anyone here remember what happened to Robert Bauman in 1980?  He was elected in 1973 as representative of the First
                    
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                    Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Mar 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince
and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, "What will
you give me if I release you?" "The half of my wealth," was his reply. "And if I release
your children?" "Everything I possess."
                    
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                    Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 10, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I was reminded of a story I read once about a mother who would listen with her young children to an instructional program on the radio each morning.  She particularly enjoyed the exercise class.  One day she tuned in late, only to hear an energetic instructor already urging pupils along at a fast
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Craver on Sep 27, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi.  The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window.  "Look out there," he said.  The rich man looked into the street.  "What do you see?" asked the rabbi.  "I see men, women, and children," answered the rich
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An Australian primary school banned a teacher after she told a class of six year olds that Santa Claus does not exist.
Angry parents from the Corowa public school demanded action when some children arrived home in tears after a reserve teacher, on her first day on the job, told them their parents
                    
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                    Contributed by Terry Dashner on Dec 27, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The National Defense Council Foundation evaluated 193 countries which will be conflict areas for 2002. As I looked over the nations listed, I couldn’t help but notice that they all held something in common. They  have, either presently or at some time in their history, been resistant and even
                    
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                    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 27, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Los Angeles Times carried an article in 1995 with the title, “Things My Mother Told Me” that suggested:
1.	Mind your manners and always write “thank you” notes.
2.	Brush your hair.
3.	Appearance matters.
4.	Never marry a man in order to change him.
5.	Stand up straight and clean your
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We need to be like the 84 year old grandmother who fiercely maintained her independence and lived alone in the old family home.  Her 4 children lived in the same town, but she rarely called them except in emergencies.  It was with some apprehension, therefore, that one of her sons drove to her
                    
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                    Contributed by Chad Wright on Apr 25, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Throughout history, women have been treated by men as lesser humans. Athenian women were of inferior status, often guarded by dogs, treated as fickle, contentious, and uncultured in comedy. In Jesus’ day, there was a prayer said by Jewish men thanking God in this manner, “Thank you for not making
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    CURED
A woman went to her doctor’s office. She was seen by one of the new doctors, but after about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming and ran down the hall.  
An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she explained. He had her sit down and relax in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN QUIET
In the summer of 1959, my father left his two sons on the side of a South Dakota road with only their comic books.  They had been fighting and screaming in the back seat and despite repeated warnings they continued to be boys.  
I remember the feeling of watching the car
                    
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