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                    Michael Costin, 40-year-old single father of four, was beaten to death on July 5, 2000 in front of his own children at a hockey rink in Reading, Massachusetts. The man who attacked him was reportedly angry because Costin had refused
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    FAN OR FOLLOWER?
Kyle Idelman writes:
It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
                
                
                
                    Family Time: Society is seeing attitudinal shifts in parents as they focus less on career and more on family. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, households with kids took just under 119 million leisure trips in ‘02, up 23%
                    
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                    Contributed by David  Yarbrough on Oct 15, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Several years ago, an experiment on endurance was conducted at the University of California at Berkeley. The experiment involved placing Norwegian field rats in a tub of water, where they were forced to swim until they grew exhausted and finally drowned. During the first experiment, the researchers
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Feb 2, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A small town had three churches: Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist. All three had a serious problem with squirrels in the church. Each church in its own fashion had a meeting to deal with the problem. The Presbyterians decided that it was predestined that squirrels be in  the church and that
                    
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                    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
                
                
                
                    DIRECTION SIGNS
In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs.  As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs:  Some of them are helpful and some are not.  Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?”  
Some
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Statistics on Suicide in America 
More than 30,000 reported annually  (83 per day, 1 every 17 minutes)*(Experts believe the actual count is twice that high.)  (And there are 8-20 attempts for each completed suicide)
	Suicide is the 8th leading
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Apr 23, 2009
                
                
                
                    GOD WILL GIVE YOU WORDS
Michael was asked to speak at his youth group.  He didn’t know what to say, but as soon as he stood up, God gave him powerful words to say.  The Holy Spirit will give you the words to say.  Luke
                    
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                    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
                
                
                
                    Back when the generals led their troops into battle rather than directing them from a ‘situation room’ half a world away, it is said that Alexander the Great’s position was about to be over-run by the enemy. Turning to a valiant young soldier at his side, the great military genius implored the boy
                    
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                    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Apr 23, 2009
                
                
                
                    Jack Mooring (from the Christian band Leeland): "What changed us wasn’t just going to church.  It wasn’t going to youth group.  It was being in the altar and experiencing the anointing and the presence of God.  We want to bring that to Christian music in a new way and have kids experience the Holy
                    
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