Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Sep 30, 2005
Recently, our family returned to some familiar memories and a week of nostalgia for me personally. Webster’s tells us that nostalgia means, a longing for familiar or beloved circumstances that are now remote or irretrievable.
Sun Lakes is the Palm Springs of Eastern Washington - 95° during the
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Pentecostal
Jenna and I boarded a -1:00 A.M. flight in Tel Aviv which would carry us back to the States. Travelling is always hectic, but that night it was especially bad. The plane was packed and we were delayed because of extra-tight airport security. As we boarded, I realized that our seats weren’t
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
The Papoose
I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.”
Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin.
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DO WE KNOW THE PESSIMIST’S CREED?
THINK, IF THE PESSIMIST HAD A CREED WHAT WOULD IT BE?
ALL BUT ME AND THEE!
THE PESSIMIST CREED!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
Why rejoice in sunshine?
It will just turn to dark clouds and much rain!
Besides that, the sunshine can hurt your eyes,
More than that it
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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When the great Roman army was sent to fight in Gaul, no soldiers were braver or more loyal than this band of wrestlers led by their centurion Vespasian. But news reached Nero that many Roman soldiers had accepted the Christian faith. Therefore, this decree was dispatched to the centurion Vespasian;
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Here is a story by a guy named Cliff Davis, which portrays in a beautiful way what childlike faith is all about. One afternoon in early autumn, Ric (the husband/father in the other family) and I were setting out on our tractor to pick up a wagon, which we had a few days earlier lent to a neighbor.
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Twenty Questions: How Do I Know If I’m A Workaholic?
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1. Do you get more excited about your work than about family or anything else?
2. Are there times when you can charge through your work and other times when you can’t?
3. Do you take work with you to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
Once upon a time, a congregation outgrew their church building. Everyone agreed that they needed to build a new church; but they couldn’t agree on a blueprint, a budget or a building site. In desperation, the pastor invited everyone to join him for an evening of special prayer. One woman came,
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Jeff Osborne on Oct 16, 2008
Man in the Iron Cage
In John Bunyan’s book The Pilgrim’s Progress, he tells us of a character, known only as a man in an Iron Cage. This man’s character comes from the verse in Lu 8:13 “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for
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