Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2006
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I read in the biography of a missionary concerning an Indian law student who became a Christian. He asked the missionary if he could be baptised secretly as, if he was baptised in a public service, his Hindu father would cut off his allowance and disown him. The missionary insisted that baptism
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Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
Jesus reminds me here of the long distance runner. Think of the Marathon runner. There has to be a settled determination in your heart if you are going to win a Marathon.
You train for the distance, for the conditions, your diet and liquid intake has to be measured and controlled; the opposition
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 14, 2007
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Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, tells the story of his father’s one request to his children: “When I get to heaven, be there!” Don’s request to all who are gathered here this afternoon would be no different: “Be there!”
I am happy to announce to you today that Don Hankins has
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 14, 2008
The idea of sacrifice seems to have been lost. We have been praying for my Uncle Bruce and Aunt Julie. They are the kind of people who know what it means to sacrifice. Daddy’s youngest sister,
Even though my Uncle Bruce was only 16 when his father died, he made a promise to get his sister
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Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jun 2, 2008
In May, 2008 a missionary serving in Italy was thrilled to see his first Italian convert after four years of ministry in one small town. After this young man trusted Christ, he was thrown out of his house by his Roman Catholic father for “wasting his life.”
The prosperity preachers in America
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Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 21, 2008
A. One day, a grandfather went fishing on a small lake. Pushing his boat away from the dock, he jumped in and managed to get a way out before dropping anchor. His grandson and son came down to the dock and noticed that grandpa was just sitting in the boat with his head propped on both hands, not
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 29, 2009
"How Much Have You?"
A friend tells of overhearing two little girls, playmates, who were counting over their pennies. One said, "I have five pennies." The other said, "I have ten."
"No," said the first little girl, "you have just five cents, the same as I."
"But," the second child quickly
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009
Learn from others. Learn from their mistakes. Learn from their advice. Ray was too self-centered to do that. He wasn’t seeking advice as much as wanting people to tell him that what he was thinking was right. He didn’t really want his father’s advisors to help him as much as he wanted them to agree
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
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HUMILITY AND EXPERIENCE
Listen to this true story:
"My father began teaching business classes at the local prison through a community college. On his first night of class, he started a chapter on banking. During the course of his lecture, the subject of ATMs came up, and he mentioned that, on
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
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Illus: A family in the East was planning a month’s vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father’s work responsibilities prevented him from going, but Mom insisted that she was capable of driving and that she and the kids would go ahead. Dad got out the maps and planned the route and
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 6, 2004
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Successful Author and Christian psychologist, Larry Crabb, begins his book Connecting with the story of his eldest son. Larry had two sons, and being a theologian, psychologist, and loving father, he wanted to do all that was right for his sons. So he gave his sons hugs, and spankings, detailed
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Contributed by Troy Borst on May 19, 2005
INTRODUCTION... Beauty and the Beast
One of my wife’s favorite movies of all time is Disney’s ’Beauty and the Beast’ which came out in the early 90s. The story centers around a young woman named Belle and her experiences with the Beast. The story begins with her father becoming lost in the woods
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2007
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Charles Swindoll once said of his father:
My dad died last night. He left like he had lived. Quietly. Graciously. With dignity. Without demands or harsh words or even a frown. He surrendered himself into the waiting arms of his Savior. As I stroked his hair from his forehead and kissed him
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Serving Jesus
• A certain family in a Southern Baptist Church had been inactive for years.
• The family simply never went to church any more and every effort to get them to attend had failed.
• One day one of the sons, name John, was bitten by a rattlesnake.
The father immediately sent for the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage? His dad takes him into the forest blindfolded and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not take off the blindfold until the ray of sun shines through it. He is all by himself. He cannot cry out
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