Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
“The Evidence of His Claim”
There is a story told of a cottage in a little country village, in which lived a family of four: father, mother, and two small children.
One evening something happened, what, no one knows – and the little cottage caught on fire. In a few seconds the thatched roof and
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It is loosely based on the story of four brothers who served during WW II. Because it was believed three of them had died in battle, a Division was sent deep into enemy lines to bring the last one home alive. It is this scene where Tom Hanks, playing Captain John
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Salvation Army
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Henry Welles had an idea more than a century ago, an idea we still abide by today. In 1866, the United States had just emerged from a terrible and bloody civil war between our Northern and Southern states. Henry, a drugstore owner in Waterloo, New York, heard stories about our crippled and maimed
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2009
BIBLE ILLITERACY
During my days in New England, I heard of a teacher who quizzed a group of college-bound high school juniors and seniors on the Bible. The quiz preceded a Bible-as-literature course he planned to teach at the Newton (Massachusetts) High School, generally considered one of the best
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Baptist
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 12, 2009
LINCOLN: KEEP TRYING
Let me tell you about a man who made a disastrous first attempt in the world of business. He switched to politics but within only one year that did not work out either. He tried his hand for a second time at business, but failed again. That meant 3 failures in 3 years, (time
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Anglican
FAMILY STAGES
Now you know why I say, "The family takes a lot of work!" A healthy family will go through several stages that require perseverance and a good work ethic.
Stage One -- The family begins at the, "I do"s and a couple is birthed. Now comes the dying to self.
Stage Two -- The couple's
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 18, 2011
FURTICK ON AUDACIOUS FAITH
"We set a goal of reaching over one thousand people in our first year of ministry. Since the average church size in America is fewer than one hundred and twenty, and the first rule of goal setting is attainability, I guess we were overshooting it a bit. But we wanted to
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 21, 2011
KNOTS IN YOUR LIFE
The Baxter boys, Paul and John, liked to play in the woods near their home. They like the woods because they always found something they had never seen before. That's the way it was when they discoverd the tree with the knot tied in it. The knot was about halfway up the tree.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 5, 2011
HUCK FINN ON PRAYER
There’s an incident in Huckleberry Finn where Mark Twain has Huck make a very human observation. "Miss Watson took me into a closet and prayed, but nothing came of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for, I would get. But it weren't so. I tried it. Once I
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Nov 6, 2011
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SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.
"Can I have a puppy?"
"Sure," said the farmer.
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 23, 2012
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WHAT KIND OF HEART DO YOU HAVE?
I was reading this week an article by Bryan Doyle. It talks about hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds have race car hearts that eat oxygen at an eye-popping rate. Their hearts are built of thinner, leaner fibers than ours. Their arteries are stiffer and more taut. Their
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