Contributed by Matthew Redder on Sep 21, 2018
The story of Augustine's conversion is an inspiring and amazing one. In my opinion it is a miraculous account of God grabbing the attention of Augustine and speaking directly into his heart through the power of a perfectly timed scripture.
This could be a great illustration about the power of the
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 14, 2005
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“But the tongue is as volatile as it is vital. It was Washington Irving who first said, ‘A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.’ It was James, the half brother of Jesus, who first warned: The tongue is a fire…a restless evil and full of deadly poison (James
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Contributed by John Gerald on Jun 2, 2005
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The story was passed on over internet about Little Billy, a Jewish boy, who was failing his math lessons. His parents tried everything they could to get him to do better in this subject, but he continued to fail. At last, they took him down to the Catholic School, and enrolled him. After the first
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Contributed by Alan Tison on Dec 10, 2005
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On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. On their 5th attempt, the plane under the control of Orville, embarked on a 12 second flight.
Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message – WE HAVE FLOWN FOR 12
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Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Apr 12, 2006
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Eliminate the Little Sins (7)
When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of spiritual growth and self-denial, he gets rid of the large, obvious sins. But sad to say, many believers stop
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A young woodsman came into a store one day to buy a new axe. He manually chopped down trees. He saw an advertisement on the counter a chainsaw. The advertisement said, “Will cut down ten times the trees that can be cut by a hand axe.”
Well, the woodsman seeing this for the first time got very
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Baptist
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 9, 2007
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Many years ago, the British sailing ship, Royal Charter, after a voyage around the world, was approaching its home port of Liverpool. At that time, Dr. William M. Taylor was a pastor in that city, and the wife of the first mate was a member of his
church. Crowds of people waited throughout the
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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In Bill Moyers’s book A World of Ideas II, Jacob Needleman remembers,
"I was an observer at the launch of Apollo 17 in 1975. It was a night launch, and there were hundreds of cynical reporters all over the lawn, drinking beer, wisecracking, and waiting for this 35-story-high rocket.
"The
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 27, 2000
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You share Christ by imitating Christ. A story is told – by Fredrick Beuchner I believe – called “The Happy Hypocrite." It is a story about a man who was born with an awful facial deformity. He grew up alone and lonely. When reaching adulthood, he decided to move from his town to begin a new life.
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Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 5, 2001
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The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is four feet, eight-and-one-half inches.
Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates.
Why did the English adopt that particular gauge? Because the
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Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001
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Even when we come across test questions that seem simple on the surface, we find that they’re often not as simple as we first thought. For instance, the answer to the question, "How long did the Hundred Years War last?’ seems obvious, but the answer is 116 years. When a test asks, "Which country
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
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He Moved Into the Ward With Us.
Dr. John Rosen, a psychiatrist in New York City, is well known For his work
with catatonic schizophrenics. Normally doctors remain separate and aloof
from their patients. Dr. Rosen moves into the ward with them. He places his
bed among their beds. He lives the life
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
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MOM OF THE MIRACLE
September 4, 1990, was the beginning of a new era for the Ellison Family of Long Island. It was mom Jean’s first day of a new teaching job, and daughter Brooke’s first day of seventh grade. But things didn’t unfold as planned.
Brook was hit by a car that day, and
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Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
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The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In bleak and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood
Or so the story’s told.
Their dying fire in need of logs
The first man held his back
For the faces around the fire
He noticed one was black.
The next
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
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THE ORIGINS OF GRANDPARENTS' DAY
In 1970, a West Virginia housewife, Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade, initiated a campaign to set aside a special day just for Grandparents. Through concerted efforts on the part of civic, business, church, and political leaders, this campaign expanded statewide.
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