Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Nov 20, 2008
A CHANGE IN HOPE
Ben was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 16 years old. Hope is the one thing that kept his parents, Kevin and Laura moving forward. Hope is what kept them from giving up. His younger sister, Bethany, always kept her sights on the silver lining.
He went through a series
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 18, 2025
Grandpa, the Genius
It certainly looked like this would be a terrible day!
You see, I was providing my grandfatherly childcare to my grandson Dawson, who was probably 5 years old at the time. He loved bowling, but like most five-year-olds, he became extremely and easily bored.
It was a rainy day,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002
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KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE
The contention of the atheist is logically unsustainable and realistically unlivable. English journalist Steve Turner, in a work entitled, “Creed” sums it up pretty well:
We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin.
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don’t hurt
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A few years ago (2002), I read a letter that was sent out by Focus on the Family (James Dobson) and the following story was in the letter from Dr. Dobson:
Finally, I want to share a personal story told by John Corts. He said when he was 16 years of age he and his younger cousins went to visit his
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
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There’s a Native American fable about a young brave who happened upon a nest of golden eagle eggs. Deciding to have some fun, he took one of the eggs and placed it in the nest of some prairie chickens. The egg hatched and the changeling eagle grew up with the brood of prairie chickens. Believing
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
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The Shame of War.
While living in Weil der Stadt, West Germany in 1989, my wife and I had a very profound experience with the local high school students.
In order to make learning English a little more fun, the High School English teacher made an arrangement with the local theatre. The students
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on May 2, 2007
Every time I read this story in Genesis I recall a scary situation that happened to me as a boy. I was in Jr. high (my exact age slips me, but I know I couldn’t drive yet), and I was riding my bike to the gym, which was about 30 minutes away in another part of Chattanooga. I had no sooner left the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
HE HAS MY BEST INTERESTS AT HEART
A few years ago I had a scary encounter with a masked man wielding a knife. I remember him with gratitude, though, since he was an orthopedic surgeon to whom I paid thousands of dollars to correct some problems with my left foot...
For 3 months the surgeon
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 2, 2009
People mark off times and celebrations in different ways. In Belgium (since 1394, in Binche), Brazil (a four-day celebration in Rio de Janeiro), Italy (in Venice, six months of celebrating in the 18th cent., now 12 days), Trinidad and Tobago (featuring a daylong competition among calypso bands),
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Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 25, 2022
Genesis 10 – 11:9….
Look again at verses 10:5, 20, 31…. and 11:1….
What do you think is the explanation for this? – v32 gives the answer; all came from Noah (with his language, but the 3 sons went to all different areas of the world)
The second half of Genesis 11 speaks of Abraham, from the line
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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Every Grandparent can testify that if someone would have just told them that grandchildren were so much fun, the choice would have been made to have them first!
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She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter as she'd done many times before.
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The familiar orange box and the slogan "The Breakfast of Champions" have become more than just advertising symbols. They have become a metaphor for sports greatness and success. Many athletes, at the pinnacle of their success, have shared their childhood dreams about someday joining the legends who
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