Contributed by James Jack on Jul 6, 2005
It’s amazing how quickly a classroom can turn when a teacher walks out for a moment. Paper, hats, pens, shoes, glass bottles get thrown at fans. Bags get thrown out of windows. Furniture is mysteriously re-arranged so that all students are now sitting in the back corners of the room. Two of the
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Anglican
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 17, 2005
The Rolling Stones are one of the most prolific and enduring rock-and-roll bands in history. To date, their career has spanned four and a half decades. Mick Jagger and his three friends are nearing the age to draw Social Security and still perform to sold-out stadiums around the world. Like or
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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In his book Written In Blood, Robert Coleman tells the story of a little boy whose sister needed a blood transfusion. The doctor explained that she had the same disease the boy had recovered from two years earlier. Her only chance for recovery was a transfusion from someone who had previously
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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The noted Bible scholar James M. Gray told a story that underscores the importance of reading the Scriptures for personal growth. He said that when he was a young Bible teacher he became deeply impressed by the peace and spiritual poise of a friend with whom he often talked. Since Gray wanted that
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
One of the great things about kids is that their perspective can often give us adults a new perspective on things that we take fore granted or they can give us an entirely new view of something unique and different.
I am reminded of this in a heart-touching story about four year old Shane and the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 22, 2006
I had been to the S. F. area off and on for over 20 years. I would stay from days to weeks depending on the performance schedules of the groups. I toured the city on my off hours and never really took notice of the cities history. Several years later my wife and I were planning our stay at
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Baptist
A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work his supervisor was very impressed when he learned that this new employee had painted three miles’ worth of
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006
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Some years ago the late Dr. Donald G. Barnhouse was traveling from Alabama to Florida. Feeling a tire going flat, he pulled to the side of the road and inwardly groaned at the thought of removing hundreds of books in the trunk, so as to reach his spare tire. Seeing a jeep coming over the hill, he
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
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Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in prisons all around the world.
He writes in his book Who Speaks for God? …about a man by the
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Contributed by Tony Abram on May 19, 2010
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A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.
A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said: "I FEEL for you, down there."
An OBJECTIVE person came along and said:
"It’s logical that someone would fall, down there."
A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along:
"You only THINK
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 13, 2010
Rome, who only 1 year old, picked up a plastic spade and began playing it, pretending it was a guitar. It has the right shape. Anything can become a guitar in his hands. He has seen guitars at Church and as he danced he made sounds like he was playing one of the upbeat worship songs. We danced and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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RAVI ZACHARIAS: A LECHEROUS HEART
One of the most powerful stories I have ever heard on the nature of the human heart is told by Malcolm Muggeridge. Working as a journalist in India, he left his residence one evening to go to a nearby river for a swim. As he entered the water, across the river he
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Brethren
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 Mar 28, 2011
5 WAYS TO PRAISE
There are 5 ways that you can praise employees: personal praise, written praise, electronic praise, public praise and indirect praise.
Personal praise- is considered the most important type of praise by employees. It consists of being verbally thanked one on one for doing good
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Christian/Church Of Christ