A little girl asked her Mom, “Where do human beings come from?”
Mom answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made.”
Two days later the girl asked her Dad the same question. Dad answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race
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On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln presented what came to be known as the Emancipation Proclamation, an official document condemning human slavery. Abraham Lincoln, realizing that slavery is completely against human dignity, officially abolished it from the United States on
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Contributed by Doane Brubaker on May 3, 2007
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The way we value our stuff can get out-of-whack. One day in San Antonio the temperature had risen to 99 degrees. Fred Arriola, a wrecker driver stopped his truck in the street because he saw two women hysterically running around a car and a neighbor trying to unlock it with a hanger. Inside was
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Mennonite
Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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But what am I going to do with a verse like 1Thessalonians 3:3? Well, there are several things I can do with it. I could just jump over it and try to find something more positive to think about. Have you ever thrown a rock across a pond or river and in such a way that it sort of skipped across
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Charismatic
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Sometimes my 2 ½ yr old son wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Joanne usually goes in, sometimes we both will if he’s really upset. Sometimes, as she holds him, I lean in and place my cheek against his cheek, or on his forehead, right in close. And I whisper, “It’s ok Thomas. Mommy
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Baptist
Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
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What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Kim, in their book The Day America Told the Truth, reported a survey where that question was asked. Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following:
Would abandon their entire
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Brewer on Aug 7, 2007
Do you remember the movie “Hook” from the early 1990’s? According to Stephen Spielberg, when Peter Pan grew up he became a self-absorbed, ladder climbing, workaholic baby boomer. So goes the story line of the movie.
In some early scenes Peter promises his son numerous times that he would come to
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
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What would you do challenge?” You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:
1. An older woman who looks as if she is about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect man (or) woman you
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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So what to do? Two Things, it seems to me. At least two. Use up each day. Fill it overflowing with good. Deliberately enjoy it. Two, begin now. Mend a fractured friendship, mail an overdue letter, repair a broken heart, lay aside a griveance,
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
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Do you remember the story “The Little Engine That Could?” A trainload of toys was being taken over the mountain to all the children in Sunshine Valley, but unfortunately the engine broke down. One by one different engines came by, but none were willing to take the trainload of toys over the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 23, 2002
ILL. Do you remember? A few years ago the topic of the day on an Oprah Winfrey show was "Having Affairs With Married Men." She had brought together several people who were having affairs to get their comments on how they felt about it.
One lady responded very positively, saying that her affair
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Dr’s Les and Leslie Parrot say we need to fire up the passion in the Bed room: They state in their book , “The Love List” this:
“Fire Up Passion In The Bedroom” (Once a Month), Sarah was in grade school when she heard a number of new words at school from other students. She asked her mother about
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