Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Oct 25, 2009
King Midas got what his heart longed for. How he loved gold! Now everything he touched turned to gold. An oak twig. A rock. He had what his heart treasured, until his little
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Lutheran
Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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A man named Jacob had hit a low point in his life. He had thought about killing himself but he was too poor and too tired to secure the means to do it. He found a park bench and just lay down to die. He did not eat, because there was nothing to eat. All he thought about was his death.
A couple
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Baptist
Contributed by David Kim on Jan 23, 2005
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SEXUALITY TEENS AND SEX / RESEARCH REVIEW
Pauley, J. (1995). Sex, teens, and public schools. NBC.
One million U.S. teenagers become pregnant each year.
U.S. has highest rates for teenage pregnancies, abortions, and child bearing in the industrialized world.
In 1970, 70% of U.S. teenage
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Presbyterian/Reformed
AMISH GRACE AND FORGIVENESS
Following the tragic Amish school shooting of 10 young schoolgirls in a one-room Amish school in October 2006, reporters from throughout the world invaded Lancaster County, PA to cover the story. However, in the hours and days following the shooting a different, an
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 4, 2002
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“Moody’s Barroom Meeting”
D.L. Moody once entered a tavern in order to ask the bartender if his two little girls might attend his Sunday School. He was told that an atheist club met there every Thursday night and the owner of the bar was in no mood to offend them. Moody looked into the face of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by David Ward on Aug 2, 2003
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A young American engineer named Billy was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment that he had accepted because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend, Irene. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 8, 2005
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I would like to share with you this morning, a brief description of a Charlie Chaplin’s movie, "City Lights". Chaplin plays a little vagabond tramp who opens himself to anyone who opens their door to him. He becomes a vehicle for salvation for both a poor blind girl and a rich man. The rich man is
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Lutheran
Contributed by Shawn Rose on Feb 27, 2011
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SHIRLEY GOODNEST AND MARCY
A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school and he didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to know that he was safe, yet give him the feeling that he had independence.
So she had an idea how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 30, 2001
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A young lady was speaking to an evangelist about consecration. She said, “I dare not give myself wholly to the Lord, because He might send me out to China as a missionary.” The evangelist said, ‘If some cold, snowy morning a little bird should come, half-frozen, pecking at your window, seeking
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Nov 4, 2003
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Reuel Howe illustrates redemptive love in the story of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. The girl did something which caused her to feel alienated from her mother. Although her mother tried her best to help, the daughter finally ran out of the room in anger and went upstairs. Seeing her
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Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
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Dear Abby, Happiness is knowing that your parents won’t almost kill you if you come home a little late. Happiness is having your own bedroom. Happiness is having parents that trust you. Happiness is getting the telephone call you’ve been praying for. Happiness is knowing that you’re well dressed as
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Adventist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Hello Kitty, Goodbye Money? Last year Visa introduced a Hilary Duff gift card in five denominations and urged tween girls to “shop like a star.” Now MasterCard has announced a Hello Kitty debit card. That can be reloaded. The primary target is younger girls ages 10-14. Legend Credit Inc.,
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
A perverted form of pride is inordinate self-esteem.
In the fall after we married Barbara took some drapes and a quilt to the cleaners. One afternoon she asked if I wanted to go with her to get them. The young girl behind the counter was feeling her oats – hair cut just right, permed just
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
Have you heard the story of the young teenager and his girlfriend who decide to go for a swim in a neighbours pool as they are away for the weekend, as they approach the fence they see a sign that warns them to keep out of the pool, but they climb straight over and ignore the sign. The pool now is
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Baptist
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