Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
REAL FAITH
The classic test an atheist will give to prove there is no God is this: "If there is a God, let him kill me right now". When nothing happens, they will confidently claim, "See there is no God, for I am still alive and well." Now if we were to ask the atheist, "What if someone came up to
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
An Engineer, a physicist, an economist and a Planner were being interviewed for a position as chief executive officer of a large Local Authority. The Engineer was interviewed first, and was asked a long list of questions, ending with: "How much is two plus two?" The Engineer excused
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Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 20, 2025
He couldn’t have been more than seven or eight.
A mop of brown hair, freckles across his nose, and a handful of coins jingling in his palm as he stepped up to the counter.
“Ma’am,” he asked shyly, “how much is a scoop of vanilla ice cream?”
The waitress smiled. “Fifty cents.”
He nodded and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
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There was once a Governor of Pennsylvania who was known as a hard man when it came to offering pardons to people on death row. He had never granted a stay of execution and had never pardoned anyone. One day, a woman came to his office and was able to persuade the secretary to let her in to see the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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SIN COMPLICATES LIFE
Let us lay aside the weight and sin that so easily entangles… Hebrews 11:2
I was supposed to get money from the ATM sometime during my work day. That’s all my wife asked of me that day.
But for one reason, then another, I failed to do it. I know I went out to lunch that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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A PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER'S SEPTEMBER 11TH EXPERIENCE
I am a Philadelphia Police Officer. I am married with a wonderful son. On September 11th, I (like most of my fellow Americans) witnessed the senseless slaughter of human life. The department was put on high alert and our tours of duty
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Everyone seemed confident that the ship was all right," recalled first-class passenger Henry Sleeper Harper. At last, however, the call came for all passengers to come up on deck wearing their life belts, and soon after midnight, Captain Smith directed crew members to ready the 16 wooden lifeboats
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2003
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Dave Stone recently told a story about his trip to Ft. Worth Texas where he was the guest speaker for the Richland Hills Church of Christ. When he arrived, the preacher met him at the airport and being a good host as he was, the preacher insisted that Dave come a play golf with him before the
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Contributed by John Shearhart on May 19, 2006
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A Modern Parable of the Unforgiving Slave:
A bank owner wanted to settle an overdo account with a farmer who owed him several million dollars, so he called him and asked him to come to his office. As the two discussed the situation it became apparent that the farmer couldn’t even meet the monthly
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on Feb 1, 2007
I was a young youth pastor in Augusta, GA, doing my best to train a group of kids to reach out to others. Granted – some of my ideas met resistance (imagine that!), and the culture there turned out to be very different than what was actually communicated to me at the beginning. However, I figured
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 28, 2009
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DYING WAS MORE USEFUL THAN LIVING
In the 4th Century there was a Christian called Telemachus who decided that the only way to protect himself from the corruption of the world and to serve God was to become a hermit and live in the desert.
One day as he rose from his knees, it dawned on him that
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 8, 2010
Most action movies I have seen have some aspect of revenge in their storyline. And I must admit it, when the bad guy finally gets killed, I find myself agreeing with the hero as he says “The guy was a jerk and deserved everything he got!” Am I the only one?
Some friends of mine were driving me
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