Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
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In the midst of “Desert Storm,” Sept. 27, 1991, Ruth Dillow from Illinois received a heartbreaking message from the military.
Her son, Private First Class Clayton Carpenter, had stepped on a mine in the Persian Gulf and had been killed.
Mrs. Dillow wrote, “I can’t begin to describe my grief and
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 13, 2008
*WorldNetDaily told the story of Daniel Cave. Daniel was on his first skydiving jump in Washington State. When his parachute failed to open, he fell not 35 feet, not 350 feet, but 3,500 feet to the ground -- almost three fourths of a mile! Two weeks ago, Matt Lauer from the Today Show interviewed
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Baptist
Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Jan 18, 2009
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Sheep Alive
In 1972, a shepherd had brought his sheep into a walled-off, enclosed area for the night, and he had just gone to sleep when he heard a commotion. He quickly rushed over to where the sound was coming from and to his horror he discovered that a wolf was in the process of dragging off
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Independent/Bible
When I was a little girl, I can still remember seeing a picture of Jesus. He had curly blonde hair, blue, blue eyes and skin as fair as fair can be. Is that how we picture our Jesus? Do we really grasp how Jesus looked the battering and scars that he bore for us? Sure we see the crown of thorns
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Methodist
Contributed by Chris Surber on May 29, 2008
Last week my wife Christina and I were in Florida visiting her father who has been ill. Besides the pollen wreaking havoc on our sinuses, and the Florida humidity reminding us of yet another reason we are so happy not to live there any longer, there was something that I saw which I must say, I am
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
The Papoose
I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.”
Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin.
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Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 11, 2003
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Patsy Clairmont in her book “Under His Wings” tells a moving story of the reality of dealing with grief. “We buried my friend’s 26 year old son last week. An accidental gunshot took Jeff’s life. We have more questions than answers. We are offended at people who have all the answers and no
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