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  • The Grace-Filled Father

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jun 24, 2009
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    THE GRACE-FILLED FATHER Six-year-old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes. He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard, and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor. He scooped some of the flour into the bowl ...read more

  • It's All His!

    Contributed by David Tack on Jul 6, 2009
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    IT'S ALL HIS! We’ve charted at least 100,000 light years (186,282 mps) from rim to rim of world! - 600 million billion miles of stars...all His! In the midst of the millions of galaxies, we have one galaxy called Milky Way. In the midst of which we have one star (we call sun), with its baby ...read more

  • Talk To Jesus Like Your Daughter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TALK TO JESUS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER I was reading about a grieving woman. She went to the Rev. F. B. Meyer looking for help. She said, "Pastor, my daughter died last year. I miss her so much. I made breakfast for her every morning. And even when I had to go to work, I knew that she would be there ...read more

  • Cry With Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    CRY WITH THEM I read about a young boy. Who was sent by his mom to the corner store to buy a loaf of bread. He was gone much longer than it should have taken him. When he finally returned, his mother asked, "Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you." "Well," he answered, "there was ...read more

  • Treasure In Christ, But "Out Of Gas"  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    TREASURE IN CHRIST, BUT "OUT OF GAS" Several years ago, on New Year’s Day, a beautiful float in the Tournament of Roses parade suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this float represented the ...read more

  • I Share Einstein's Affirmation That Anyone Who ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
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    "I share Einstein’s affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe ’is as ...read more

  • The Best Help You Can Get

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 21, 2009
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    THE BEST HELP YOU CAN GET Most of you have probably heard about the terrible bus wreck Sunday morning (July 12, 2009) involving the Youth Group from FBC in Shreveport. They were on their way to a camp in Macon, Georgia. One of the students was killed. Today Candy G. forwarded an email from one of ...read more

  • Not Location But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    NOT LOCATION BUT LOYALTY John Hess Yoder writes in Leadership magazine: While serving as a missionary in Laos, I discovered an illustration of the kingdom of God. Before the colonialists imposed national boundaries, the kings of Laos and Vietnam reached an agreement on taxation in the border ...read more

  • To Be Had For The Asking

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 28, 2009
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    TO BE HAD FOR THE ASKING A few days after the Civil War had been officially ended a man was riding along a road in West Virginia. Suddenly a soldier, clad in a dirty and tattered Confederate uniform, sprang out of a thicket, seized the horses’ bridle, and with twitching face demanded, "Give me ...read more

  • Rosemary's Rag Doll

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
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    ROSEMARY'S RAG DOLL There is a natural, logical kind of loving that loves lovely things and lovely people. That's logical. But there is another kind of loving that doesn't look for value in what it loves, but that CREATES value in what it loves. Like Rosemary's rag doll. When Rosemary, my ...read more

  • Crocodile Dundee

    Contributed by Dan Stires on Aug 12, 2009
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    CROCODILE DUNDEE Do you remember the movie called "Crocodile Dundee?" It was a good one. Crocodile Dundee comes from the land down under. He is completely out of his realm when he came from Australia to New York City. Crocodile Dundee and his girlfriend are out for a walk at night, when all of a ...read more

  • Unknown Inheritances  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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    UNKNOWN INHERITANCES A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch with his ...read more

  • How Many Times Would You Forgive Your Dog?

    Contributed by Scott Berry on Aug 13, 2009
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    HOW MANY TIMES WOULD YOU FORGIVE YOUR DOG? Think for a minute, how forgiving would you be as if your pet messed the carpet several times a day? I think eventually you’d give up on your pets and take them out into the wilderness and set them free, you know what I mean - dump them. God’s love and ...read more

  • To Love In Truth Is A Great Challenge For The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 15, 2009
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    To love in truth is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The Holy Father warns that the risk is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations would not be matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would ...read more

  • Better Opportunities

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 18, 2009
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    BETTER OPPORTUNITIES Pastor Greg Laurie preaches to thousands at Harvest Crusades, but Greg started in ministry as a janitor at a church. Our purpose in life may not seem big, but if we are ...read more

  • Three-Fold Reward

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 23, 2009
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    THREE-FOLD REWARD Glenys and I were only married five years and in our second church. Money was tight and our needs were overwhelming. For a variety of reasons we were down to making an important decision – give our tithe or use it to buy groceries. Our faith was simple but strong. We decided our ...read more

  • Annie The Bishop

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 27, 2009
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    ANNIE THE BISHOP The resident "bishop" in our house is Annie the wonder-dog. At one point she was a 65-pound running machine. At age 92 (in dog years) her spine has so much arthritis she needs twice the normal human dose of prednisone just to walk. She is not healthy; she cannot do what she was ...read more

  • Daddy Restrained

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 31, 2009
     | 1,627 views

    DADDY RESTRAINED I’ll never forget an experience I had with my son Ethan. When Ethan was about 2 years old, he had been playing and had fallen and cut open his chin. It was bad enough for Nicole and I to take him to A.I. DuPont Hospital for children. After the doctors examined his cut they told ...read more

  • High Society: The Princeton Society Directory

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 1, 2009
     | 1,238 views

    HIGH SOCIETY: The Princeton Society Directory When Katie and I were in Seminary years ago, we were broke. So we did whatever we could to get by. One of the things we did was housesitting for people in town when they were on vacation. What we looked for most was folks who would let us use their ...read more

  • No Accidents

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 3, 2009
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    NO ACCIDENTS Scientists have discovered the the appendix may have a purpose after all. Supposedly, it provides the body with bacteria that builds immunity. Some even argue that some diseases were unheard of one hundred years ago because most people had worms in their instestines that fought off ...read more

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