Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 20, 2025
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When my granddaughter was about three years old, ... my wife Lee and I ... were babysitting our grandchildren in Morton Illinois.
Anna wanted to go outside and play on our own.
I thought this was a good teaching moment.
So, ... I knelt down beside her ... so that we could look at each other
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 20, 2007
‘To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of
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Church Of God
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I found a great article which addresses the question “Does God Play Favorites? On page 1562 in the Quest Study Bible: Listen to what it says: The whole Bible teaches that God is fair and just (Psalm 11:7). It also states that God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezek. 18:23), but
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bobby Gilstrap on Jan 25, 2001
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Two bicycle repairmen in Dayton, Ohio, dreamed of flying. They went to the Dayton Public Library and checked out a book on the life and works of a German man named Lilienthal, who had succeeded in flying a glider. The two men were named Orville and Wilbur Wright. They began to explore all the
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001
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Now, my dad once told me the story about a peculiar fisherman from Minnesota. You see, this fisherman was very well prepared. He knew how to fish. He had everything you need to be a good fisherman. He had poles, nets, bait, and even a really nice boat, but this fisherman had a problem. You
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 17, 2001
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I love the story about the mom & dad with a son who was a freshman in college. He blew off his freshman year. He wasn’t very responsible, didn’t make good grades, squandered his money, & finally came back home. His parents told him, “If you go back to school you’ll have to pay your own
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 22, 2001
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I read the story of a man who got saved years ago in South Georgia. But as he grew up and moved away, he got away from the Lord. Later on in his life, he went back to his home and visited the old county Church that he used to attend. As he went into the Church alone, memories flowed his mind and
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 20, 2001
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Whenever I walk through the mall, I pass the Army Recruiter Office and notice all the incentive posters and slogans in the windows. "Sign up today and receive $50,000 for college!" "Get a $20,000 signing bonus!" "Join the Navy and see the world!" "You can Fly High in the US Air Force!" "We are
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Nazarene
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 3, 2001
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Dr. H. A. Ironside, in his Lectures on Acts, recalls the story his mother told about his own dear father’s dying hour. The mother said, "Your father had this passage running through his mind. He kept repeating it constantly. ‘A great sheet and wild beasts and-and…’ He could not seem to get the next
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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In Canada it is possible to go camping hundreds of miles away from any city or town. If it is a cloudy night, and there is no phosphorus in the area, the blackness is total. A hand held three inches from your face cannot be seen. But if there is a city nearby, perhaps a hundred miles away, the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
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THE BREATH OF MASOCHISM
Some psychologists and psychiatrists, following Freud’s lead, point to the Beatitudes as proof of Jesus’ imbalance. Said one distinguished British psychologist, in a speech prepared for the Royal Society of Medicine:
“The spirit of self-sacrifice which permeates
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Contributed by Don Mcclain on Jan 22, 2003
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NGISC Commissioner Richard C. Leone - June 2001:
"In my view, state lotteries have paved the way for great increases in legalized gambling. They have promoted the notion of beating the odds, they have been able to advertise while others have not, and they have propagated the myth that gambling is
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 27, 2003
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[Transformed by an Elevator, Citation: Owen Bourgaize, Castel, Guernsey, United Kingdom]
A family from a remote area was making their first visit to a big city. They checked in to a grand hotel and stood in amazement at the impressive sight. Leaving the reception desk they came to the elevator
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2003
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My Father;
When I was seven: My Dad was a genius
When I was forteen: My Dad is wrong many times.
When I was twenty: My Father is old fashion and not up to things.
When I was twentyfive: The old man does not know what he is talking about, he is out of touch with reality.
When I was thirty five: With
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
Think about people who find themselves in religious ruts. They discover a number of things about themselves. They will find that they are getting older but not getting any holier. Time is their enemy, not their friend. The time they trusted and looked to is betraying them, for they often said to
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Baptist
Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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There was once a Christian celebration on the west coast of Africa, when converted natives brought of their meager possessions to show their devotion to Christ, a young girl only recently saved from paganism brought a silver coin worth about eighty-five cents, and handed this to the missionary as
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