Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
Kent Hughes told an old Middle Eastern story that shows the futility of salvation by works. A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust skyward.
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
Illus.: A bank president came to his pastor concerned about one of his teller’s soul. He asked his pastor to talk to him, but the pastor said, “It would be better if you would do that. He would look upon my visit as a professional task.” “All right,” said the banker, “but, will you go with me?”
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Wesleyan
Three types of arrows used by the Roman military:
1. plain arrows – like arrows you’d shoot from a bow today.
2. Arrows that were dipped into tar, set on fire, and then shot through the air… with brush all around…soldiers intentionally try to catch the arrows into their shields…so they’d stick and
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2010
CIRCUS AT THE CROSS: THE NATURE OF EXECUTIONS
During his 21 years on the bench at Fort Smith, Arkansas, Judge Parker sentenced 160 men to die and hanged 79 of them. It didn't take Parker long to get going. On May 10, 1875 -- only 8 days after he arrived at Fort Smith -- he opened his first term of
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 15, 2010
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GLAD TO COME TO THE FUNERAL
Garrison Keillor told the story of the time that his mother and father took him to the city to visit an aunt who was lonely and alone after the death of her husband of 55 years. He describes how she looked to him at 10 years of age. Her dress was stained with food
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
"I JUST WANT THE SITE"
London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place.
As he showed a prospective buyer
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Pentecostal
Let me show you a man called Peter. The pebble that became the ROCK. How he failed and then got back up. Failure is going to put you in good company friends. Winston Churchill – the wartime British Prime Minister - failed the 6th grade and was not elected into office till he was 62. Yet he went on
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on May 2, 2010
(ILL: Customer Service)
Have you ever had to call a company about a product, and had to deal with customer service? It can be a nightmare, can’t it?
I have had to call the IRS a few times in the past. You see, ministers are given some benefits in regard to their taxes, but you have to record the
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 11, 2010
I heard a story about a couple who went on holiday, they had been away a couple of weeks and when they arrived home, after picking up a litre of that watery green top milk from the dairy, and getting their mail from their neighbors place. They went into their home to find they had been burgled.
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Contributed by Chris Supper on Nov 3, 2010
FINISHING THE RACE
August 1992. Derrick Redmond from Great Britain was favored to win the 400-meter race during the summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, but as he powered around the backstretch, his hamstring snapped. Redmond tried desperately to finish the race, but he still had half the
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
REPUTATION AND CHARACTER
Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next. The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the truth you believe determines your character. Reputation is what you are supposed to be; Character is what you are.
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