Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
ARTHUR'S ENVY
When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted
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Methodist
Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 2, 2011
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BURN THE SHIPS
In the 1500’s there was a commander named Cortes who was trying to conquer the Yucatan Peninsula for its gold. To prevent retreat Cortes ordered his ships to be sent to sea and scuttled so they could not retreat. How where they to get home? They weren’t--they would either win or
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Intense Battle
On October 2, 1864, one of the worst battles of the American Civil War was fought. 2800 Confederate soldiers squared off against 4500 Union soldiers. The battle is forever recorded in American history as one of the worst atrocities that has ever occurred on US soil. After a day of
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008
Like most of us, I am sure that you can remember the scenes of brutality made against Jesus’ character in that film; the derided trials of Caiaphas, Pilate and Herod; the shredding of His flesh and muscle through the scourging by Roman centurions; the excruciating crucifixion between two common
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 30, 2008
In the 1500s, Martin Luther wrote "The Bondage of the Will" to defend the Biblical teaching of the depravity of our nature and our slavery to sin. Luther's work was in answer to the writings of Erasmus on free will. Of Erasmus' defense of free will, Luther wrote: "Your book struck me as so
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Presbyterian/Reformed
EXTRAORDINARY GIFT IDEAS
A while back, on "Good Morning, America," a co-host featured some gift ideas that might be called indescribable. They were extraordinary gifts that some of you might want to include on your Christmas gift list.
One of them was a Jaguar automobile, the Jaguar 220. If you
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 30, 2025
[093]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FORAGING IN THE DEPTHS OF SCRIPTURE
This poem deals with getting into the heart of scripture. There are images and techniques and encouragement in these stanzas.
I actually make the comparison between a mudskipper that flits across the shallows on the water, and
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Contributed by Don Haselhuhn on Mar 20, 2001
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What makes a hero? Webster’s defines a hero as a person “of distinguished courage, moral or physical; chief character in a play, novel, poem, etc.” One of my wife and my favorite movies is “The Princess Bride.” One character of the movie, Inigo Montoya, fits the definition of hero found in the
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Lutheran
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THE GLORY OF AGING
A woman nearly 100 years old wrote:
This old shell in which I dwell
Is growing old, I know full well,
But I am not the shell.
What if my hair is turning gray,
Gray hair is honorable, they say.
What if my sight is growing dim,
I still can see to follow Him.
What should I care
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Brien Sims on Sep 6, 2006
When I tutored back during my high school years, I spent most of my hours at a moderate sized middle school called Elementary. During the two years I did after school programs some of the children became attached to me and honestly enough I became attached to them. Even though the little buggers
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 14, 2007
Back in 1905, there was baseball game at Salt Lake City, Utah. The Rhyolites were playing the Beattys and the Beattys were up to bat. The pitcher threw the ball, the batter swung - and the ball rocketed toward 1st base.
The 1st baseman was a man named William Giffiths, and as he saw the ball
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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WHAT DO YOU SEE?
I don’t know if you’ve heard of Scott Ginsburg, but he is known for something very strange. As of today, he has worn a "Hello my name is..." tag for 3140 days. On one occasion he had given a speech to an employee group in South Dakota and told how he started wearing the name tag.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 11, 2012
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RIDICULOUS GIFTS
There is a program in the US called “Good Morning America.” This was about 10 years ago, there was a lady named Joan London, who did a segment on Christmas Gifts and made some suggestions about the list: “You may want to include these in your list:
• Jaguar 220 – this is a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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PREACH THE WORD
I am greatly diappointed in the preachers of today,
With their logic and their ethics, their aristocratic way;
With their science and their theories and their new theology,
Full of everything but Jesus and His love for you and me.
There is plenty in the Bible for preachers of
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
Since the beginning of time people have fought with each other
A group of historians has compiled the following info.
In the last 5600 years the world has seen only 292 years of peace
During this same period there have been 14,351 wars
In which 3.64 billion people have been killed
The property
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Baptist
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