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This story has been told by Christian speakers as far back as 1955 when Billy Graham told a variation of it early in his ministry.
Two men are standing in front of a painting called Checkmate in an art gallery. In the painting, a man is playing chess with the devil. The devil is grinning
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
Jack Ma has a lot to be happy about.
He is the founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group, a tech company in China. Among the things going his way:
- His company went public in September 2014 and its worth shot up to $25 billion.
- He is the richest man in China.
- His company is the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
FUNNY LOVE STORY
Ruth Chudrow stated that she met her husband “while I was working in a science library. He came in every week to read the latest journals and eventually decided to take out the librarian instead of the books.
After a year and a half of dating, he showed up at the library and
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2022
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Johnny the painter, was big on cutting corners so he could make more of a profit. So when a church hired him to paint their wooden building, Johnny submitted the lowest bid, and was hired. As always, he thinned his latex paint with water to stretch it.
One day while he was up on the scaffolding
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2023
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When missionary John Paton was translating the Scripture for the South Sea islanders, he was unable to find a word in their vocabulary for the concept of believing, trusting, or having faith. He had no idea how he would convey that to them. One day while he was in his hut translating, a native came
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 26, 2023
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t’s no surprise that 45% of Americans say that their phone is the most valuable possession. What is surprising is how far our obsessions with cell phones go:
Over one-third of Americans (36%) say they’d give up their pets to keep their cell phone.
53% say that in a house fire or other disaster,
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025
The Preacher’s New Suit
I was recently invited to preach for the Sunday morning service.
Ice Breaker: For an introduction, I stated the following:
I introduced myself and then shared the following.
Hello, I'm LC Taylor and my wife is Kathy. My wife and I were discussing how honored we were
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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 Jun 18, 2007
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Once upon a time, in the heart of an ancient Kingdom, there was a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden would walk. Of all the plants of the garden, the most beautiful and most beloved was gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, bamboo grew yet more noble
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