Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006
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C.S. Lewis: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 11, 2023
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The following are actual church bulletin board bloopers found in churches across the United States.
The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.
The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 12, 2024
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Bruce Goodrich was being initiated into the cadet corps at Texas A & M University. One night, Bruce was forced to run until he dropped -- but he never got up. Bruce Goodrich died before he even entered college.
A short time after the tragedy, Bruce's father wrote this letter to the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 9, 2023
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Charles Allen has a satirical comment on bearing one another's burdens:
"I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger.
I was imprisoned, and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release.
I was naked, and in your mind you
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001
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The story is told (by Ernest Hemingway) of a father and his teenage son who had a relationship that had become strained to the point of breaking. Finally the son ran away from home. His father, however, began a journey in search of his rebellious son. Finally, in Madrid, in a last desperate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2001
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There were 3 preachers in a Barnie’s Coffee shop were discussing the time when life began. They each gave their opinion of when life begins.
One preacher said "Life begins when the child takes his/her first breath."
The other said "NO," then he finished, "It begins when the child is
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 17, 2024
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In Bihar, India, there is a man named Augustine Jubakumar who leads a mission called Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS). Pastor Augustine and his wife have 4 biological children and 4 adopted children. The stories of their adopted children echo our adoption into God’s family.
One child was
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I received the following story as one of those “dreaded” forwarded emails. I think it’s a fitting way to end a Wednesday Lenten message on Obedience ----from the eyes of a child.
Story of God lives under the Bed.
I envy Kevin. He thinks God lives under his bed. One night he was praying out loud
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 16, 2005
ILLUSTRATION... E. Stanley Jones, Reader’s Digest, December 1981
A rattlesnake, if cornered, will sometimes become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is—a biting of oneself. We think that we are
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Why study the Bible?
There was a recent study by the Center for Bible Engagement (2009) where they polled 40000 people from the general population in the US. From eight to eighty. They just wanted to see how we were engaging with scripture. They discovered something that became the profound
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 24, 2026
[275]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE JOHN 14 TRIAD
This poem is based on one verse which is this in answer to a question Thomas asked – {{John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father but through Me.”}}
This is a critical verse for eternal
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Illustration: I actually typed into Google the words “I hate my life!”
1. I was shocked how many I hate my life websites came up!
2. Here is the opening page of one website:
You’re having a bad day. We want to know about it.
Maybe your agony exceeds ours. That could be interesting. Because
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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J. R. Packard wrote a short story entitled, "The Trouble Is." In that story there is one very moving scene. A riot is in progress with blacks & whites fighting each other. The mother of the little black boy who is telling this story has been hurt. Her family has just gone down & picked her up off
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