Contributed by Gary Kins on Jun 21, 2007
1. Ray O’Conner - Ultimate Night Fisherman - He loved to fish and he loved to teach others how to fish.
Owned the home we lived in in Aurora Wisconsin when I was a boy.
Ultimate Bullhead Fisherman -
Knew where - Favorite sloughs (off the Menomenie River seprating Wisconsin from Michigan?) ...
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Those who think Paul was exaggerating when he said, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” would do well to heed the message from an article in the New York Post this week:
’JESUS’ CRACKS COLD CASE
By LAURA ITALIANO
June 9, 2007 — The
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Archie Luper on Jul 7, 2007
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Charlie Brown is seen at bat. "STRIKE THREE!" He has struck out again and slumps down on the players’ bench. He say, "Rats! I’ll never be a big league player. I just don’t have it! All my life I’ve dreamed of playing in the big leagues, but I know I’ll never make it." Lucy turns to console him.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Swanger on Jul 13, 2007
When Johnny was 6 years old he was with his father when they were stopped
for speeding. His father handed the officer a twenty dollar bill along with his
drivers license, turned to his son and said “It’s okay son, everybody does it.”
When he was 8 he was present at a family counsel lead by his
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
A man was walking down a street when he noticed in
a store window a beautiful painting of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He stood there gazing at the picture for the longest than realized that a little boy was standing beside him. He patted the little boy on the head and said, "Son, what does
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws":
Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.)
Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
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Roger Rose said that when he was a boy, his family lived on a farm alongside a dirt road. Only on rare occasions would an automobile pass by. But one day as Roger’s young brother was crossing the road on his bicycle, a car came roaring down a nearby hill, struck the boy, and killed him. Roger said,
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 6, 2007
Napoleon - p82 boasted he could remember the names of every person he ever met. His technique was simple. If he didn’t hear the name clearly, he said, “So sorry I didn’t get the name clearly,” If it was an unusual name he would ask how is it spelled? During the conversation, he took the trouble
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Scott Jensen on Dec 18, 2007
C. H. Spurgeon claimed that 98% of the people he met, including criminals he visited in England’s prisons, told him that they believed the Bible to be true. But, the vast majority had never made a personal, life-changing commitment to Jesus Christ. For them, “believe” was not an active
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Lutheran
Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
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We will live again… because he lives. That gives confidence and courage.
Picture it this way:
Imagine that you are an ice skater in competition.
You are in first place with one more round to go.
If you perform well, the trophy is yours.
You’re nervous, anxious, and frightened.
Then, only
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
He’s a baseball legend. Cal Ripken played all twenty-one years of his Major League career with hometown Baltimore Orioles. He holds several defensive records and he is only one of seven players who got 400 home runs and 3,000 hits. But as sportswriters reflected on his career as he retired at
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*other
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
A salesman is driving down a country road when he sees a young kid in front of a barn. On the barn are 5 targets with arrows in the bulls-eye of each target. Screeching to a stop he runs out to the kid amazed that this kid could shoot so well. "Son," he says, "how did you hit all those bulls eyes?"
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Denomination:
Baptist
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Prayer made Abraham Lincoln the man he was, and for the same reason. He said on more than one occasion, “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws":
Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.)
Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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SIR HENRY TAYLOR IS QUOTED AS SAYING, "HE WHO GIVES WHAT HE WOULD AS READILY THROW AWAY, GIVES WITHOUT GENEROSITY; FOR THE ESSENCE OF GENEROSITY IS IN SELF-SACRIFICE." I RECENTLY READ SOMEWHERE THAT THE AVERAGE BABY BOOMER GIVES TO THE CHURCH ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD SPEND ON A MOVIE TICKET. $7 IS NOT
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
Lucian lived between 120 and 200 AD. He was a Greek satirist and opponent of anything religious (which he grouped together as superstitions). Yet when he saw the generosity of the Christian church he wrote: “It is incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each other
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Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 14, 2008
"Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Lay Man on Jun 18, 2008
Leonard Ravenhill said he could read Hebrews eleven everyday and weep over it. “Of whom the world was not worthy!” they wandered around, sojourning as a different race of men. “Not accepting deliverance!” Oh the stubbornness of their testimony and belief in Christ, they were not willing to accept
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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