Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 12, 2008
We can see an illustration of what Jesus’ death accomplished for us when we put both our hands out in front of us. They are both lit by the light above. But if a large black book is placed above one hand, this hand is now in darkness. This represents our sin. Jesus is represented by the ’sinless’
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
What are some of the things we experience as we walk through a cow pasture? Usually we see cows, hay, and cow patties. The cow pasture is a place full of sights, sounds and smells.
What is that smell? Some would say that the cow pasture really stinks
While others would say, no
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 9, 2009
*** A mailman got a new route. On the first porch he came to he was confronted by a ferocious-looking German Shepherd poised to jump. The mailman approached the mail
box and the dog sprang straight up, 5 feet, and landed in the same place, the mailman
was relieved to see the dog keep his distance.
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
JOY GOES DEEPER
"Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different;
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Nazarene
Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 13, 2013
IS YOUR CHURCH AN ENCYCLOPEDIA?
There is a story about a man who was walking down the street. He passed a used-book store, and in the window he saw a book with the title, "How to Hug."
He was taken by the title and, being of a somewhat romantic nature, went in to buy the book. To his chagrin, he
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 2, 2013
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"A part of me loved war. Now, please understand, I am a peaceful man, fond of children and animals. And I believe that war should have no place in the affairs of men. But, the comradeship our platoon experienced in that war provides a moving and enduring memory in me. A comrade in war is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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THE COOLEST DAD IN THE UNIVERSE
He was 50 years old when I was born, and a "Mr. Mom" long before anyone had a name for it. I didn’t know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their dad around. I considered myself very lucky.
Dad did so many things
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008
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WHY DOES GOD ALLOW HARDSHIP?
We live in a mixed-up, messed-up world. Sometimes terrible things happen that don't make any sense at all, and we wonder why?
Steven Curtis Chapman is one of the best known singer-songwriters of contemporary Christian music. Over the last 15 or 20 years his songs have
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
Peter Michelmore reported this story in the Oct. 1987 Reader’s Digest:
Normally the flight from Nassau to Miami took Walter Wyatt, Jr., only 65 minutes. But on Dec. 5, 1986, he attempted it after thieves had looted the navigational equipment in his Beechcraft. With only a compass and a hand-held
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 22, 2023
As I looked through the old photo album,
my eyes fixed upon
a picture of Mom in her blue Sunday dress
wearing a soiled, yellow apron.
I smiled as, in my mind, I returned.
It seemed like just yesterday,
For I had left on it my small handprints—
From playing in Carolina red clay.
Mom had called
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Jun 9, 2001
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At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognized his picture when I saw it, but I really didn’t know Him.
But later on, when I met Christ, It
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Methodist