Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
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THE INSURANCE CLAIM LETTER
Dear Sirs,
I was recently moving 500 pounds of bricks from the top of a five-story building. It would take too long to carry them down, so I put them in a bucket and lowered them by a pulley which I fastened to the top of the building. After tying the rope securely at
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Baptist
Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Nov 20, 2008
A CHANGE IN HOPE
Ben was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 16 years old. Hope is the one thing that kept his parents, Kevin and Laura moving forward. Hope is what kept them from giving up. His younger sister, Bethany, always kept her sights on the silver lining.
He went through a series
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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As an elderly man lay dying in his bed, death’s agony was suddenly pushed aside as he smelled the aroma of his favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies drifting up the stairs.
Gathering his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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A REFUGEE FOR THANKSGIVING
In her book entitled "It’s Not in the Ministry Manual," Mary Ann Cejka relates a time when her students welcomed a refugee for Thanksgiving dinner one year. The following is an excerpt from this story: , taken from the
Fernando did not look like what I thought a
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
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De-evangelizing the neighbourhood
I was at a conference a few years ago where they told the story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving: they had about 500 people attending, and had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to
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A little boy worked diligently to build a sailboat.
He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail.
Sure, enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves.
Suddenly before the little boy knew it, the boat was out of his reach, even
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Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 17, 2002
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THE LAW OF THE PENDULUM
In college a student was asked to prepare a lesson to teach his speech class. He was to be graded on creativity and ability to drive home a point in a memorable way. The title of his talk was, “The Law of the Pendulum.” He spent twenty minutes carefully teaching the
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Contributed by John Herrmann on Jun 21, 2011
WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE'S NO FIREWORKS
Around sunset one very hot summer’s eve when we (in the Army Chaplaincy) were in Iraq, about forty miles north of Baghdad, we saw the military police pull up in the building just next door. Out came two Iraqi Prisoners of War, their hands were shackled behind
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Lutheran
Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
Several centuries ago, a learned German philosopher began investigating a new philosophy coming out of Japan. This philosophy was called, “Zen.” The philosopher poured through every piece of written material he cold find on this Zen philosophy, but there was scarce information available. Then one
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 2, 2003
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Max Jarman asked in his book, A BUSINESS MAN LOOKS AT THE BIBLE, "Is the Bible the real word of God? The answer a man gives to that question can have a lot to do with his life. The kind of life a person leads, the actions he takes, the mental security he finds are determined by the basic beliefs
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Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
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Frances Havergal, the song writer, lived and moved in the Word of God. His Word was her constant companion. On the last day of her life, she asked a friend to read to her the 42nd chapter of Isaiah. When the friend read the sixth verse. “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold
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Pentecostal
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