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Jesus seems to see the whole story of his people coming to fulfillment in his time and in his own person...He is claiming to be a new David...In talking of liberation...he is identifying himself as a new Moses, a new lawgiver who gives the people a new law?...In calling people to faith...In
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Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
There’s a story about a little girl who climbed up on the lap of great-grandmother, looked at her white hair and wrinkles, and then asked, "Did God make you?" "Yes," she said. Then she asked, "Did God make me, too?" Grandma said, "Yes." "Well,"
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 10, 2008
There’s a story about a man, a writer, who used to go to the beach to do his writing. He had the habit of walking along the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore; as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think
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Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 20, 2008
John Cassius tells a story of a young man who was seeking to find the meaning of life so and he went to visit a prophet. He went to the prophet and asked him if he would share with him the way true deliverance. The prophet looked at him and asked, "Do you want to find the meaning of life?" And the
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 11, 2008
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Have you heard the humorus story about a young boy who was disillusioned with Christmas he said to his father "Daddy does Santa really deliver the goods? After all He has to come back year after year and I'm still not satisfied."
How right is that young boy! Let's face it, each year we
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
I found a story called “Pushing the Rock” told by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. It is the story of a weak, sickly man, who could not afford to go to the doctor and his condition seemed to grow worse.
The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin. Out in front of his cabin was a huge
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Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 21, 2009
*I read a story of a soldier in WWI who was so distraught with the war that he deserted!
* Tried to find his way to the coast so he could catch a boat, make his way back home to England.
* In the darkness of the night he stumbled on a road sign. * It was so dark and he was so lost, he
had no
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One last story: years, ago, an executive from a soap company and a famous pastor were walking down the street together. They were to attend a meeting where they were going to be honored by their city for their contributions. With a snide sort of smirk, the soap manufacturer off handedly said,
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Lutheran
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 16, 2009
The story is told about a man who lay on his death bed with his family and friends gathered around him. As he lay there he asked a friend to check and see if there was anything in his pockets. The friend checked and found the man had a dime in one pocket. The dying man asked him to place it in
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
Kent Hughes told an old Middle Eastern story that shows the futility of salvation by works. A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust skyward.
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 4, 2009
There’s an old story about a man who dreamed that an angel escorted him to church one Sunday. There he saw a keyboard musician playing vigorously, singers singing, and other musicians playing with gusto. But the man heard no sound. The congregation was also singing – well, most of them, but again
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Anglican
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
I read a story of a pastor whose son began to drift away from God in high school. The son started to hang out with the wrong crowd changing his actions and attitude. The parents, of course, were broken-hearted. They were embarrassed. But they didn’t hide this. They cried out to God with God’s
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Church Of God
Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
how about the story of a woman called Shirley who had a heart attack and was taken to hospital. And while she was there she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "God, Is this it? Is this my time?" And God said, "No, you’ve got another 30 or 40 years to live yet."
So as soon as she
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