Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Oct 21, 2000
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About 6am on a Wed morning James Lawson of Running Springs, CA left home to apply for a new job. An hour later his 36 yr old wife, Pasty left for her 5th grade teaching job down the mountain with her 2 children, 5 yr old Susan and 2 yr old Jerry. Unfortunately they never got that far. 81/2 hours
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2 Tim 1:5 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
After my late wife, Fiona, died I noticed a penciled message in the Bible of my granddaughter
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Charismatic
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
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Our train rolled into Kansas City at 1 a.m. Dim lights came on to help the new passengers find seats. Many of us who had been riding home through the night had spread out to occupy two seats apiece.
An attractive woman made her way down the aisle with her bags. She was looking from side to
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 13, 2018
Note: this story is told by me - Jim Butcher of Madison WV.
I want to tell you a story about an insight that God gave me into John 14:1-4, the passage where Jesus speaks of going to prepare a place for us. This is the story of something that happened to me several years ago while I was in
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008
Woke up at 4am one morning and could only think of one possible person to pray for. I did and went back to sleep. I asked them about it. They said they were thinking of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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How many of us had to be taught how to talk back to your parents?
How may of us had to be taught how to cheat on a test or our tax return?
How many of us had to be taught how to lie?
How many of us had to be taught how to be selfish?
Just as all of us don’t need to be taught how to
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001
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At about 3:20 a.m. on March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old manager of a bar in Queens, New York, returned to her quiet residential neighborhood, parked her car in a lot adjacent to her apartment building, and began to walk the 30 yards through the lot to her door. Noticing a man at the
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 17, 2008
I was craving some chocolate as I often do. I walked into the house and smelled freshly made brownies. I said “Thank God, someone made brownies.” Becky said I am not
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007
Saturday at about 2:30 a.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. and his family were sleeping peacefully in their home when a tornado struck. Ogie, as he is commonly called, and his younger son were sleeping in the master bedroom. His wife had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room, while his eight-year-old
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Baptist
December 17, 1903, at 10:35 A.M., Orville Wright secured his place in history by executing the first powered and sustained flight from level ground. For twelve gravity defying seconds he flew 120 feet along the dunes of the outer banks of North Carolina.
In the field of Aviation, this historic
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 12, 2006
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INTRODUCTION...www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4361829,00.html
I want to share a story with you from last week in the Rocky Mountain Newspaper in Denver, Colorado. The story centers around a hot dog vendor and a fancy restaurant. "The beef between a hot dog vendor and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Elijah Stepp on May 11, 2008
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(From Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Ven Eckeren)
Perhaps you heard about the church that planned to have the “No Excuse” Sunday Service….
Their advertisement for their “No Excuse Sunday” read as follows….
Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say "Sunday is my only day
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
I was hungry
and you formed a humanities club
and you discussed my hunger.
Thank you.
I was imprisoned
and you crept off quietly
to your chapel in the cellar
to pray for my release.
I was naked
and in your mind
you debated the morality of my
appearance.
I was sick
and you knelt and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 5, 2008
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Charles Spurgeon, The Doctrines of Grace do not Lead to Sin.
“There is the story of half-a-dozen boys who had severe fathers, accustomed to beat them within an inch of their lives. Another boy was with them who was well beloved by his parents, and known to do so. These young boys
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Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 16, 2008
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Worry is like a ‘loose cannon’ on the inside of us.
Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, wrote a short story called, "93." In the midst of this story a ship at sea is caught in a terrible storm. The boat rocks to and fro, buffeted by the waves, when suddenly the crew hears a
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Pour water on the sponge and the duck. Which one soaks up the water? The sponge or the hard shelled duck?
One is open to receive the water and other has a hard shell that reflects the water away.
What are you like a sponge, or a
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