Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
Several years ago, I was working on replacing an old, falling-over retaining wall on the side of my house. Some of the stones I replaced were too big for me to move and some were cemented together into “blobs” of rock and concrete. So I set out to bust them up with a sledge hammer. I struck
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jan 14, 2008
When I was about nine years old there was a wedding held at the church of Christ for the eldest daughter of one of the congregation families who was marrying the son of another long standing family. The family of the daughter was close friends with my family, their youngest son was about my age and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
To be saved, one has to understand that I am a sinner, and my sin has separated me from God. I can try to earn my way back to God all I want, or I can realize that is hopeless - nothing I can do can wash away my sin - only Christ’s blood - only his sacrifice is acceptable to God, so I have to give
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Baptist
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 19, 2008
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One of my favorite books is called This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. It is a compilation of eighty essays based on the National Public Radio series of the same name. The essays are from the famous and the unknown. One of the essays that I found most moving is
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
My wife and I were watching the gorillas at the zoo when several of them charged at the enclosure fence, scattering the crowd, except for one elderly man. Later, my wife asked him how he had kept his composure. "I used
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 1, 2008
The missionary Adoniram Judson said, "I do not want to be like a Paul...or any mere man. I want to be like Christ...I want to follow Him only, copy His teachings, drink in His Spirit,
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Baptist
I would like to close with a prayer found a Ravensbruck concentration camp on a piece of wrapping paper near the body of a dead child, a prayer possibly written by the mother of that child.
O Lord remember not only the men and women of good will but also those of ill will. But do not only
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Anglican
Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
If I’m lost in one of the great wildernesses of America, I don’t want Donald Trump to be my guide — give me Survivorman! Give me Grizzly Adams! Give me someone who can get me
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Baptist
Contributed by C Jordan on Mar 24, 2008
ILLUSTRATION: Some time ago I saw a painting of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possession. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes with a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
But, when I was preparing my studies of this story, I came across a saying of one of the older preachers, who observed that, although little could be said for this blind man, there was this one thing: he was at least in a place where Jesus was likely to go. He was by the gate leading into the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Although I am sure that there are more Viking Fans here than Green Bay Packer fans all fans of professional football were amazed by something Brett Favre did a few years ago. Just a day after he learned that his father died he played in a Monday Night Football game. Favre’s athletic performance was
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
Gary Farmer was not open to the gospel. I would share little things with him, but most of all, Rick and I would just shower him with kindness and try to live Jesus to him.
His mother got sick and passed away. She was a good Christian lady, and Gary knew that there was only one way he would ever
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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Recently I read an article a pastor wrote on today's church: "I look around at church people who really, by any standards, just love Christ a little bit. They don't care for worship, not much of it anyway. Prayer bores them to tears. The Bible is tedious. Their offering is only a token to ease the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
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I was reading an article this week about some of the dangers that face our young people simply because they imitate what they see. The article told about the Reebok company pulling an ad which showed an athlete jumping over an oncoming car - because some teenagers in Kentucky were trying to do the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This chair I’m sitting in is being stressed by my weight. As a former engineer, there was a time in my life when I could calculate those stresses – but not any more! So, this chair is under stress - but it is not stressed out! The stresses on it are well within its capacity. Those stresses TEND to
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Francis on Aug 19, 2008
I recently heard Robert Fergusson a minister at the Hillsong Church in Sydney define four types of people with a heart for people, people who are inspiring, not comfortable to be around, go out into communities to help the sick, wounded, bleeding, dying ones into a deep pool of blessing, these
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
I asked God for the election of godly candidates to public office–exactly in those words–and after Mass one of our good parishioners criticized me for praying for the election of Republicans. Let’s
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Catholic
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
Purity is laughed at these days. I recently read an article on the internet about the recent reports and views expressed before a key Congressional Committee on abstinence only programs and their perceived failures.
Some who testified thought they should be done away with while others thought that
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Church Of God
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 16, 2008
GIVE IT TO THE CAT ----Years ago I received a call from a member to stop on by her house. I could tell by the call that she was fairly shaken up. She was a lady who was quite advanced in years, and was quite wealthy, well, she was phenomenally wealthy. It turns out that granddaughter had stopped by
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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