Contributed by Don Crowson on Mar 23, 2008
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Do you remember your first girl or boyfriend? I remember mine. The one thing that I was set on was to impress her so that I could get to know her. I’ll never forget. I was in the 8th grade. We were going to meet up at a basketball game. I had found out that she really liked the fragrance of
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Contributed by Mark Roper on Apr 8, 2008
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Brother George Honeycutt tells a real life adventure story about a friend of his who refused to surrender to preach the word of God.
During WWII his friend was aboard a destroyer in the North Atlantic, when torpedoes were spotted rapidly approaching his ship. His Friend prayed “Lord I’ll preach
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Contributed by Betty Johnson on Aug 18, 2008
On the coast of Scotland, at the top of a steep and dangerous cliff there stood a little company of rescuers planning how they might let someone down over the edge in order to search for the one who was lost and to take a rope to him. They wanted to use a small shepherd boy who was used to the
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Wesleyan
Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued to look the storm in the face, as if to say, ‘Shake me off; I sill
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Methodist
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Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued to look the storm in the face, as if to say, ‘Shake me off; I sill
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Methodist
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The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: Uncle George had actually been executed in the electric
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
THE STORY OF UNCLE GEORGE
Being honest is not always easy.
The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family's "black sheep"
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Brethren
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2011
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THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PILGRIMS
The sufferings of these pilgrims has been a theme often repeated and yet it remains an amazing story. Within three months of the Mayflower landing in December 1620, only about fifty of the original hundred survived. Their graves had to be unmarked and grassed over to
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
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ILL. One day little 3-year-old Beverly was playing with her toys. Her mother, who was folding laundry across the room, noticed Beverly’s blouse was dirty & needed to be changed. So she told Beverly to take it off & bring it to her so she could wash it.
After telling her twice with no
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2001
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It appears … that at least 75 percent of homosexual are currently carrying one or more pathogens, but these men are not necessarily feeling sick or infecting others. It appears that at least 75 percent also have a history of at least one sexually transmitted disease, but these men are not
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 9, 2001
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Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president."
She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept
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Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
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FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!
A little girl had been trying for months to learn the art of tying her shoes. She finally grasped the knack and was able to do it by herself. Her parents expected the child to be delighted, but were surprised by her disappointment. Her father asked why she was crying.
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 15, 2002
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[Sunday School]
When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8.
In the late 1700’s "Sabbath (or Sunday) School Societies" were started here and
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Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003
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And we, the helpless flock of God’s church, need Jesus to be a shepherd for us. For it would be a courageous but stupid sheep who said to his shepherd, "no thanks, I think I’ll take care of this bear on my own." And we would be pretty foolish if we thought that we could handle Satan’s attacks on
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Feb 8, 2004
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I was in line at McDonalds with my family the other day when it hit me. We often come to Christ with our requests as if we’re ordering a super-value meal. “Yes, I’ll have a reassurance sandwich, with a side of prosperity, and a large, refreshing dose of hope to wash it all down. And super-size
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Methodist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2004
The gospel writers simply wrote "They crucified Jesus". Who crucified him? I’ll tell you who crucified him. I did - and you did, and they did, those groups around the cross. The old Negro spiritual asked the question, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" “They” crucified the Lord? It
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Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
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Ten, twenty years ago, we knew what sin was. Sin was sin and we called it by its right name. But in this day, in terms of modern pop psychology, sin is decreasing. What do I mean? A parent who kills their child is not seen as responsible because they themselves have been abused as a child. A
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