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  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • A Gift For Nicolas Cage

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Dec 22, 2008
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    A Gift for Nicolas Cage When the actor Nicolas Cage was a young boy, his father gave him a little Pinocchio for Christmas. Being a boy, he was a little rough with it, and broke its head off. So his father suggested they bury Pinocchio. The next morning, on the very place where they had buried ...read more

  • Josh Mcdowell Lists 61 Major Prophecies That Were ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Dec 30, 2008
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    Josh McDowell lists 61 major prophecies that were fulfilled in the birth, life, and death of Jesus. Peter Stoner, a mathematician, applied the principles of probability to just 8 of these prophecies. ILL: Imagine covering the state of Texas with silver dollars 2 feet deep. The number of silver ...read more

  • In A Biography Of Dwight L. Moody An Incident Is ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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    In a biography of Dwight L. Moody an incident is recorded from the life of President Woodrow Wilson in which he describes his one and only contact with that famous preacher. "I was in a barbershop," Wilson said, "when I became conscious that someone unusual had entered the room. A man had come in ...read more

  • A Few Words

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 1, 2009
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    A FEW WORDS Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the ...read more

  • Cain's Envy

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
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    CAIN'S ENVY Cain is displaying an attitude that many non-Christians have about Christians. There is often indignation from those who don’t believe they deserve to be in God’s favor, derogatory statements like, "Christians are a bunch of do-gooders, hypocrites etc." Often this reflects their deep ...read more

  • The Concept Of

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009
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    The concept of “The Six Degrees of Separation” is worth bringing up here. In this concept, people who study such things say that everyone in the world is at most six acquaintances apart from every other person in the world. It is referred to as “The Human Web” and works like this, I know someone, ...read more

  • In My Former Pastorate There Was A Wonderful ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
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    In my former pastorate there was a wonderful elderly man named Mr. Billy Stewart. He had built four grandfather clocks from kits supplied by the Emperor Clock Co. I had long wanted such a clock so, with his being available to be my backstop, I ordered a kit. The directions said to spread all the ...read more

  • Annie The Bishop

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 27, 2009
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    ANNIE THE BISHOP The resident "bishop" in our house is Annie the wonder-dog. At one point she was a 65-pound running machine. At age 92 (in dog years) her spine has so much arthritis she needs twice the normal human dose of prednisone just to walk. She is not healthy; she cannot do what she was ...read more

  • Always In The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
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    ALWAYS IN THE LIGHT In his book The Best Is Yet To Be, Henry Durbanville told the story of a little girl in London who won a prize at a flower show. Her entry was grown in an old cracked teapot and had been placed in the attic window of a rundown tenement house. When someone asked how she managed ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Deals With Man Who Believed In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Charles Spurgeon Deals With Man Who Believed in Sinless Perfection I love the story of Charles Spurgeon when he was a speaker at a conference along with another man, who publicly proclaimed that Christians could reach a place of sinless perfection where they no longer struggled with sin because ...read more

  • Keep Your Fire Hot  PRO

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 8, 2010
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    Keep Your Fire Hot A pastor went to visit a man who had been absent from church for some time. When the pastor arrived at the house of his wayward parishioner he found him sitting by a fire of glowing coals. The man fully expected his pastor to rebuke him for his tardy attendance at services. But ...read more

  • When 19th Century American Artist James Whistler ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on May 11, 2010
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    When 19th century American artist James Whistler was at the height of his artistic career, a wealthy patron purchased one of his pictures on the condition that the artist would accompany him home and help select a spot to hang the picture. Once at his mansion, the man held up the picture first here ...read more

  • Food For The Next Day

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    FOOD FOR THE NEXT DAY Psychologist, Charles Allen tells this story in one of his books: As World War II was drawing to a close, the Allied armies gathered up many hungry orphans. They placed them in camps where they were safe and well-fed. Yet despite the excellent care they received, the orphans ...read more

  • Poll On Salvation

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    POLL ON SALVATION 56% say a good person can earn their way into Heaven. 44% say if a person does not consciously accept Christ as savior, they will be condemned to Hell. 44% say all people experience the same outcome after they die, regardless of their religious beliefs. 34% say there are some ...read more

  • In 1990, A Woman Entered A Haagen-Dazs Store In ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Mar 29, 2011
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    In 1990, a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store in Kansas City for an ice cream cone. While she was ordering, another customer entered the store. She placed her order, turned and found herself staring face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming a movie. His blue eyes made her knees buckle. ...read more

  • Potato Provision

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 20, 2011
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    POTATO PROVISION I remember just a few years ago when we lived in Poland as missionaries. We were struggling so much financially. The dollar had plunged in value and we lost about 1/3 of the value of our money and were wondering if we would have to return back to the States. So we were praying for ...read more

  • The Post-It Note

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 23, 2011
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    THE POST-IT NOTE In his book, "Built to Last," Jim Collins describes how 3M employee Art Fry invented the Post-It Note: "One day in 1974, while I was singing in the church choir, I had one of those creative moments. To make it easier to find the songs we were going to sing at each Sunday’s ...read more

  • Man On The Street

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 18, 2011
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    MAN ON THE STREET When you meet someone on the street, you don’t know anything about them. Everyone is different, so be kind and courteous and don’t get caught up in discrimination. We all subconsciously stereotype people, but there isn’t one person in the world that fits perfectly into a ...read more

  • Disposable Guilt Bags

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    DISPOSABLE GUILT BAGS Several years ago a new product called "Disposable Guilt Bags" appeared in the supermarkets. It consisted of a set of ten ordinary brown bags on which were printed the following instructions: "Place the bag securely over your mouth, take a deep breath and blow all your guilt ...read more