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
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Contributed by Daniel Austin on Dec 30, 2008
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
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 7, 2009
“One day, people are going to forget about the Heisman Trophy, the jump pass and the national championship. One day, this [championship] ring is going to rust. There are only four things that are going to last forever: God, his word, people and rewards.”
"Because I’m so passionate about it, and
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Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
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GOOD FRIDAY: SUNDAY'S COMIN'
Tony Campolo tells a story of preaching on Good Friday at his church in Philadelphia. He got up to preach to his predominantly black congregation-–and he was "ON"! The folks were encouraging and hepping him along, and he got excited. He could hear some saying, "Help
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 8, 2009
Someone has pictured legalism and libertinism as two parallel streams that run between earth and heaven. The stream of legalism is clear, sparkling, and pure; but its waters run so deep and furiously that no one can enter it without being drowned or smashed on the rocks of its harsh demands. The
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
A MESSAGE DELIVERED BUT NOT RECEIVED
Back in April of 1865, a telegraph office was thrown into consternation by hearing the paperboys outside the office crying out the news that President Lincoln had been shot. After a few angry words, the telegraphers realized that the only way news could have
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites better understand
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 26, 2023
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t’s no surprise that 45% of Americans say that their phone is the most valuable possession. What is surprising is how far our obsessions with cell phones go:
Over one-third of Americans (36%) say they’d give up their pets to keep their cell phone.
53% say that in a house fire or other disaster,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 25, 2024
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Seven fears related to death:
1) Fear of the process: But.....Jesus is with you.
– Psalm 23:4
2) Fear of non-existence: But....You will be alive and well.
– John 11:25-26
3) Fear of bodily decay: But....You will receive a new body.
– 1 Corinthians 15:51-54;
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 30, 2025
People generally don't like change.
As Mark Twain famously said, "The only person who likes change is a wet baby." There's a lot of truth to that quote. Many times, we think of change as being a bad thing, and we older people have seen a lot of bad changes in our lifetimes.
*But
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
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The wife ... of a man who had recently died ... assumed ... they were well off financially, ... so she gave him a very nice funeral ... and a fancy tombstone that read, ... "Rest in Peace."
However, ... when the estate was settled ... she was informed by their attorney ... that he had
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Contributed by Kelvin Parks on May 2, 2026
He didn't have to go through Samaria. The road was longer. The people were despised. No respectable rabbi would have taken that route. But the text says He MUST needs go through Samaria. Not could. Not should. MUST. Because there was a woman at a well who had been through five husbands and
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
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THE COURAGE OF SHANNON WRAY
After winning a hard fought battle over an attempt to censor religious
references from her speech, Shannon Wray delivered her non-censored
salutatorian speech on Friday during the Hollidaysburg Area High School graduation ceremony. Shannon was represented by Mat
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Contributed by David Lema on Nov 23, 2003
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ILUSTRACION:
Una noche de Navidad en el año 1944 en un campo de concentración alemán en Viena ocurrió algo verdaderamente extraño, misterioso.
El autor de esta historia cuenta que en aquella noche jamás se había podido sentir tanto abatimiento de espíritu, tanta soledad, tanta impotencia como las
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