Contributed by Bill Purvis on Oct 20, 2008
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Churchhill’s Father
Winston Churchhill’s father was jealous of Winston. He couldn’t speak a kind word of him. Curchhill, the greatest leader of the day, in the book, "The Last Lion" says, "I would rather had been an apprentice for a brick layer, or run errands as a messenger boy, or dressed the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bryan Fink on Dec 25, 2008
To put the gift of eternity into perspective let’s take this roll of Christmas ribbon and unroll it all the way down the hall.(Invite some of the kids to help with this). The ribbon symbolizes eternity. Now, take a pencil such as this and make a mark anywhere on that ribbon. Any idea what that
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Methodist
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 6, 2010
SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE
There's plenty of evidence of blatant disregard for human life today. Terrorism and suicide bombers? Capital punishment? Human trafficking. Abortion?
So what is God thinking when He asks Abraham to take his only son, the son he loves, and to sacrifice him as a burnt
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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But what am I going to do with a verse like 1Thessalonians 3:3? Well, there are several things I can do with it. I could just jump over it and try to find something more positive to think about. Have you ever thrown a rock across a pond or river and in such a way that it sort of skipped across
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Charismatic
Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jan 24, 2006
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World Magazine reported last October:
Just in time for scary Halloween masks, Princeton professor Peter Singer—notorious for his approval of euthanasia and some kinds of infanticide, bestiality, and necrophilia—is at it again. He predicts in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Foreign Policy that by 2040
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 21, 2006
When we were in Canada the rechargeable battery of our mobile ran down and unfortunately the charger we use in the UK didn’t work there but a kind shopkeeper charged it up. This reminded me that we need help from others in our lives – our parents, friends in church, our minister and Sunday School
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Side note:
All kinds of people claim to have spiritual experiences.
Just because someone claims something – doesn’t make it valid.
Neighbor – I have daily discussions with my dog
About the middle east.
My guess is that you would not grant him the benefit of the doubt.
But if that same
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 29, 2001
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A one dollar bill met a twenty dollar bill and said, "Hey, where’ve you been? I haven’t seen you around here much." The twenty answered (as the dollar bill listened enviously), "I’ve been hanging out at the casinos, went out on a cruise and did the rounds of the ship, back to the United States for
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001
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We’ve probably all heard the expression, “This separates the men from the boys!” What kinds of things separate the men from the boys? Things that involve danger and risk. Things that take courage and a willingness to sacrifice. Things that are grueling and gut-wrenching. Things that require
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 7, 2001
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David Wilkerson once noted in a message he delivered: “I believe there is nothing more dangerous to a Christian than to carry a resentment against God. Yet I am shocked by the growing number of believers I meet who are peeved at the Lord. They may not admit as much-but deep inside, they hold some
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Dale Harlow on Sep 5, 2002
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TELLING EVERYONE
In a Rolling Stone interview, Tanya Donelly, lead singer of Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Belly, notes,
"For some reason, God is embarrassing to people. It doesn’t embarrass somebody to talk about how they got completely bombed the night before and puked all over
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
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David Berkwitz of Newsweek asked the question in a web article on 12/22, “What Would Jesus Do About Bin Laden?” He asked different religious leaders their opinions but the only “Jesus” he could find that he agreed with was Jesus (hey-soos) Ayala of Brooklyn who said: “We should kill him and
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Christian Church
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2004
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Illus.: “Mushrooms or Toadstools”
Dad brought home what looked like mushrooms. Some in the family thought they were toadstools. Were they edible or not? Someone remembered seeing an article in the National Geographic magazine on mushrooms. They found the article which had pictures and
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
Cartoon from shows a line of pews and a sentence being passed from pew to pew.
1st pew: My ear kind of hurts 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache
3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid 4th pew: The pastor is having trouble hearing
5th pew: The pastor
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better.
I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Aug 13, 2010
A friend of mine told me a story about her grandson. He was behind some kind of signboard on the playground doing something he wasn't suppossed to be doing. His teacher came and of course he was in trouble. In a discussion with his grandmother, of course he noted that "His teacher couldn't see what
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United Methodist
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