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A missionary named Dr. Seamands tells about a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. Some of his Muslim friends asked this new convert, “Why have you become a Christian?”
This was his answer: “Well, it’s like this. Suppose you are walking down a road and suddenly the road forks in two
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A. FIRST YOU JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS OF GEAR, INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BURNING FOREST, AND YOU CHASE THE FIRE AND FIGHT IT BY HAND -- USUALLY WITHOUT WATER OR, FIRE RETARDANT AND YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU’RE A SMOKE JUMPER
B. MIMI SCISSONS, A 37-YEAR-OLD SMOKE JUMPER STATIONED IN
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Contributed by Thomas Baird on Mar 1, 2004
Our daughter, little Kelsey, turned one year old a little over a week ago… and she is not walking yet…
All of our other kids were walking by her age… and Kelsey is not even trying.
I told Derek yesterday that I know why she is not trying…
Because we will take her wherever she wants to
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Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 10, 2009
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COMMITMENT OR CONTENTMENT?
Four masked men came in with assault rifles screaming at the preacher and members during the worship service. They said that anyone who would deny their faith could leave safely, but the pastor had to stay and face the outcome.
Silence fill the church, and finally,
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 6, 2001
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There’s an old story of a man who was walking at night, and saw another man searching for something near a lamp post. Approaching, he asked the man what he was looking for, and the man, without looking up, replied, “My watch”. The first man asked, “Well, precisely where were you standing when
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 25, 2001
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"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around about drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is
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My daughter brought a caterpillar from school one day. We promptly found a shoe box and put some leaves and grass into the box. My daughter gently placed the little insect into its new home. We punched holes in clear wrap and placed it over the top of the box, so that we could watch our little
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Independent/Bible
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Tony Campolo, A Baptist minister, was invited to speak at a college in Valley Forge Penn. He drove to the college and before he spoke several men took him in the back room and began to pray for him, that God would use his speech.
While these men were praying, one man, just off the cuff began
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Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
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Years ago, William Edward Perry, a famous English explorer, mapped out most of the Souther Polar Cap. Many of his maps are still being used today by those who travel to that desolate, sub-zero continent. On one particular expedition, he and his crew having completed mapping an uncharted region,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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LISTENING TO US
While serving as Presbyterian missionaries in Lebanon Ben and Carol Weir learned a great deal about prayer when Ben was suddenly kidnapped by Shiite Muslim extremists in 1984. He was held in solitary confinement, in cramped quarters for sixteen months. Carol wondered whether she
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