MICHAEL JACKSON: PRODUCT OF CHILDHOOD
One of the saddest comments I heard Michael Jackson make was when he was being interviewed and he said that his father had never told him that he loved him.
In a speech at Oxford University in March 2001 he spoke very perceptively when he said this:
"All of
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
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TRANSFORMED
Once upon a time, there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a tower. Now the prince had a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small creatures to send a message to the maiden.
First, there was
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Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
Dean Karnazes is a modern day Superman. He has run fifty marathons in fifty days in fifty states, and runs ultra marathons of over 200 miles. He details his amazing accomplishments in his book Ultramarathon Man.
After one particularly grueling 200 mile marathon he shared the following contents of
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The man of God who spoke to Ahab, king of Israel
Text: 1 Kings 20:28 And there came a man of God (identity unknown), and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I
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Undoubtedly, March is the best month of the year for many people. It is the month that can have a new climate as well as events that make March unique from other months. Every individual has something to appreciate this time of year. Did you know that March was considered the start of the New Year
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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When I was a young boy, I started mowing yards to make money so I could buy hundreds and hundreds of baseball cards! When I made my first money, my mother reminded me of what God says in the Bible about tithing. "Now, son, the word tithe means one-tenth. God asks us to bring 1 out of every
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 30, 2025
[092]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FOR WE ARE FLESH AND BLOOD
We are emotional people and emotions often influence our feelings and life and behaviour. Emotions do need controlling e.g. a person might be “in a bad mood” but must not let that become bad attitudes to others.
Sometimes we can be down
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 10, 2025
[222]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - PRAISE YE THE LORD
This is a praise hymn though no current tune fits the rhythm flow of the lines, and it requires tweaking of the lines for the exact rhythm. I am not doing that right now. There are six stanzas, each one with a new theme set in the first
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2001
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In his book, Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery, Dr. Richard Selzer tells a true story that reflects God’s love for the unlovely. "I stand by the bed where a young woman lies, her face postoperative, her mouth twisted in palsy, clownish. A tiny twinge of facial nerve, the one to the
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Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 20, 2001
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Who would ever dream of amputating his own leg? Nobody-- unless that person had lost his mind or was faced with the grim choice of losing either his leg or his life.
That was Bill Jeracki’s terrible predicament, according to The Denver Post, when he was out fishing alone in the foothills of the
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Contributed by Jeff Kolk on Jan 27, 2001
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Pastor Steve Heartsill shares a story of A young man, who had worked for years on the railroad, wanted a job as a signalman for the railroad. For his interview, he was told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector asked him, "What would you do if you realized that two trains were
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Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000
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John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was
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