Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
1990, Shortly after I graduated from college, someone sent me a copy of an article from Colorado Springs - an AP release about Coronado High School where I went to high school. It was about a transfer student – a 17yr old girl named Storme Aerison. She was singing soprano in the choir, and had
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
Topography, Basketball and the Gospel
Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 15, 2009
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Conscience is that faculty in me which attaches itself to the highest that I know, and tells me what the highest I know demands that I do. It is the eye of the soul which looks out either toward God or toward what it regards as the highest authority. If I am in the habit of steadily facing toward
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CHANGING YOUR MIND ABOUT SEATBELTS
I remember when the seatbelt laws came into effect. People had all kinds of excuses for why they weren’t going to wear one. Some said they felt constrained, and some were afraid they’d have an accident because they thought the strap would somehow stop them from
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GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN
At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade."
I had bad news for him. God has a
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Contributed by Bruce Ritter on Feb 2, 2008
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Frank Abagnale was the world’s greatest con artist. The movie Catch Me If You Can is based on the true-life story this man, who bilked the government out of more than $5 million by the time he was 21. Raised in the home of a father who cheated the government and a mother who cheated on her husband,
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Assembly Of God
The Brothers Grimm tell a story about a father and mother, their young son and the father’s very aged father that lived with them. The old man was feeble and his hands shook. His mealtimes were often noisy and messy because he would clatter the silverware together and he would spill his food or
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 16, 2005
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During the time I was a police officer there was a dispatcher who was no more than a co-worker and casual friend to me. Near Christmas time one year, I walked into the dispatch center and she lifted a package from the table next to her and gave it to me. It was a Christmas gift, and it was
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2005
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Once there were these 3 guys who needed to get to a town called Perfection in one day. Perfection was 200 km away. One guy decided to save money and walk all the way. He started off at 6 in the morning. He only walked for a few hours and managed to cover 20 km. After that he was too pooped to carry
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 2, 2009
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon in the Apollo 11 space mission. Michael Collins third member of the group, was in charge of the command module, essential for their return to earth, which circled the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed. The moon lander
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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THE ROPE HELD by ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Sometimes on sunny days, when I could see my way and feel the pathway firm under my feet, I wondered--Would the rope hold if the worst happened?
A bent old man brought me that telegram which in war years hung like a suspended sword over the heart of every
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Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Dec 3, 2006
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Trouble in the Church
ACTS 15:1-12
I. Decision 15:1-4
A. Men 15:1
B. Method 15:2
C. Messages 15:3-4
II. Demand 15:5-6
A. Demands 15:5
B. Deliberations 15:6
III. Declaration 15:7-12
A. Choice 15:7
B. Comparison 15:8-9
C. Conversion 15:10-12
Introduction
Peter had
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