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  • A Number Of White Children Had Been Recaptured, ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
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     | 3,820 views

    A number of white children had been recaptured, who had been so long with the Indians, that they could give no account of themselves. A mother who had lost two children years before went to seek her lost ones among them. The children were drawn up in line for inspection; but she could not recognize ...read more

  • One Of The Most Popular Aquarium Fish Is The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,798 views

    One of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. If you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium. Sharks can be six inches long yet fully matured. But if you turn them loose in the ocean, they grow to their normal length of eight feet. That can also ...read more

  • There Was Once A Very Old Widow Who Lived In A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 19, 2006
     | 1,811 views

    There was once a very old widow who lived in a dirt floor shack. She worked hard for every bite of food she ate. After one particularly long, hard day she sat down and looked at the “dinner” before her. She had a glass of water in a broken cup, a dry crust of bread, and a handful of beans. A ...read more

  • How Big Is God? Think Of The Size Of The ...

    Contributed by Anthony Craver on Apr 28, 2006
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     | 3,692 views

    How big is God? Think of the size of the universe. The nearest star is about four light years away from earth. How far is that? That is the distance that light travels in four years. Light travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second. This means that the nearest star is about 24 trillion ...read more

  • The Cost Of True Greatness Is Humble, Selfless, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
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     | 6,400 views

    “The cost of true greatness is humble, selfless, sacrificial service. The Christian who desires to be great and first in the kingdom is the one who is willing to serve in the hard place, the demanding place, the place where he is not appreciated and may even be persecuted. Knowing that time is ...read more

  • Edwin Rushworth Had Been A Skeptic All His Life. ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 15, 2006
     | 3,655 views

    Edwin Rushworth had been a skeptic all his life. He resolved to read for an hour a day the book that he had so long derided. "Wife," he said, as he looked up from his first perusal, "if this book is right, we are all wrong!" He continued his readings for another week. "Wife," he exclaimed at the ...read more

  • John Wimber Tells In His Book Entitles Power ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 743 views

    John Wimber tells in his book entitles Power Points about a new housing development that came and replaced the old houses in his poor neighborhoood. In a short time the old families from the neighborhood moved back into the new homes. It wasn’t long before he noticed the new buildings abused and ...read more

  • List To This Article That Appeared In The Moody ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,835 views

    List to this article that appeared in the Moody Monthly- An oyster fisherman on opening the shell of an oyster, discovered within a fish, three and a half inches long, alive and weakly struggling. The oyster, however, was not to be found, and the fisherman was quite convinced that the fish had ...read more

  • When Fighting Ceased In 1918 The Mud Of The ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2006
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     | 1,887 views

    When fighting ceased in 1918 the mud of the battlefields was allowed to rest and nature began to be restored and before long the wild flowers grew and bloomed including the poppy. The colour of red reminded people of bloodshed and the sacrifice by millions of brave soldiers of their lives. And so ...read more

  • A Young Girl's Aunt Took Her Out For The Day And ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 13, 2007
     | 1,420 views

    A young girl’s aunt took her out for the day and they went to a great cathedral. It was the first time the girl had ever visited such a magnificent place and she sat gazing in wonder at the sunlit beauty of the large stained glass windows. “Auntie, who are those people in the windows?” she ...read more

  • A Man Thought That By Being Baptised He Could ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on May 7, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,095 views

    A man thought that by being baptised he could find salvation. A friend of his tried hard to explain that this was not so. But this man insisted that, as water would purify the body, so water consecrated by a minister or priest would purify the soul. Finally the friend used an illustration. "Suppose ...read more

  • Let's Learn How To Gain Perspective. Look At This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 31, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,028 views

    Let’s learn how to gain perspective. Look at this paragraph. Most of us can read it even though most of it is misspelled. This is because as long as a word has the right beginning and ending letter it is usually readable provided the words are in a person’s common vocabulary. Aoccdrnig to ...read more

  • Albert Mohler Jr. -- "At Some Point In The ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006
     | 931 views

    Albert Mohler Jr. -- “At some point in the nineteen-sixties, Hell disappeared. No one could say for certain when this happened. First it was there, then it wasn’t. Different people became aware of the disappearance of Hell at different times. Some realized that they had been living for years as ...read more

  • Just Passing Through

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,553 views

    JUST PASSING THROUGH If a business trip took you to Pueblo for 8 weeks and your company rented you an apartment to stay in ... how much time would you spend decorating the place and making it look nice? Why? You’re just passing through, you won’t be there long. Is it possible that we invest far ...read more

  • God's Wood And God's Iron

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010
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    GOD'S WOOD AND GOD'S IRON Famed evangelist, Billy Kelly, received a donation of some Jack Daniel's aging barrels. He used them to make lemonade at his Greer Baptist Camp Meeting. He quipped that he didn't know if where from the Spirit or the spirits, but that they sure had enjoyed wonderful ...read more

  • The End Of The Beginning

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    THE END OF THE BEGINNING During the second world war November 1942, as Hitler's Luftwaffe had invaded English skies, Britain was feeling the dread of his enlarging shadow. The country was asking the question "How long can they endure the unrelenting darkness of their situation?" Prime Minister ...read more

  • Luther's Dream

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    LUTHER'S DREAM In a dream, Martin Luther found himself being attacked by Satan. The devil unrolled a long scroll containing a list of Luther's sins and held it before him. On reaching the end of the scroll Luther asked the devil, "Is that all?" "No," came the reply, and a second scroll was ...read more

  • Targums

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 13, 2010
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     | 1,686 views

    TARGUMS More than 500 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the Jews returned to Judea from their long time of captivity Babylon. About that time, Jewish religious leaders began to write commentaries on various Bible books that they called "Targums." One of these Targums dealt with the ...read more

  • Good Timing

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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    GOOD TIMING Actress Shirley McLaine a new ager, was conducting one of her seminars at the Long Beach Arena teaching people about their own divinity. During the seminar, she had everyone light a candle. They turned off the lights so those candles could be seen shining in the dark. She said, "Just ...read more

  • Invitation Needed

    Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 6, 2011
     | 4,771 views

    INVITATION NEEDED I have recently been contacted by a Pastor in Nigeria who is wanting us to come and preach a crusade there. But you cannot just fly into Nigeria; you have to be invited. The local Pastor has to send an official letter of invitation, that letter must state what I would be visiting ...read more