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  • The Young Woman Was Married And Had 2 Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 14, 2006
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    The young woman was married and had 2 beautiful children, but one day as she was standing over the sink, washing dishes, she thought, ‘There must be more to life than this.’ When her husband came home, he found a note she’d written and began to weep. She would call him once every week to check on ...read more

  • It Was Robert Fulghum Who Wrote "All I Really ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
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    It was Robert Fulghum who wrote "All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten." It appeared in a number of different places. You’ve probably seen some of it around schools and other places. Fulghum touches on an important fact of life – that we develop our basic values for life by the ...read more

  • 1956 National Championship In Melbourne…in The ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
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    1956 National Championship in Melbourne…in the third lap, Ron Clarke (Australian and World Junior Mile record holder) and John Landy moved forward at a strong pace. They were shooting for a new world record! Then Alec Henderson tried to squeeze between the two runners and the inside edge of the ...read more

  • Stanley Jones Writes About A Crucial Moment In ...

    Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 12, 2007
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    Stanley Jones writes about a crucial moment in his life when he found himself on his way to what could have been a spiritual disaster: For months after my conversion, I was running under cloudless skies. And then suddenly I tripped, almost fell, pulled back this side of the sin, but was shaken ...read more

  • Buddhism Has A Story Similar To The Story Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
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    Buddhism has a story similar to the story Jesus told about the Prodigal Son. In the story Jesus told, the father sees his wayward son, and runs to greet him. The prodigal says he no longer deserves to be considered a son, but the loving father throws a party for him and freely restores him to ...read more

  • This Syndrome Also Reminds Me Of When We Had Our ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Mar 27, 2007
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    This syndrome also reminds me of when we had our first child. We’re in the delivery room in Northside Hospital in Atlanta, while my parents and her parents are in the waiting room getting minute-by-minute updates form me! In fact, I recall running out there telling everyone it was a girl because as ...read more

  • In James Michener's "Hawaii", Nyuk Tsin Kee ...

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 23, 2007
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    In James Michener’s “Hawaii”, Nyuk Tsin Kee stands before the officer in her examination for United States citizenship. She has relentlessly driven herself to prepare for this exam. More than anything else, she wants to become a citizen of America. But now she is strangely silent. When the ...read more

  • In 2005 I Went On My First Missions Trip. This ...

    Contributed by Deborah Guptill on Jun 11, 2007
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    In 2005 I went on my first missions trip. This trip was to New York City. We traveled down in two fifteen passenger vans and had a small moving van with all of our luggage in it. We followed in a line for the whole trip, talking back and forth on walkie talkies while on the busy interstates to make ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of An Expert Tightrope Walker ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
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    The story is told of an expert tightrope walker whose tightrope was extended across Niagara Falls. Of course, to fall from this rope would mean instant destruction. Balancing his long pole lightly, he steps upon the rope and starts across. The crowd is silent. Finally he triumphantly places his ...read more

  • Surgery For The "New Born"

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
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    Surgery for the “New Born” Several years ago an orthopedic surgeon performed an operation on my son to repair a torn ACL. The operation didn’t restore his knee to its original condition, but it did allow him to walk, even though he still experiences pain from time to time. Recently my wife had ...read more

  • The First Year I Was A Pastor, I Didn't Take Any ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Dec 14, 2007
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    The first year I was a pastor, I didn’t take any vacation. Early in my second year, I heard a story about two lumberjacks. One lumberjack worked so hard that he refused to take any breaks—even to sharpen his chainsaw. The other lumberjack took fairly frequent breaks, and he spent a lot of time ...read more

  • To Be Saved, One Has To Understand That I Am A ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 20, 2008
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    To be saved, one has to understand that I am a sinner, and my sin has separated me from God. I can try to earn my way back to God all I want, or I can realize that is hopeless - nothing I can do can wash away my sin - only Christ’s blood - only his sacrifice is acceptable to God, so I have to give ...read more

  • 1956 National Championship In Melbourne…in The ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 28, 2008
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     | 1,161 views

    1956 National Championship in Melbourne…in the third lap, Ron Clarke (Australian and World Junior Mile record holder) and John Landy moved forward at a strong pace. They were shooting for a new world record! Then Alec Henderson tried to squeeze between the two runners and the inside edge of the ...read more

  • God Has A Plan

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 23, 2008
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    GOD HAS A PLAN A eleven-year-old boy passed tracts out with his pastor father on Sunday afternoons, but it was pouring down rain so he told his son he wasn't going. The boy asked, "Aren't people still going to hell when it's raining?" So the boy went alone. The next Sunday, an elderly lady ...read more

  • Golf Pro Lee Trevino Met A Fan In A Coffee Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Golf pro Lee Trevino met a fan in a coffee shop. The woman asked him to sign a napkin, but Trevino refused, saying he knew she wouldn’t keep it. “So she pulled out a $5 bill,” Trevino recalled. He said, “I wrote a nice little note in the margin and signed it. Thanking me profusely, she ...read more

  • Buyer's Remorse And A Dead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
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    BUYER’S REMORSE AND A DEAD DONKEY A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died." Kenny replied, ...read more

  • Gui—dance

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
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    GUI--DANCE Robert Smith wrote in "Doctrine That Dances": "When I meditated on the word 'Guidance,' I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn't flow with the ...read more

  • Matryoshka Doll

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 30, 2010
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    I purchased this doll a few years back when I visited in Russia. It’s called a Matryoshka doll (Russian Nesting doll). (taking dolls apart) If you’re familiar with these dolls, you know that you open up one and there’s another inside … and so on and so on. This continues until you get to the ...read more

  • Death And Resurrection

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    Our son, John learned a valuable lesson about death when he was a child. One day he took aim with his new BB gun at a little bird sitting on a limb near our back deck. He aimed and fired and hit his target and the bird collapsed to the ground. Dead. At first there was the excitement of being a ...read more

  • Mowing Your Yard In The Midst Of A Flood!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 15, 2020
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    Glen and Jo Ann live in Orange County, California in a low lying area. It flooded one year and the local newspaper sent a reporter in a boat out to Glen and Jo Ann’s neighborhood. The reporter found Jo Ann, sitting on their roof watching large objects floating by, so he climbed up on the roof to ...read more