Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 14, 2005
The story is of the little ragged, wretched, starved, emaciated boy who goes to a country school, and they have passed the rule that any boy that is found stealing a lunch will be beat with thirty stripes on his naked back. Upon a day, a lunch is stolen, and the school finds out it is that
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 5, 2013
TIMANTHES AND THE DO-OVER
Over 2,000 years ago a young Greek artist named Timanthes (Tim-an-thes) painted this picture - The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Before he painted this masterpiece when the artist Timanthes (Tim-an-thes) was a young man, he studied under a well-known and highly respected tutor.
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Brethren
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Children leave gift of love at funeral by Paul Harvey
The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Children leave gift of love @ funeral
The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named Philip.
He was 9 – in a
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
Have you heard the story of the young teenager and his girlfriend who decide to go for a swim in a neighbours pool as they are away for the weekend, as they approach the fence they see a sign that warns them to keep out of the pool, but they climb straight over and ignore the sign. The pool now is
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 13, 2011
GOD BLESS AMERICA: BE SPECIFIC
The blind man's first request is for Jesus to have mercy on him. Jesus asks him specifically, "What do you want me to do for you?" He answers specifically, "Lord, I want to see."
"God bless America," is a very general prayer. It may be as specific a prayer as
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JOHNNY'S ONE-TRACK MIND
I'm like the little boy who was asked by his teacher, "Johnny what is your favorite animal?"
He said, "Fried chicken!" Being a PETA supporter, she sent him to the principal's office.
The next day she asked him, "Johnny, what it your favorite living animal?"
He said,
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A teacher in children's church was telling the story of the rich man and Lazarus. She said that Lazarus sat outside the rich man's gate covered with sores and begging for food. And that the rich man passed Lazarus without even seeing him.
But when they both died, Lazarus went to Heaven,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
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A FATHER'S ROLE
“The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.”
“A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 4, 2003
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Rev. Richard D. Phillips, pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia said:
"The law is not over us, to condemn us, but under our feet, to be a guide for our path. In saying that, it is the moral law, as reflected in the Ten Commandments, to which I refer, which
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"We must also be bold and forceful critics of the idols, injustices, and immorality we find in our culture. We need to expose and root out cultural factors that make it hard for people to have faith in God and to live a just and moral life."
(Archbishop
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Catholic
Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
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Some people are like Ken, the struggling student, who, during an exam was asked by his
teacher, “how close are you to the
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2005
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Warren Wiersbe (Pastor, radio personality, teacher) suggests that “a thankful spirit is a mark of Christian maturity. When a believer is abounding in
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Salvation Army