Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 13, 2007
The good ship Commerce under Captain Riley and his 11-man crew
Wrecked on the north coast of Africa in 1815.
They were alone on the edge of the largest desert in the world – the Sahara.
They were men without hope.
Desert nomads came upon them and they thought they were saved,
But they turned
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2007
"A Californian magazine ran a survey of over 600 ex-Muslims who now follow Jesus, and concludes: "Although dreams appear to play a minor role in the conversion of Westerners, over 25% of these ex-Muslims affirmed that dreams and visions played a vital role in their conversions…" [source:
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Nov 30, 2001
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SIGNS YOU LIVE IN THE YEAR 2001...
1. You just tried to enter your password on the microwave.
2. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
3. You call your son’s beeper to let him know it’s time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom,
"What’s for
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001
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THE RICHEST MAN’S DEATH
Carl was a very rich man who owned a great estate. One of his favorite pastimes was riding horseback through his valley, looking at everything he owned & congratulating himself on his great wealth.
One day, as Carl was riding along, he came up over a hill & in the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
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Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate…
PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1
One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Ravi Zacharias tells the amazing story of a young Christian in Vietnam. He writes, “I was ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of my interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American forces, and was of immense help both to them and to
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Methodist
Contributed by Davon Huss on May 25, 2004
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A. Linda Down discovered real power and she needed it. She had dealt with the limitations of cerebral palsy all her life. One day, she got this crazy idea of running the New York Marathon. But Linda walked with difficulty, so running seemed out of the question? She used canes with arm clamps to
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Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005
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This reminds me of an incident I experienced while also working in South Africa. I had been working on a research project but had made a significant error early on in the project. Instead of coming clean I unfortunately chose to try and cover my mistake.
It wasn’t too long before my conscience
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 18, 2007
Years ago I was at a Promise Keepers Pastor’s Conference – It was a great conference. I went with pastor friend of mine and to save some cash we went in together on renting a car and a hotel room. So we booked all of this months in advance believing everything would be ready for us when w arrived.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A man got a job as a night watchman at a factory. There had been a lot of thefts by the workers on the night shift and so every morning when the night shift workers passed through his gate it was his job to check their bags and pockets to make sure that nothing was being stolen.
Things were going
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 26, 2007
Ever had a time when you felt all alone in life, didn’t know which way to turn? Do you ever have a point in your life where you felt so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just didn’t know what to do?
You might be like a guy who went alone on a vacation up in the mountains and he was walking
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Methodist
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You might find this hard to believe but one vicar, William Haslam became a Christian through his own sermon – and from that very experience the 19th Century Cornish Revival was born
William Haslam was a high church Anglican vicar in Cornwall in the 19th Century.
In 1851, he had gone to stay
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Anglican
Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 14, 2007
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I read a story recently that illustrates what I’m talking about. Back in the days when racial prejudice was open, vile and violent, a man was raised in the South under the bigotry and prejudice of that day. His mother and father had been killed by whites. He lived with his grandmother and with his
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Baptist
Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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In the book of Revelation, Jesus himself speaks to them. He commends them for many things. But then he adds this sobering rebuke. “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. ” (Rev. 2:4) WHO is your FIRST LOVE? Over the years, have the pursuits, the distractions, the
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2008
Forgiving One Another -- the Monkey Trap
>>I used this as a children’s sermon to open the worship services<<
I’m going teach to you something this morning. I’m going to show you how to catch a monkey! Do any of you have wild monkeys running around your neighborhood? Well, in case there ever is
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Nazarene
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Let me share astory about the folded up cloth that was e-mailed to me this week: Why did Jesus fold the napkin? An unusual approach to a biblical story. Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I used to ask this question and other Bible Scholars did not know the answer.
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Aug 12, 2008
ALL OUT WAR AT WORK - - -
Years ago I worked in a large store with over 300 employees. Truly, there were only a handful of us who were Christians at this store. One of the few Christians was April. April was very open about her Christianity and would tell others about Christ at every
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Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 24, 2008
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Attitude can be changed simply by humbly coming to God, ready to receive what He offers, even if it's not the answer we expected.
The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the
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Lutheran
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