One day a very wealthy, powerful king died. His servants spread the unbelievable news all over the palace. He had died in his bed of natural causes.
"Where has he gone?", asked one of the king's wisest counselors
"Why, to Heaven of course!", answered all the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Martin Moore-Ede, in his book Twenty-Four Hour Society: Understanding Human Limits in a World That Never Stops, says, “Our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years — Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007 — all occurred in the
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Methodist
Contributed by William Beard on May 22, 2007
MARY MASON wrote a poem called: “It’s Coronation Day”.
“The house (he/she) lived in seems so still;
The eyes no longer see;
The lips, half smiling, do not speak.
Is this finality?
Our hearts shout, “No! It’s not the end!
Her life has just begun!”
TODAY is Coronation Day:
For her, the
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Phillip Yancey said, "There is hope, much of which comes in the name of Christ. One telling statistic reveals the fruit of two centuries of faithful mission work: of India’s 700 million people, only 2.7 % call themselves Christian, and yet Christians are responsible for more than 18% of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A few years ago, when Mother Teresa visited Australia, a young man was assigned to be her guide during her stay. He was thrilled at the prospect of being so close to such a godly woman but he became frustrated over time because even though he was constantly near her, he never had the opportunity to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Robert Lewis, Founding Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas said this, “…Our church along with several others, organized to renovate some of the public schools in our area. Teachers and school officials had not asked for our help and were clearly surprised when we offered it.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Norman Vincent Peale would tell a story of what happened to him as a young boy. He found a cigar on the sidewalk, so he picked it up and took it into an alley and lit her up He said it tasted terrible, but as bad as it was, it still made him feel grown up.
Then, he said he saw his dad walking down
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world’s most prestigious road racing events.
The race is run over a grueling course covering 26 miles, 385 yards. In order to run in that prestigious race, you must have either won a sanctioned marathon elsewhere,
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
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We stand before the Lord
like a child with her hand in the candy jar.
who finds he cannot withdraw his hand
without letting go of the candy.
She is unwilling to do this
The candy represents everything we want in life
at that moment.
But he child is helpless
caught between 2 desires
candy
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Lutheran
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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In the Russian Orthodox Church. the standard greeting is: "Christ is Risen!" to which someone would reply: "He is risen indeed!" Years ago, when the Communists began to take control of Russia, a Communist party official came to a village to try and convert its residents there to Communism. He
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Baptist
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One day in 1943 thousands of soldiers were preparing to leave for Germany and Italy. The Army, the Navy, and the Marines were preparing to load on
the ships. The General decided to have a huge parade through New York City to seek prayer and honor for the men. Many of these brave men would never
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
Augustine, who became one of the great theologians and greatest preaching leaders of his day, was a very wild young man. He had a mother who prayed deeply for him all the time. One day, Augustine announced that he was moving to Rome. His mother was devastated. She prayed, "Oh, God, don’t let
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Baptist