Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 28, 2007
                
                
                
                    	Adrian Dieleman tells the story of one man’s transformation: “Oscar Cervantes is a dramatic example of the Spirit’s power to transform lives.  As a child, Oscar began to get into trouble.  Then as he got older, he was jailed 17 times for brutal crimes.  Prison psychiatrists said he was beyond
                    
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                    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a brand-new college graduate he had taken the C.P.A. Exams & passed with flying colors. Now he was a full-fledged Certified Public Accountant. 
His father had been an immigrant to the U.S., & now owned his own little business. Filled with
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 28, 2005
                
                
                
                    There was a man who purchased one of those do it yourself kits from the sporting goods store.  It contained all the parts to build a replica of the old muzzleloader guns used in days gone by.  He pealed open the box, broke through 3 pieces of tape inscribed with warnings, tossed aside the safety
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 7, 2025
                
                
                
                    [051].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CONVENTION HYMN   (WRITTEN THEN) – FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW
This was written during the Easter Keswick Convention at Atherton on the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland, in the spare time I had there with all the organisation to do.  These Conventions are
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 17, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out.  One day his pastor asked why he did this.  Jim answered, “The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, ‘Jesus, this is Jim.
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Gabriel on Mar 18, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A certain man was troubled with dizzy spells. He went from one doctor to another and none could tell him what the problem was. He tried everything, it seemed. Finally, it was bothering him so much he started to lose weight, and he couldn’t sleep at night. He became a nervous wreck and his health
                    
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                    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Nov 6, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a man who decided to ask his BOSS for a RAISE in SALARY.  It was Friday.  He told his WIFE that morning what he was about to do.  All day long the man felt NERVOUS and APPREHENSIVE.  Late in the afternoon he summoned the COURAGE to approach his 
employer.  To his delight, the BOSS agreed
                    
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                    Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out. One day his pastor asked why he did this. Jim answered, "The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, 'Jesus, this is Jim. I
                    
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                    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    He was described as a man who “dangled the power of life and death over his fellow countrymen and murdered anyone who stood in his way...”  By the end of the 1970s, Manuel Noriega had earned a reputation as the most feared man in Panama.
In 1983 he promoted himself to general and gained control of
                    
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                    Hymn Story : "Holy God, Sinful Man"
A story of God’s Ring of Love (eternal and everlasting)for humanity. 
          
                  "Holy God, Sinful Man"
 
Chorus: 
Had it not been for Jesus to die on that cross.
All mankind would surely be lost.
Verse 1:
There would be no forgiveness no
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Did you hear about the man who went to the doctor because he had a severe obesity problem?  The doctor examined him very carefully, and said, “I have some good news and some bad news.”  “The good news is that there is not anything wrong with your
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Boys In Crises: It may still be a man’s world. But it is no longer a boy’s. From his first days in school, an average boy is already developmentally 2 years behind girls in reading and writing. Yet he’s often expected to learn the same things in the same way in the same amount of time. While every
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 16, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	Let’s imagine a situation where a homeless man is begging on the streets of New York.  A well dressed man in a long limousine pulls up next to him and offers him a job as vice-president of his company.  You might say that is ridiculous; nothing like that would ever happen.  But that is exactly
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A young man and woman were taking off on their honeymoon. After they landed at the airport, they rented a car and started heading off to enjoy a week in marital bliss. As they drove into the country, the man was unfamiliar with the area. He pulled out to pass a slower vehicle and hit a semi truck
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A story was told about a business man who was selling a warehouse and its property. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. 
As he showed a prospective buyer the property, the business man
                    
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