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Several years ago as I was coming home from Wesley Seminary at the end of four very long weeks, I felt a bubbling of energy within myself. I felt like I was waiting on a precipice about to jump into a new life. Energy was being sparked within me. I was ready to follow Christ wherever I was led
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Methodist
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 9, 2007
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Many years ago, the British sailing ship, Royal Charter, after a voyage around the world, was approaching its home port of Liverpool. At that time, Dr. William M. Taylor was a pastor in that city, and the wife of the first mate was a member of his
church. Crowds of people waited throughout the
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Baptist
Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 23, 2001
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My four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, went to the doctor’s office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who’s in there? Donald Duck?"
She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who’s in there? Mickey Mouse?"
Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
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My four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, went to the doctor’s office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who’s in there? Donald Duck?"She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who’s in there? Mickey Mouse?"Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and said,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 23, 2009
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS: RIGHT DAY, WRONG YEAR
Once there was a covenant with Noah, with Abram, with Moses, and with David, but now there is a NEW covenant written in the blood of Jesus. That promise, that contract, never expires. It is guaranteed by God's action, not our actions. The word often
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
ILL: For many years British author C.S. Lewis had such a great difficulty in becoming a Christian. Religion in his culture was “faith without power”. A blind religion that required learning without questioning and without a personal experience with the risen Savior. According to his brother
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 26, 2012
101-year-old Grandmother Sets Paragliding Record (WATCH)
By Good News Network Thursday, March 22, 2012
Not wanting to be outdone by her 75-year-old paragliding son, Mary Allen Hardison of Ogden, Utah, took flight on her birthday, becoming the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem" -- an achievement
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 15, 2007
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A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back into the fold. He put an advert in the local paper:
“Lost, stolen or strayed; a large flock of Methodist sheep. They
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Anglican
Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
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Bible teacher A.T. Pierson tells about a new convert to Christ who had a strange dream in which
he was trapped down a very deep well in the night. He looked up and saw a single star shining far above
him, and it seemed to let down lines of silver light that took hold upon him and lifted him up.
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
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Someone has said “The advent of the new age can be seen as a mixed blessing for Christians who are called to respond in faith to the presence of new religions towards the end of the 20th century. While the new age may be drawing away from traditional faith many dissatisfied individuals who have not
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 18, 2003
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CBS News anchor Dan Rather admits he was always fascinated by the sport of boxing, even though he was never good at it. “In boxing you’re on your own; there’s no place to hide,” he says. “At the end of the match only one boxer has his hand up. That’s it. He has no one to credit or to blame except
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 25, 2004
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It was around 1870 when New York City had one of the most hotly contested mayor’s races in its history. The incumbent was Mayor John Tweed. Everybody called him “Boss Tweed,” and it was a name that suited him well. The time came when he ran for reelection, and Boss Tweed’s political machine
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Methodist
Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
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You see a "60 Minutes" news team waiting in your office.
Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles
You wake up and discover your waterbed broke and then realize that you don’t have a water bed.
Your income tax check bounces.
Your twin
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Baptist