Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2002
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THE REAL ANSWER
PGA Tour professional golfer, Paul Azinger, enjoyed the finest season of his career in 1993. That year he kept the longest active winning streak on Tour (seven years) enjoying three victories.
He captured his first major title by defeating Greg Norman on the second hole of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
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In blended families, almost all members have lost an important primary relationship. The children may mourn the loss of their parent or parents, and the spouses of the loss of their former mates. Because of this, anger is sometimes displaced onto the new step-parent.
• One biological parent
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Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
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There was a man went in for physical and got a call from the doctor a couple of days later. The Doctor said that he had bad and worse news. "Give me the bad" the man asked. "Your tests showed that you had 48 hours to live." replied the doctor. "That’s the bad news! That’s the worst thing I have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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On a plaque marking Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace near Hodgenville, Kentucky, is recorded this scrap of conversation:
“Any news down ‘t the village, Ezry?” “Well, Squire McLain’s gone t’ Washington t’ see Madison swore in, and ol’ Spellman tells me this Bonaparte fella has captured most o’ Spain.
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
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De-evangelizing the neighbourhood
I was at a conference a few years ago where they told the story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving: they had about 500 people attending, and had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to
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"One day, a long time ago South Africa, an old man was kneeling, digging in a river bed. He was a gold prospector, and had been for many years. Every now and then he had found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich - just enough to provide him with food and drink for a week or two and to
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Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed.
He had been at it for many years.
Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest.
The part of the river in which he
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Contributed by N A on Mar 16, 2008
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ILLUSTRATION:
On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a little life-saving station. The building was primitive, and there was just one boat, but the members of the life-saving station were committed and kept a constant watch over the sea. When a ship went down, they
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Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Nov 4, 2000
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Let me give you an example to what I’m saying by sharing with you a story that I recently read in one of the history books in my library. I read how on July 3l, 1838 on the Island of Jamaica, a man named William Knibbs, gathered 10,000 slaves for a great praise gathering. They were celebrating
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