Contributed by George Rennau on Feb 19, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the greater Idaho Falls Science Fair, April 26, 1997. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to alarmist practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a
                    
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                    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    C.S. Lewis, in “Mere Christianity”:
“Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In my "Reader’s Digest - Jesus and His Times" (copy write 1987 - from which much of this information is derived), there is a picture of a "Mikvah" that has been discovered in Masada (the ancient fortress built by Herod which held off the Romans for so long after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.).
                    
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                    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    EVANGELISTIC ZEAL
Mordecai Ham emerged as an evangelist from Kentucky at the turn of the century. He had a background in business and the study of law. From the very beginning his approach was zealous and blunt. Rather than sit and talk with Christians at revival sites, Ham insisted on being taken
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    NEXT TIME, TRY FAXING IT
"When Russell Sealy was fired from his job after five years with 
Consignia, Britain’s postal service, he resolved to appeal on grounds that he had been treated unfairly. That was in in the fall of 2000. 
Now, it appears, he may lose because of a court’s ruling against
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 9, 2002
                
                
                
                    Several years ago, the Wall Street Journal carried a story about Sally, an overly conscientious youngster who made herself miserable over the smallest failures and setbacks. 
   Early one fall, while the leaves were still on the trees, there was an exceptionally heavy snowstorm. Sally’s grandfather
                    
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                    Luciano Pavarotti tells this story: “When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song. He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. 
Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers college. 
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                    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Dec 26, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    - The first ever vocal radio broadcast on December 24, 1906
- Consisted of a reading from Luke chapter two.
- A Canadian engineer and inventor, Reginald Fessenden - 1866-1932
- The eldest son of an Anglican minister growing up near Niagra Falls
On Christmas Eve, 1906, from his workshop in Chestnut
                    
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                    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 20, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A man called a pastor’s office at a church one day to inquire into membership in the church. He stated that he would not be able to get involved or anything, but he felt it was important to have some religious affiliation. The pastor advised this man that the church he pastored might not be the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    During World War II, a church building in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing. It had been sculpted centuries before by a great artist. 
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 4, 2009
                
                
                
                    CHOOSE ONE CHAIR
"When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song," tenor Luciano Pavarotti relates. "He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Sep 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    DOING THE BEST YOU CAN
There is an old story from the Middle East about a little sparrow: 
"A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust upward. At
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    RESTORE YOUR PASSION
Two strangers, a man and a woman, meet for the first time and instantaneously a spark of interest is ignited. They begin meeting once a week for dinner. But that isn’t enough. Their growing interest in one another demands more contact. Result:  their telephone bill soars. They
                    
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                    WORSHIP IN THE THRILL AND THE AGONY
The 2012 Olympics gave a great illustration of how Christians can trust God in the thrill of victory AND the agony of defeat.  If you watched the Olympics, you probably saw Gabby Douglas's big smile. When she won the Individual Gold in gymnastics.  She said, "I
                    
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