Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 13, 2007
The good ship Commerce under Captain Riley and his 11-man crew
Wrecked on the north coast of Africa in 1815.
They were alone on the edge of the largest desert in the world – the Sahara.
They were men without hope.
Desert nomads came upon them and they thought they were saved,
But they turned
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 29, 2008
THE VINEYARD CARETAKER
Mark 11:27-12:12
In high school I was on the track team – I was a sprinter. Our coach would make us sprinters run long distance as well as run sprints for practice. We hated running long distance, it was so boring, it was so tedious, we felt it was against our nature. But
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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LET THERE BE PEACE
"Those kids will drive you crazy!"
That's what the old man's friends told him when he bought the small, well kept house just down the street from the local junior high school. Contrary to their warnings though, the man's first few weeks in his new house went without a
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 26, 2010
When I first met PETER SUMNER he was blind. As a young man a terrible accident burned his eyes and left him without his sight. He walked down the aisles of the first Church I served in and his hand knocked the edge of the pew with quite some force. Until that time it didn't occur to me how easily
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Contributed by David Owens on May 17, 2010
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The story is told of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study Judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
1. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese Judo master.
2. The boy was doing well, but he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2025
[053]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN
There used to be a chorus when I was young that went this way –
Dare to be a Daniel;
Dare to stand alone;
Dare to have a purpose firm,
And dare to make it known.
The poem here this time is a very simple one just retelling the story of
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 1, 2003
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An American visiting a village in a developing country saw a native reading the Bible. He arrogantly commented, "In our country, we don’t allow the Bible in schools anymore."
The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
School Boy Willie
Now Willy was a very bright lad,
But uneducated which was sad.
All 12 years of school he made,
But kept failing the fifth grade,
Not wanting
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Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 14, 2008
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My grandma used to say, "MONEY MONEY MONEY, ain't worth nothing if you ain't got your health". Oh how right she was--now that I am
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 10, 2009
Professor Bernard Lewis at Princeton University, the leading authority on Islam in America, warned, "Ahmadinejad and his group clearly believe and I don’t doubt the sincere belief, that we are now entering an
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Contributed by Judith Hand on Oct 15, 2009
Recently I received an email with the subject line:”Photo of a perfect man.” When I opened it, it said “Image not available.” Well, now that is funny at least to the females in the congregation,
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