Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
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Next, we live in a "Salt Water World". Survivors of naval battles have often told of the hardships on the high seas. The command is given, "Abandon ship!", and all the sailors either launch the life rafts, life boats, or in many cases jump into the water with only a life vest to survive.
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Baptist
What happened to King Neb was unique --- I’ve never heard of anything quite like it --- a King eating grass for 7 years like an animal. But on the other hand, the spiritual experience it represents is more common than we’d like to think.
I remember a father of one of my youth group kids years
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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During the American Civil War fought between the years 1861 - 1865, over
600,000 soldiers from the South died, but a heartfelt prayer that survived
was the Prayer of the Unknown Confederate Soldier, a soldier¡¦s unrequited but
unsurpassed prayer:
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve,
I
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 1, 2001
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Benjamin Franklin learned that plaster sown in the fields would make things grow. He told his neighbors, but they did not believe him and they argued with him trying to prove that plaster could be of no use at all to grass or grain.
After a little while he allowed the matter to drop and said
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Church Of God
Contributed by Brian Mavis on May 15, 2001
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WHO IS GOING TO HEAVEN?
There is a growing tendency to believe that all good people, whether or not they consider Jesus Christ to be their savior, will live in heaven after they die on earth. In 1999 the public is almost divided on the matter: 53% agree, 40% disagree. This represents a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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A new young monk arrives at the Monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to ask him about
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002
Lewis Smedes, a seminary professor and author of the book "Shame and Grace," tells in the opening chapter of that book of two different events, close in time that opened him to the reality of shame in his life.
The first event was a conversation with a close friend who, in response to Smedes’
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Church Of God
Contributed by J T on Mar 24, 2003
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"On Being A Daddy" James Tippins
My 3.5 year old daughter was used to me being home all the time. Being a business consultant in a home office was a luxury for my family. After a few years of part time ministry, I was called to serve as an excutive pastor at a church. This was a great time to
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 25, 2003
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A famous king, depressed by circumstances in his realm and feeling rejected by many of his subjects, called for his three daughters to comfort and reassure him. After they had talked awhile, he asked how much they loved him. Two of them answered that they cared for him more than all the gold and
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2004
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One contrast of heaven and hell tells of a man who had a dream that he was allowed to see both places. He was first taken to hell.
He was taken to a large room in the middle of which there was a large pot of stew.
The stew smelled delicious. But all around this point there were people who were
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
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Do you remember the story “The Little Engine That Could?” A trainload of toys was being taken over the mountain to all the children in Sunshine Valley, but unfortunately the engine broke down. One by one different engines came by, but none were willing to take the trainload of toys over the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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When evangelist John Wesley (1703-1791) was returning home from a service one night, he was robbed. The thief, however, found his victim to have only a little money and some Christian literature.
As the bandit was leaving, Wesley called out, “Stop! I have something more to give you.” The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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When I moved to the U.S. I was impressed with the number of total strangers who visited my home to wish me well...they all sold insurance! One day my visitor was talking about the necessity to be prudent in the preparation for all possibilities. “If something should happen to you, Mr. Briscoe—” he
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Contributed by Mark Suter on Sep 16, 2006
I got my driver’s license early in 1974, and some of you remember that was right around the time of the first Arab oil embargo. That wasn’t the best time for a young guy to start driving, because after all, the price of gas shot up to 50 or 60 cents a gallon, and that’s when the speed limit was
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Methodist
Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
WHEN I BOUGHT MY WIFE’S ENGAGEMENT RING AT TYRELL’S JEWELER’S, IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. THE JEWELER ASKED ME IF I WANTED A DIAMOND WITH A SLIGHT BREAK, A VERY SLIGHT BREAK, OR WHAT HE CALLED A THREE-V DIAMOND, ONE WITH A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY SLIGHT BREAK. I SAID, I WANT ONE WITH NO BREAK AT ALL
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Baptist
In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
“Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” These words are familiar to children of all ages. These are the words spoken by the queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as she gazes into her enchanted mirror. “Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The
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Lutheran