Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
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One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
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A little boy who was misbehaving one night when his father was trying to get him to go to bed. The boy’s mother had gone to a meeting and his father was taking care of things at home. Long after the little boy had been tucked in for the night, he was doing the classic drink of water routine:
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
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President Ronald Reagan one time told the story of when he was a teenager, he needed a new pair of boots made. In those days, you couldn’t just go to a shoe store, you went to the shoemaker shop. The cobbler asked the young man- “Do you want blunt end toes or pointed end toes?” Reagan shrugged his
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
Two country fellows that met on a back road one afternoon. One had a possum-hunting dog with him. The other said, “How much will you take for that dog?” The owner said he would take $100 for it. The other fellow pulled out his checkbook and wrote
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
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One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am.
I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries.
Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 20, 2008
One of the most profound problems is: "How can justice and mercy be reconciled?" The law demands punishment; to set it aside invites anarchy. And God is holy — as Leviticus loudly proclaims. Ignoring our failures and setting aside justice would mar God’s beauty, like placing a Sharpie in the hand
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 28, 2008
One of our former students had this on her My Space: "A girl’s heart should be so wrapped up in God that a guy has to seek Him
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
On Thursday I tried to re-shelve volume one in Manton’s Works. The color and markings stand out, so rather than look carefully for the location, I scanned the shelves where I expected to see the set. My books are filed alphabetically by author, so I knew generally where to look. But my first glance
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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One day a ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received a visit
from one of her fellow church members.
“How are you feeling?” the visitor asked.
“Oh,” said the lady, “I’m just worried sick!”
“What are you worried about, dear?” her friend asked. “You look like you’re in good health. They
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Lutheran
Put two young children in a room with one toy and see what happens.
Their response can probably best summed up by a recent comic strip of the Baby Blues
For those of you who haven’t seen the comic strip
It is about a everyday family.
Two young children,
Hammy and Zoe are the main stars of the
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Lutheran
Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 23, 2008
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Jesus Christ is the only one who walked past the grave! That grave is empty today! We celebrate a risen Christ. Not a dead Christ, but a risen Christ.
He didn’t mess around with death, He conquered death and now through Him, we will conquer death.
Oh death where is thy sting, oh grave where
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 24, 2008
One of the things I enjoy most about the movies made from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is the camaraderie among the various groups of friends and traveling partners as the character, Frodo, made his way to the mountain where he was to destroy the powerful, evil ring that was a threat to all
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Orthodox
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
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While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
“Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
Anne Rice is one of the most widely read authors in the world. Her bestsellers—most notably, her series of gothic books called "The Vampire Chronicles"—have sold over 100 million copies. After spending most of her adult life a self-described atheist, Rice converted back to Christianity in 1996. She
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Church Of God
One man challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest.
The challenger worked with all his might, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The other man had a leisurely lunch and took several breaks throughout the day. At the end of the day, the challenger was surprised and somewhat annoyed
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Nazarene
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
Three buddies were discussing death and one asked the group: “What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?” One said: “He was a great humanitarian, who cared about his community.” Another said: “He was a great husband and father, who was an
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Contributed by Peter Lobmiller on Apr 28, 2008
• We believe in one God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things.
• We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, was buried, was resurrected, ascended into
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him.
So he volunteered
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2008
One of our good friends had the unique experience of growing up as the son of a county sheriff. His father, who was the sheriff of Marlin County for many years, passed away last year. It was at this time that he told us of an incident which had happened many years before:
A gentleman who had been
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt said, following one race, “I cried a little bit in the race car on the way to the checkered flag. Well, maybe
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