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The elder son of an old farmer left home and traveled to New York. He went there to attend a notable Butcher’s College. After graduation, he returned home only to find his father in the middle of hog killing and cutting.
He asked his father if he might help him. The father replied: son I’ve been
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
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Gold Medalist
In Seoul Korea—At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. “Don’t worry,” he told his surprised mother. “I’ll get another one.”
A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing
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AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD EXPERIENCE
David Ring was born with cerebral palsy. He had complications at birth and he was technically dead for 18 minutes after delivery. No oxygen reached his brain and a portion was permanently damaged.
His family’s story was catastrophic – his father had
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A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off that he was crazy. He was a city type. You could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked.
He said he was driving by and saw
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Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 9, 2008
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Max Lucado tells the story in his book, 3:16, Numbers of Hope, about Team Hoyt…
Team Hoyt consists of a father-son squad: Dick and Rick. They race. They race a lot. Sixty-four marathons. Two hundred and six triathlons. Six triathlons at Ironman distance. Two hundred and four 10K runs. Since 1975,
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
Charles Bridges said, “But what is fear, this fear of the Lord? It is the affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 12, 2007
Brownlow North. “There is nothing that may not take a man to Christ, but there is nothing but
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"Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or
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