Contributed by Brent Kirby on May 27, 2011
THE LOST SON
A young boy, around the age of eight, lived in Alaska with his parents. His dad was the Boy Scout leader of the area. The troop of the young boy decided to go mountain climbing up a two mile high mountain called Bald Eagle. The boy loved to climb and made a competition with the other
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Wesleyan
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IF YOU OBEY
Nearly thirty years ago, I was a middle school teacher in Kenya. One day I took 20 students, and I told them: "I will do my best to teach you and train you. If you obey me, you will be the best students of this school." They were excited.
In a short time, I realized that only some
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Baptist
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 10, 2011
LOST ALASDAIR
In October 1984 my brother-in-law Alasdair got lost. As a family they had visited Venice – long before I knew them – Sandy and Valerie my in-Laws, Moira my wife who was 14 at the time, and Alasdair who was 11. They were at St. Mark’s square, Venice – at the same time as Queen
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Anglican
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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A good friend of mine recently told me about an incident that happened to him that explains why a person can worship, and yet still not know God. It all began before the plane took off. Roger Williams III was sitting in the window seat and was looking forward to thumbing through a magazine on a
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 3, 2001
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Have you ever noticed in life that a good start isn’t always enough. Now there is nothing wrong with a good start mind you, but it is often not enough to get us to the finish line, or to the winners circle.
And if you don’t believe me, ask the Atlanta Braves who won the first 2 games of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 25, 2001
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“Most churches do a good job of getting people to first base or maybe even second base. People will receive Christ, be baptized and join the church (that’s getting them to first base). Some churches also do an excellent job of helping believers develop the habits that lead to spiritual maturity
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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There’s nothing like a good crisis to increase my energy and remind me how much I need God.”
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