Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
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A woman named Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again.
There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter:
Dear Ruth:
I’m going to be in your neighborhood
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Methodist
Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
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Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Cox on Nov 4, 2000
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DL Moody was a great evangelist from Chicago. He went to England once and met a young man there that wanted to preach in his church. Moody agreed thinking that he would never see him again. To his dismay he recieved a letter that said the young man would be in his town shorlty and wanted to take
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Baptist
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
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ILL. Chuck Swindoll tells about a couple who went into a crowded fried chicken franchise & ordered a picnic box to go. In the rush of business a clerk accidentally handed them the picnic box in which the manager had hidden the deposit he was about to take to the bank. Fearful of being robbed, he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Most of us can sympathize with the fellow who received a call from his wife just as she was about to fly home from Europe. “How’s my cat?” she asked.
“Dead.”
“Oh, honey, don’t be so honest. Why didn’t you break the news to me slowly? You’ve ruined my trip.”
“What do you mean?”
“You could have
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 29, 2002
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“THREE MONKEYS”
Author unknown
“Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree, discussing things that are said to be.
Said one to the others, ‘Now listen, you two, there’s a certain rumor that can’t be true;
That man descended from our noble race.
Why, the very idea is a disgrace!
No monkey ever deserted
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2003
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Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he
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Contributed by Dennis Fakes on Nov 10, 2003
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One member of the church was a very wealthy man who had never been known for his generosity. The church was involved in a big financial program and they resolved to pay this man a visit. When the committee met with him one afternoon, they said that in view of his considerable resources they were
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Lutheran
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
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In 1986 Paul Vitz, wrote a book entitled, Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children’s textbooks. Now, Paul Vitz is not some Bible-thumper, he is a professor of psychology at N.Y.U. and for his study he systematically examined some 90 widely used school textbooks. He wanted to answer the
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Christian Church
Contributed by Brian Bolton on Nov 14, 2005
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Children & Marriage
“No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.”
Kirsten, age 10
“You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like sports,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 20, 2005
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Once upon a time, a young minister tried to quit the ministry in absolute disgust. He was tired of the immaturity of the people and disillusioned by the politics and lack of spirituality of the leadership. He “reasoned” if the church, God’s ambassadors, was that badly corrupted then Christianity
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 13, 2006
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Robertson McQuilkin, former president of Columbia International University (Columbia, South Carolina) wrote this testimony:
Life was heavy on me. My dearest friend and intimate companion, my delightful wife Muriel, was slipping away, one painful loss at a time, as Alzheimer’s disease ravaged her
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Church Of God
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One year a Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant.
One little boy really wanted the part of Joseph.
However, when the parts were handed out, the part of Joseph was given to a boy he detested.
Instead, he was assigned to play the inn-keeper instead.
The little boy was pretty upset
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Anglican
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 27, 2006
**Could you imagine dying alone? Glynn Wolfe died alone…in Los Angeles…he was 88. No one came to claim his body; the city paid to have him buried in an unmarked grave—sad, but not an unusual event in larger cities.
Glynn’s situation was unique, however, because he was no ordinary man. He held a
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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It always pays to serve the Lord. It may not always seem to pay off here, but in eternity, everyone who loves and serves the Lord will spend forever glad that they did. Everyone who did not love and serve the Lord will spend eternity wishing they had.
A missionary couple returned after many years
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Contributed by Vic Folkert on Apr 5, 2007
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Robert Schuller tells of a time early in his ministy when he was experiencing great opposition. He was unable to sleep, panic-stricken, and the thought came to him, "Schuller, you’re cracking up." He desperately prayed, "Jesus Christ, are you dead or alive? I’ve been preaching it every Easter. But
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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