Contributed by David Ward on Sep 21, 2006
A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes to school. They were instructed to call to mind every person they had a grudge against. For every person they refused to forgive, they chose a potato, wrote on it the name and date, and put it in the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 8, 2007
b. In the war being waged in Iraq there are soldiers of various ranks and experience who have different tasks. All soldiers receive the same pay but some enjoy an easier way of life than others. Infantrymen, for instance, live in small compounds and have few conveniences. They are vigilant
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
A man who lost his job to downsizing was reflecting on his plight. His response wasn’t what I might do in that situation. He said, "I don’t feel too bad. I didn’t realize until I lost my job how I had lost track of my family, how little time I was spending with my wife and my children, and how I
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Methodist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
The whole concept of aiming has also become a metaphor for at least a multi-million dollar business about life and business goals and plans. People and companies pay big bucks for help in answering questions such as, ‘What are you aiming at?’ ‘What will give us the most bang for the buck?’
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Church Of God
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
Finding God in Hardship
A dear friend of mine has been out of regular work for a couple of years. She has found enough temporary work to stay a float, but it has sometimes been a week-to-week challenge to pay the bills.
As we were talking the other day, she said to me, "I am walking through my
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
“Your Secret Sins Will Come to Light”
The newspapers of Cincinnati recorded that a poorly dressed woman went to Dr. George Herman asking him to make an X-ray examination of her heart free of cost. She claimed that she was very poor and couldn’t pay.
The doctor consented to do the work. But when
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Christian Church
Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2010
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FENCE
Pleasure, delight, sweets, is not the way Christianity is usually described. It is described by some as a restrictive life. Let’s think of it as a group of children who are playing on top of a monadnock (Pilot Mountain) and around the point where the rock drops off
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Christian/Church Of Christ
LOVE IS THE GREATEST
George Sweeting – Love is the Greatest - page 122:
"God’s love is not cheap or sentimental. It is priceless and incomparable. The way of love is God’s way, and His way is the only way to abundant and victorious living. It is the best way. Life apart from God's love is
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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THE PROMISE OF A FLAT-SCREEN
Reminds me of a 42-year-old woman from South Bend, Indiana. She called the police after being sold what she thought was a flat-screen TV.
She was approached by a man who offered her a great deal on the TV, a new flat-screen TV for only $500 dollars. She admitted it
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Baptist
Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
NO ONE MISSED HIM
There was a story in the papers years ago that occurred in Hamburg, Germany. The skeletal remains of a man were found in his apartment, sitting in front of a TV set, with Christmas lights twinkling nearby. But the lights were from a long past year. In fact, the man had been
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Baptist
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EVERYTHING WE NEED
The story is told about an American company which opened a new plant in Central America because the labour was plentiful and inexpensive. Everything went well until the villagers received their first pay cheque; afterward they did not return to work.
Several days later the
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Adventist
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