Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 22, 2004
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Becky Pippert used to be the evangelism specialist for InterVarsity. One time she told a story that helped us really understand God’s grace in the light of the Sixth Commandment. She led a girl to Christ. After this girl became a Christian, she began to agonize, feel tremendous guilt about the fact
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Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 9, 2004
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A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 1, 2007
The daughter of a preacher picked up a paper packet of straight pins from her mother’s sewing basket. As it fell open dramatically, the little girl gave one astonished look, then dashed to the study, saying, “Look, daddy, look! Here’s your congregation; see? Pew after pew of them, sitting in
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Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Oct 20, 2007
When Larry Crabbe, Christian psychologist and author, became a father, he decided he was going to do parenting right! So Larry made sure he hugged his sons and told them he loved them. He had father-son talks, dinners and camping trips. He personally saw to it that his sons had a thorough
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
The Real Miracle
Meaning no disrespect to the religious convictions of others, I still can’t help wondering how we can explain away what to me is the greatest miracle of all and which is recorded in history. No one denies there was such a man, that he lived and that he was put to death by
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Baptist
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 19, 2007
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(Thanks to Dennis O’Gorman for this illustration). Ernie Smith was a bit odd, but he was a good man. For Ernie every day was Christmas. Each day he switched on his Christmas tree lights. His house was full of cards.
As he passed people in the street he would wish them a Happy Christmas! On
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Anglican
Contributed by Bob Gomez on Jan 8, 2008
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2. ex. Loyd Neal was mayor of Corpus Christi from 1997-2004, and has served as Judge for Nueces County
a. Regardless of how you may feel about him politically, a while back they wrote a great story about him in the Caller-Times.
- Fresh from active duty in the U.S. Army, Neal began his civilian
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Contributed by David Moore on May 30, 2008
1. “Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?” Isn’t is funny how we always have reasons why we cannot serve God, but we always find the time and the money to serve ourselves?
Someone put it this way:
• Isn’t it strange how a 20 pound note seems like such
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In his book, Metamorpha, Kyle Strobel tells about a friend of his whose name is Cassie. Cassie was a first-year seminary student whose view of God had never been challenged. Suddenly, she found herself in a setting in which it seemed to her that her image of God was being dismantled. It was as
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 3, 2010
RUNNING THE RACE
Many of you know that I have fairly poor eyesight. However, my eyesight today is far better than it was when I was a child. The Lord has given me much better eyesight today than I have ever had I my life. When I was a kid, however, my eyesight was terrible.
So as I was
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 11, 2010
We were standing in line to go into Church. It was a long line and we had to wait for some time for the doors to be opened. Although the auditorium seated 1,500 people, some people would have to come to the next service or sit in a "bad seat". You had to get to Church early to get a "good seat" (3
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Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 13, 2012
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BECAUSE THE PRINCE HAD COME
A man named Phillip Keller was born in Kenya and then moved to the United States. To describe this principle he tells the story of the growing up there.
The majority of people did not really think of themselves as subjects of the King of England. After all they
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 6, 2012
THE SAVIOR AND THE JUDGE
I heard a story that took place in a western town in the late 1800's. It told of a horse that was spooked and then bolted, running away uncontrollably with a small boy in the bed of the wagon. Seeing the child was in grave danger, a young man risked his life to catch the
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