Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
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Bobby is a small 4th grader who somehow caught the unwanted attention of a bully in the 6th grade. One day, the bully said, “After school I’m gonna beat you to a pulp.” With no apparent fear, Bobby simply said, “Ok,” and went on his way. What the bully didn’t know is that Bobby’s 11th grade
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2007
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TRIUMPH
(By Jim L. Davey)
It was a dark & sullen morn, as several women approached the tomb,
With breaking hearts and deepest gloom,
The furthest thing from their minds.....was triumph
Why did He have to die they asked, each other on the road that morn,
It made no sense, their hearts were
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In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by John Wheeler on Mar 3, 2004
With the Winter Olympics hosted again by Japan in 1998, a U.S. figure skater who took the bronze medal in Sapporo in 1972 comes to mind--Janet Lynn. The 44-year-old mother of five boys (three of them in college) remains a cult figure among the Japanese for an unforgettable moment of seeming failure
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
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PRESCRIBING PRAYER FOR HEALTH CARE
To treat her arthritis and her thyroid condition, 63-year-old Elizabeth Allendorf sees her doctor every few months, but she prays everyday.
"Without faith, without meditation, without God, I am telling you, it wouldn’t be," says Allendorf. "It would be just
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Contributed by David Parks on Jun 2, 2004
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The largest church in this country according to its doctrine on sainthood has only one saint born in America, Elizabeth Seton.
C. She was decreed to be a saint in December 1974, accepted by the rite of saint-hood september 14, 1975.
D. the process:
1. She was first suggested for sainthood by a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
"Why do we hide things of value? To keep them safe. In some cases, because of their sentimental value, or their deep personal meaning for us, we might keep them hidden because we consider only a select few people in our lives worthy of sharing the knowledge of them. Like some item that may
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Orthodox
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 30, 2004
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A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus
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Lutheran
How Do You Get Into Heaven? This question will bring a variety of answers. A confusion of views is evident in the following sampling of opinions gathered for the Radio Bible Class program ’Sounds of the Times’:
- "God wouldn’t send you to hell." (New York)
- "I’ll cross that bridge when I get
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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The storm was raging. A little boy was away from home visiting. The parents in the home where he was visiting were away. He was in the home with other small children. He was so afraid. The lightning would flash and the thunder roar. He would cry, shudder, and say, "I wish I were at home." But still
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
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There was a military officer who happened to stop by an island in the South Pacific. The military officer discovered that the island was inhabited by cannibals. Cannibals are humans who eat other humans. One day he came cross an old tribal chief. He saw the chief reading the Bible in the
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Adventist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 28, 2004
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Annie Howard
In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women.
Holds choir practice in the prison chapel, has an evening Bible study, hosts a dinner for 6 volunteers
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Wesleyan
Years ago at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, a young sociology profess assigned his class to a city slum to interview 200 boys. "On the basis of your findings predict their future” he instructed the class. Shocked at what they had seen in the slums the students estimated that 90% of the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
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**Sudanese Boys- {page 17}
The four young Sudanese boys cried and screamed out for their mothers but they refused to repeat the words that would mean saving their lives yet renouncing their Christianity. Their red blood began to flow across their black skin, but they would not give up their
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Baptist
Contributed by Bill Whittaker on Nov 23, 2004
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Keep yourself pure. Be an example of the believer in purity. This high calling is only possible with God’s help. Cynthia was invited to a slumber party with three of her jigh school friends. They were having a good time when one of the girls said, “Let’s invite the guys over for the night.” Her
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Baptist
Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 23, 2004
I am reminded about the story of this particular church. One Sunday morning the congregation arrived to find a dirty old vagrant lying beside the door. Some looked at him and said how awful that someone like that is sitting outside our beautiful church, why the pastor should make him move on we
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Baptist
Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
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David Peterson, former pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, told about a time when he was preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 30, 2004
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When you wait to buy what you need – not getting weary in doing well – many times you are in place for a miracle. Last month we gave more than what we had in our giving budget. We knew that was what we were suppose to do, but it caused our clothing budget to dip too low and Joanne was telling me
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