Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2007
On our third floor, you will find a Carpet Ball Table… The original surfaced for Camp Emmanuel in the early 1990’s. We thought about building one since then…one man measured, another man measured, even I measured and intended to build it. But it was never built.
Finally, in 2006 -- over a dozen
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008
As I prayed during the altar call at a camp I was sining at I kept seeing the face of a man I didn’t know. This was at Six Mile Turn Camp Wednesday night. I looked through the camp on the way out, and saw a man close but not exact. I kept seeing his face in prayer the next few nights, but he
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 9, 2008
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Longfellow could take a worthless piece of paper, write a poem on it, and instantly make it worth 1000’s of dollars – and we call this genius! Rockefeller could sign his name on a piece of paper and make it worth millions of dollars – and we call this riches! An artist can take the courses
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Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 4, 2012
"JUST PLAY ONE INNING."
Many years ago baseball schedules were even more exacting than they are now, with double-headers almost every week. Occasionally a player would get sick of the grind and approach the manager, asking for permission to sit out a game. The manager would say. "Sure, take the
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I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE!
There was a pastor that was giving a "children’s sermon" to all the young children. And as they sate before him, a bright-eyed three-year-old girl listened intently as he explained that God wanted them all to get along and love each other. "God wants us all to be one," he
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An Overview of the Signs - Dr. David Reagan http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_signs3.php
Let me present you with an outline overview of the signs of the times:
I. Signs of Nature
(Matthew 24:7; Mark 13: 8; and Luke 21:11)
1. Famine
2. Earthquakes
3. Plagues
4. Signs in the Heavens (Unusual
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 19, 2004
In the Prison Fellowship newsletter, Jubilee, Charles Colson told of a young boy who became excessively fearful during the great New York blackout of 1977. When his parents questioned their son, he confessed that at the exact moment the lights went out, he had kicked a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by E. Venn on Feb 3, 2006
Frodo Baggins answers the Call to carry the Ring of Power to its destruction
"I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way."
The Fellowship of the Ring: "The Council of Elrond," p. 284, Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Quote: “Martin Luther, speaking on the Sabbath, said, ‘The spiritual rest which God especially intends in this commandment is that we not only cease from our labor and trade but much more-that we let God alone work in us and that in all our
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 8, 2007
Sir Walter Scott wrote:
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
Call forward everyone in your church born since Roe v Wade. This is a powerful illustration of loss in abortion. It also give opportunity to thank mothers who have sacrificed in order to raise children. I didn’t start explaining the illustration until after the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 4, 2008
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Our lives are filled with signs and symbols. It has been estimated that we observe over 15,000 images a day. I believe more and more that we need Spiritual signs to help us negotiate this world more so than ever. Baptism is one such important sign. It is sign
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Church Of God
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
Listen to this great quote my Andrew Murray:
“Never forget for a moment that it is sin that has led to the great transaction between you and Christ Jesus; and that each day in your fellowship with God, His one aim is to deliver and keep you fully from its power, and lift
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Wesleyan