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 Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
there are people who believe that the NT was written so long after the life of Christ that it is not an accurate reflection of what really happened. In other words, all that Jesus said and did was blown out of proportion- kind of like a myth or a legend. Lee Stobel answers this well in his book The
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
-This past week I watched part of an interview with a medical expert about this bird flu that is spreading around our world. The govt. has already suggested that people should stock a couple of month’s supply of such things as canned tuna and powdered milk. This is not to throw anybody into a
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
-Someone might say, “Well, God does not raise dead people anymore.” I would agree that it is not very common, but the Lord still does it. I have told some of you about my own experience with death. When I was between 1 & 2 years old, I got a hold of a piece of wood from an old orchard sprayer tank.
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bruce Pratt on Feb 11, 2008
I’m a pretty technically minded guy, and I like gadgets as much as the next person. But I just don’t seem willing or able to embrace the technology that has sprung up around cell phones. They make me feel positively old-fashioned. Maybe it’s just that when I hear the word phone, I assume that the
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Baptist
Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Feb 17, 2008
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Abraham Clark was a patriot who signed the Declaration of Independence. When he signed that rebellious document, he knew and understood that it could mean his own death.
One night, a British officer announced, “We have captured your sons!” He was staggered at the news. The officer continued,
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United Methodist
Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
I’d like to be a track star. How cool would it be to stand before a roaring crowd that has stood to its feet because I set a new record in high jump! And I could do it, you know—if the record for high jump stood at two feet. Unfortunately for me, the record is almost 2.5 meters—well over seven
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Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You
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Other
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
Ever seen a picture of a platypus?
Strand creature these things are
They live on the east coast of Australia
The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud
First off it is a mammal ¡V that lays eggs
It
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Baptist
Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Apr 7, 2008
Well noted author and marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman is very famous for his Book the “Five Love Languages”. He wrote the book and developed this system of identifying what makes your mate feel loved, what is it that really makes him or her feel like you love them. The five love languages
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 22, 2008
YOU PUT THE DEVIL OUT, BUT DID YOU LET HIM LEAVE HIS BAGS?
You got out of a bad relationship because it was bad, but you are still resentful and angry.
(You let the devil leave his bags.)
You got out of financial debt, but you still can’t control the desire to spend on frivolous
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
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THE INSURANCE CLAIM LETTER
Dear Sirs,
I was recently moving 500 pounds of bricks from the top of a five-story building. It would take too long to carry them down, so I put them in a bucket and lowered them by a pulley which I fastened to the top of the building. After tying the rope securely at
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Baptist
Contributed by David Ward on May 25, 2008
Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign
Posted: May. 21, 2008
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 6, 2008
ON THE 28TH MAY 1972 THE DUKE OF WINDSOR, THE UNCROWNED KING EDWARD 8TH DIED IN PARIS. THE SAME EVENING A TELEVISION PROGRAMME REHEARSED THE MAIN EVENTS OF HIS LIFE. EXTRACTS FROM EARLIER FILMS WERE SHOWN, WHICH HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS UPBRINGING, BRIEF REIGN AND ABDICATION. RECALLING HIS
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 25, 2008
IN THE END, WHAT IS IT THAT HONESTLY, REALLY MATTERS?
When I was a student chaplain at a hospital in Philadelphia, I spent a great deal of my time in the geriatric wing. The general routine was to start the shift by checking in with all the patients on the floor to see if anyone needed to talk or
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational