Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
I read a story in a paper this week of Mark Baylis who through quite amazing circumstances was reunited with his birth mother. Adopted at birth and brought up by wonderful parents, yet there was still the longing to know what had happened, was he really loved. The came the moment of reunion,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
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There was a guy who tried to rid his house of mice. He bought a mouse trap but had no cheese. To remedy the problem, cut out a picture of cheese from a magazine. He loaded the trap with the artificial cheese and went to bed. When he checked the mousetrap that following morning he was quite
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Grace Brethren
Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
“The Turkish landowner… is vividly remembered as corrupt, ruthless, and indifferent to any suffering he or his steward might cause his renters. [But] this scene is quite different from the one in the parable. At the very beginning, someone cares enough about the welfare of the master to report the
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 23, 2008
What we see urged in the NT is zeal, which is not quite the same as the fad word "passion" (which implies the necessity of emotional exuberance and is emotionally driven) or "urgency" (which implies a desperate God and is usually guilt driven). Zeal is a spiritually driven energy grounded in a
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Robert Drake on Feb 21, 2009
ASHAMED OF MYSELF
A young man got up to give his testimony for Christ at a tent meeting. He was not very accustomed to speaking in public, and he stumbled over his words quite a bit. An atheist in the back of the crowd yelled, "You should be ashamed of yourself, standing up there and
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 6, 2012
REASONS FOR LEAVING THE LAST JOB
"Responsibility makes me nervous."
"Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping.' I have never quit a job."
"Was met with a string of broken promises and lies, as well as cockroaches."
"I was working for my mom until she
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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“We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism...To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don’t hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God,
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 30, 2006
Rebecca Cory is a standup comic. She is best known for her appearance on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. I do not vouch for her brand of comedy because I have never heard her personally. I mention her because her routine is apparently quite engaging and she draws large
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2003
Martin Luther, in his famous work, Table Talk, shares this conversation he had with a friend:
“I cannot think what we shall find to do in heaven,” mused Luther. “No change, no work, no eating, no drinking, nothing to do.”
“Yes,’ replied his friend, “Lord, show us the Father, and that
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Church Of God
Contributed by David Baeder on Jun 8, 2009
Do you remember the movie "Frequency"? And how Johnny ("Chief") talks to his friend over a time-warped CB transmission to his lifelong friend Gordo, and tells him "Yahoo!" In the movie, Gordo buy stock in Yahoo and becomes quite rich. Six months after the movie came out, the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 6, 2002
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CONNECTED BUT NOT ALTERED
David Yarborough tells the story from one of Max Lucado’s books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have
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Church Of God
Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007
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The Printer and the Potato Chips
While working as a pressman in a print shop, I met a salesman who told this story. A customer of his had a pressman who thought he could make more money in business for himself. So, he quit his job and financed a small print shop of his own. Things went well and he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 28, 2007
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Sleepless
There once was a man named Randy Lo – his friends just called him Lo. Lo lived a hard life ignoring the many attempts of friends to introduce him to Jesus Christ. Eventually, though, Lo did become a Christian, giving his life over to our Lord Jesus. After some time, his walk with the Lord
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
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A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2001
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"Winston Churchill was once asked, ’Doesn’t it thrill you to know that every time you make a speech, the hall is packed to overflowing?’
’It’s quite flattering,’ replied Sir Winston. ’But whenever I feel that way, I always remember that if instead of making a political speech I was being
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 7, 2001
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Winston Churchill was once asked, "Doesn’t it thrill you to know that every time you make a speech, the hall is packed to overflowing?" "It’s quite flattering," replied Sir Winston. "But whenever I feel that way, I always remember that if instead of making a political speech I was being hanged, the
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