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Tony Campolo wrote a book called “The Kingdom of God is a Party.” In chapter one, he tells the story of a trip to Honolulu in the mid 80’s. Having crossed far too many time zones from Philadelphia to Hawaii, he found himself awake and needing breakfast at 3:30am local time. He ended up in a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Tony Campolo wrote a book called “The Kingdom of God is a Party.” In chapter one, he tells the story of a trip to Honolulu in the mid 80’s. Having crossed far too many time zones from Philadelphia to Hawaii, he found himself awake and needing breakfast at 3:30am local time. He ended up in a greasy,
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025
[159]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOOD SEED IN THE THORNY GROUND
This poem was written for a recent message in a series I am currently doing on the Parables of the Kingdom from Matthew 13. It relates to the third soil type in the parable known as The Sower, {{Matthew 13:22 “The one on whom seed
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 23, 2007
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I want to share a story from Reader’s Digest, December 2002, which was taken from a story by Lee Hill Kavanaugh, of the Kansas City Star. It goes like this:
Perry Bice turned off the engine but remained behind the wheel. Parked in his driveway was a wheelchair-accessible van, a huge red and gold
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART
Wilma was born prematurely. This produced complications that resulted in her contracting double pneumonia (twice) and scarlet fever. But the worst was a bout with polio which left her with a crooked left leg and a foot twisted inward.
Metal leg braces, stares from
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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YOU NEVER ASKED
("Opie’s Charity" from the Andy Griffith Show by Joey Fann)
The episode begins with Andy and Opie playing catch. While they are playing, Annabelle Silby comes by to solicit help with the annual children’s charity drive she heads up every year. Andy and Annabelle go into the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 21, 2025
[172]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LIVING WITH DENIAL AND REJECTION (Evolution)
This poem takes up the challenge against evolution. The main thought here is that the whole theory (more an hypothesis) is based on absurdity.
When in desperate situations people clasp onto something to hold them up,
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THE STORY OF THE UGLY BABY, BIG CHICKEN.
One day the farmer was out near the hen house. The farmer noticed this big, ugly chicken
outside the lot. The farmer picked up the big ugly chicken and threw him back into the chicken lot.
The farmer often noticed how peculiar this big, ugly chicken acted.
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011
THE GRACE GATE
An active, dedicated, hard-working church member dreamed that he passed away after a long and satisfying life. As he approached the heavenly gate, he noticed a sign posted which read, "ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT: 1,000 POINTS."
The man looked a bit worried. He walked up to the
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Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 25, 2006
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An anonymous story which I have read several times is a supreme example of sacrifice!
* It has challenged me and blessed my life and I’d like to pass it on to you to close this message.
B) In a very large city there was a little newspaper boy, whose name was Johnny!
* Early one chilly spring
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Contributed by Rob Willis on Feb 27, 2006
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Sometimes the truth might get you in trouble – reminds me of a story - one night a Massachusetts state police officer pulled over a speeding car. The officer said to the driver, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour.” The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your
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