Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 13, 2001
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Christmas is an exciting time and little Sammy was excited. He was 15 years old and Christmas was still to him a time of wonder. He was a happy child despite his handicap. You see, Sammy was slightly retarded. He still went to school, though he was 2 years behind. And he did the things that
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ray Navarro on Dec 7, 2001
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It was a dark and stormy night.
You could hear the thunder in the distance. Bats flapped their wings in the darkness of the night.
There the castle stood. The wolves were howling; the trees were swaying in the wind as it whistled.
And inside the castle, a faint light shown…from a
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Adventist
Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Nov 8, 2003
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Only a few days ago I saw a video of the Bradford City fire disaster, as part of a fire training exercise at work. I was eight years old when it happened, and had heard about it, but I had never seen the footage, that was captured live, by a shocked camera crew who just kept filming.
On Saturday
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Pentecostal
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In a sermon several weeks ago I referred to a man I couldn’t reach. John was ex-Navy, a heavy drinker and a violent man. He was very personable when you first met him; when he drank enough beer the demons took over. I must confess that, until I met John I always thought people were born with a
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United Methodist
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Alan was a pretty normal boy from a medium-sized town. And he loved his dog. Alan had been after his parents for a dog since he was five, and on his ninth birthday they finally granted his wish. He named the dog “Rover” because he’d always thought that was about the best name a dog could have.
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 17, 2004
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I want to close with a real life story. It is about missionary John Hyde who went to India a little over a hundred years ago.
John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Several times my daughter had telephoned to say... "Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday, " I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 23, 2006
My in-laws—Harold and Dorothy Wills—retired here to the Bloomsburg area back in 1987. They knew of Bloomsburg because their daughter, Kathy, married Charlie and Kay Dyer’s son, Charlie. Barb and I were living in Washington, DC when Barb’s parents moved to Bloomsburg. And so we would make an
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD by Zachary Fisher, NY, NY. (Guideposts, 9/92).
My father was known as a bricklayer and a builder, but what mattered most to him was his good name.
I’m a builder. In my job I constantly find myself facing decisions. Some are easy to make, some are tough. And on some,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
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"Attitude Is Everything".........By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz (from upbeatnews.net)
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be
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Methodist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
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Illustration: Kindness to an Old Man Opened the Door
Doug Nichols, said that “While serving with Operation Mobilization in India in 1967, I spent several months in a TB sanitarium with tuberculosis. After finally being admitted into the sanitarium, I tried to give tracts to the patients, doctors,
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Other
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 29, 2007
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Remember the show, “To Tell the Truth?” There would be one person who did something strange or different perhaps for a living while two others would try to pretend to be that person. The object was to try and fool the panel of stars and the audience. Sometimes the person would be something strange
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 6, 2008
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Seven Principles of Finance for the Believer
By Jim and Pam Elliff
One of the most recognizable differences in
the believer and the world he lives in is his
unusual relationship to money and possessions.
However, even serious believers
sometimes balk at the seeming extremities in the teaching and
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Baptist
Mike the Headless Chicken
On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out
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Baptist
Mike the Headless Chicken
On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out
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Baptist
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Mike the Headless Chicken
On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out
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Baptist
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Society's Slide Into Sexual Immorality
We are now some 30 years into the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s. What has been the impact on society? What are the implications for the future?
Sex is everywhere. It permeates the movies and the television programs we watch, the music we hear,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational