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  • I Read In The September 2007 Charisma Magazine A ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
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    I read in the September 2007 Charisma Magazine a story from Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner’s memorial that was incredible. Before Jim and Tammy launched the PTL Club in 1974, they were the founding members of Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. The couple later moved to California and helped Paul and Jan ...read more

  • Differing Perspectives  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 8, 2007
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    Differing Perspectives Shortly after the Communist revolution in Cuba, there were strong persuasive attempts at turning the people away from God. In grade schools, teachers would ask their students whether God could live up to His promises or not. Of course, the students said yes. The teacher would ...read more

  • Robert Fulghum Writes, "All I Really Need To Know ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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    Robert Fulghum writes, “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit ...read more

  • This Past Week Our Family Went To See The Movie ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
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    This past week our family went to see the movie “Enchanted,” which is a Disney musical/fantasy/romantic comedy. It’s about a princess who has to choose between two men to be her true love. 3/4 of the way through, my six-year-old son squirmed in his seat and whispered to me "this movie is ...read more

  • Marjorie Thompson Makes An Interesting Point When ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
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    Marjorie Thompson makes an interesting point when she says, ‘As people become hungrier for spiritual nurture, they often become more dissatisfied with their own tradition of corporate worship. Part of the problem is that average person in the pew has little say over how worship is planned, much ...read more

  • Have You Ever Bump Or Push Started A Car? It's ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
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    Have you ever bump or push started a car? It’s pretty exhausting especially if it doesn’t work first time. If a manual transmission car won’t start because the battery’s flat or the starter motor’s broken the driver puts the car into gear and keeps the clutch down whilst a couple of people push ...read more

  • When Charles Spurgeon Was Pastor At New Park ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 25, 2008
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    When Charles Spurgeon was pastor at New Park Street in London, God used his words to bring about amazing changes in the lives of people. A man who was on his way to get some gin saw the crowd at the church door and pushed his way in to see what was going on. At that moment, Spurgeon turned and ...read more

  • Just Worship God And Let Him Take Care Of The ...

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 8, 2008
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    JUST WORSHIP GOD AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS The citizens of Feldkirch, Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town, which was situated on the Austrian border. A council of citizens was ...read more

  • Writer Frustrated By Loneliness – It's A World ...

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    WRITER FRUSTRATED BY LONELINESS – IT’S A WORLD WIDE PROBLEM! A nationally syndicated columnist writes: ‘I am lonely and it saddens me. How could I not have enough friends? It seems as though every woman’s friendship quota is filled and she is no longer accepting new applicants. It is easy to fill ...read more

  • Everyone Hears What You ...

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
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    "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say." “Many people will walk in and out of your life; but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." A Friend should be Radical; They should love you when you’re ...read more

  • B. Instead Of Focusing On His Own Life, And ...

    Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
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    B. Instead of focusing on his own life, and keeping himself in a right, vibrant, relationship with the Lord, he is virtually always concerned with, watching, critiquing, and criticizing those around him. C. It seems that whoever he is focused on can do no right. D. If this person is not doing what ...read more

  • In '06, Nearly 30% Of Americans 65 To 69 Were In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    In '06, nearly 30% of Americans 65 to 69 were in the workforce vs. 18% in '85, reports the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The increase in older workers reflects the erosion of traditional pensions, inadequate retirement savings and rising health care costs. But many simply don't want to quit. ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot, In Her Book, Let Me Be A Woman, ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
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    Elizabeth Elliot, in her book, Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward, [who was] unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Aylward told how when she was a child she had two great sorrows. One [was] that while all her friends had beautiful golden hair, hers was black. The ...read more

  • Jill Rigby Stated, "Respect For Ourselves Guides ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
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    Jill Rigby stated, “Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners” (Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World, page 11). Rigby makes this observation about our society today: “When I was growing up, people weren’t perfect, but society was certainly more ...read more

  • Through My Travels, I Have Encountered Numerous ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 15, 2008
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    Through my travels, I have encountered numerous Christian people from various cultures and various languages. Many of them have spoken about having a feeling that they should do something. About 10 years ago, I had such an experience. My wife, Lina, and I had been trying to have a child for over ...read more

  • Eternity Magazine Contained A New Item On ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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    Eternity magazine contained a new item on immortality and people's fascination with it. The article read: “The quest for pseudoimmortality took a giant leap forward with the announcement that you can send your remains "to the heavens" when you die. The Celestis Group of Melbourne, Florida, has ...read more

  • Christ With No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    CHRIST WITH NO HANDS During World War II, a church building in Strasburg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing… because it had been sculpted centuries before ...read more

  • Missing The Baby For The Crib  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    MISSING THE BABY FOR THE CRIB One night a wife found her husband standing over their infant's crib. As she watched him looking down at their very first baby, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: ...disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment, skepticism. Touched by this unusual ...read more

  • Two Wives Were Doing Their Washing In A Laundry ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 5, 2008
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    Two wives were doing their washing in a laundry mat. They were both sitting mend their husband’s pants. As they were sowing, the one lady said, "My husband is so discouraged, he is so cold. We can’t find anything good on TV. Nothing seems to go right for him. Every one at work picks on him and we ...read more

  • Tim Lahaye In His Book "Revelation Unveiled" ...

    Contributed by William Jones on Sep 20, 2008
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    Tim Lahaye in his book "Revelation Unveiled" says, "Years ago I was taken to see a prosiner by the special representative of the warden's office in the reformatory at St. Cloud, Minnesota. While there, I noted that the new inmates oviously feared the institution and the long-anticipated ...read more