Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
The western heavens were alight with the soft afterglow of the long summer day. The last stirrings of the afternoon sea wind murmured drowsily in the moss-hung maples along the drive. Inside the old house, a small fire burned slowly on the stone hearth, while above it, comfortably set on the wide
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 27, 2006
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John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, ar the age of 81, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C., with a long string of personal defeats.
Things began well enough. He graduated from Yale, which his grandfather had helped found and chose education as his
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Wesleyan
Three years and a half years ago, an incident occurred that I filed back because I knew at some point that I would have a message to place it in. In fact, I heard Anthony Mangun use it in a message that he preached. I have some friends that incorporated it into some sermons that they preached.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
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FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE by Max Lucado.
Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards.
Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone.
He’s
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
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I recently went to an art exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC featuring the work of the artist Grandma Moses. Her art work is best described as American Folk Art with primitive and colorful paintings of rural scenes. When I look at her work it brings me a warm and content feeling, despite its
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Methodist
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THE BIBLE CHALLENGE
During a question and answer session at a recent speaking engagement, a university student asked, "Why do you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God?"
What is so special, so unique about the Bible that Christians believe it is literally the inspired word of God?
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010
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FORGIVING WHEN YOU CAN'T
by Jeannette Williams
Her car had killed my husband, a school crossing guard. She had struck Tom down while he was on duty, helping the children. The investigating officer and witnesses had told me it was a "no fault" accident. I didn't want to believe them.
In the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010
PRAYING FOR THE LOST
Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the lost. Here’s part of a testimony from his book:
When we begin to pray for someone’s salvation, God seems to draw a circle around that individual and then gets in the circle with him. That is what happened to Ricky Gresham when
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Baptist
Contributed by John Herrmann on Mar 25, 2011
EVER BEEN BOTHERED BY PEOPLE?
Sometimes church and worship can keep us from the living water people need and that we need. People can actually hide behind church, the machinery of church and worship.
Recently I attended a Wednesday Lenten service with my wife in my former church. A stranger - a
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Lutheran
FOUR CHAPLAINS
It was the evening of Feb. 2, 1943, and the U.S. Army Transport Ship Dorchester was crowded to capacity. Hans J. Danielsen, the ship's captain, was concerned and cautious. He knew they were in dangerous waters; German U-boats were constantly prowling these vital sea lanes,
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Lutheran