When elderly Adele Gaboury turned up missing four years ago, concerned neighbours in Worcester, Massachusetts, informed the police. A brother told police she had gone into a nursing home. Satisfied with that information, Gaboury’s neighbours began watching her property.
Michael Crowley noticed
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
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Many people think money is security, but I Timothy 6:9 warns that it can be just the opposite. A few years ago, columnist Jim Bishop reported what happened to people who won the state lottery:
Rosa Grayson of Washington won $400 a week for life. She hides in her apartment. For the first time in her
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 3, 2006
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Ultra orthodox Jews still today form hedges for instance: Israel’s major airline, El Al, recently rejected a plea by ultra-orthodox Jews with a priestly heritage to fly inside body bags. Why would someone want to do this? Ritual law states that a priest who enters cemetery becomes religiously
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
Crocodile Hunter ILLUS. ( one thing to fight with something another to kill it)
In the news the other day it was reported that the world famous Australian Crocodile Hunter had been killed by a sting ray, really by accident.
I loved to watch the Croc Hunter on the animal planet and other
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Pentecostal
Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen, was a famous German First World War fighter pilot. He was better known as the Red Baron -because he flew a distinctive a red Fokker aircraft.
He shot down the more combat planes than any other person on either side in the War. His known kill tally was 80.
On
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Anglican
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 24, 2007
In early 1874 an inventor named Elisha Gray transmitted a few musical notes over a telegraph wire. He thought to himself, "If I can send music, perhaps I could send the human voice." The NEW YORK TIMES reported predictions of a "talking telegraph", and the public began to grow eager for
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Baptist
Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 9, 2007
Several years ago our International Mission Board reported the story of a former Muslim from South Asia who has suffered for the Lord. They changed his name to Lamak for security reasons. He was born into a wealthy and powerful Muslim family, but Lamak turned his life over to Jesus, while he was
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Salvation (S)
Warren Wiersbe explains to us how profound the use of this word was:
The word tetelestai is unfamiliar to us, but it was used by various people in everyday life in those days. A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, "I have completed the work assigned to me" (see
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Title: New Year-Live By Purpose Instead Of Drift 4/24/2007
Many of us have a tendency to focus on what’s wrong, which gives us a distorted picture of life -- as Barry Siegel shows.
He wrote this column, "World May End With a Splash," for the Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1982.
Consider what some
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Contributed by Traci Loewe on Jul 30, 2007
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“The college professor was furious when nine students failed to show up for the evening class. Not until 7 p.m. did the first student straggle in.
"I’m sorry, sir," the student explained, "but I had a date and lost track of time, and I missed the bus back. Being determined to get in on time, I
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Methodist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2007
7000 Protestant youth from many denominations were asked whether they agreed with the following statements:
“The way to be accepted by God is to try sincerely to live a good life.” More than 60% agreed.
“God is satisfied if a person lives the best life he can.” Almost 70% agreed.
“The main
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Baptist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
Let’s tell the truth: SIN CAN BE FUN! Well at least it is fun for a while. The reality is that sin always has consequences. And the consequences of sin are unpleasant.
The National Geographic reported in October 2005 that a 13-foot Burmese python had been found dead in the Florida’s Everglades
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
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Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should.
I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave
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