Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
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… open sandals were the most common footwear, and it was customary for guests to leave their sandals at the door when they entered a house. Since most travelers in Israel shared the main roads with camels, horses, and donkeys, it was impossible to completely avoid the droppings of these animals all
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
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No Matter What
Two long-time golfing buddies got to the course and decided they would play the ball where it lies, no matter what!
On the 14th hole, one of them sliced his drive and it ended up on the cart path. As he reached down to pick up his ball to get relief, his friend said, "Wait a
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TEN SIGNS OF A FRUSTRATED MOTHER
1. Your children know how to read HTML code but can’t operate a vacuum cleaner.
2. Your children tell you that you said "yes" and you don’t even remember the question.
3. You go to the grocery store and find yourself having a good time.
4. Your husband asks how
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE
America is a great place to live. Thousands of people reach its borders everyday hoping to live the American Dream.
The Chrisian Science Monitor recently reported a poll that asked the question "If it couldn’t be US, whose citizenship would you want?"
Americans,
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Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Feb 27, 2003
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Illustration: Herman and Henrietta were touring their brand-new house, a house that Henrietta had paid for with her money, a fact of which she often reminded Herman. In each room of the house, she said to her husband, “Herman, if it were not for my money, we wouldn’t be here.” Herman didn’t say a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003
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ONE OF US?
One of 1995’s biggest singles was Joan Osborne’s “One of Us.” The song earned 7 Grammy Award nominations, and made a virtually unknown singer an overnight sensation. It’s a song of spiritual questioning and about conceiving of God in a modern age.
These are some of the words of that
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 1, 2003
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Mary a Fijian woman in the Island of Vanua Levu was SO sick that she could no longer walk
But her husband carried her to the bus and they were heading for a local witch doctor in the
Last desperate hope that she could be made well. They had to change bus at the cross roads near the village
I was
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 20, 2004
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AGAIN – so much of what Jesus teaches is just nuts according to the world… he taught THAT…
• The way up is down
• The way in is out
• The way first is last
• The way of success is service
• The way of attainment is relinquishment
• The way of strength is weakness
• The way of security is
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
On Monday, February 6, 1995, according to the Chicago Tribune, a Detroit bus driver finished his shift on the Route 21 bus and headed for the terminal. But somehow he took a wrong turn. He didn’t arrive at the terminal at the scheduled time of 7:19 p.m., and a short time later his supervisors
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Contributed by Ezequiel Alaniz on Jan 10, 2005
Todo lo que tenia que aprender en la vida lo he aprendido de Noé.
1- No vayas a perder el barco súbete a tiempo (prepárate)
2- Recuerda que todos vamos en el mismo barco (no critiques)
3- Planea a tiempo, recuerda que todavía no llovía cundo Noé ya estaba construyendo el arca.
4- Sé un hombre
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Adventist
Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
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Reports the DENVER POST: "Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killing her sheep. She has used odor sprays, electric fences, and ’scare-coyotes.’ She has slept with her lambs during the summer and has placed battery-operated
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Who Is Leading People To Christ? Recent Barna research finds that among Christians who embraced Christ before their teen years, half were led to Christ by their parents, with another 20% by some other friend or relative. 7% accepted Jesus in response to a minister’s personal prompting and 12% cited
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I would like to illustrate what I mean with two different family studies: Family One—which we will remain unnamed is traced back to criminal ancestor. “Out of 1200 of his descendants, 400 wrecked themselves physically through drugs, drinking or sexual diseases; 310 were beggars; 130 convicted
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was the commander of the squadron that bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war he became a hero in Japan. Yet he felt his life was empty. Then he heard the amazing story of one of the American pilots, Jacob DeShazer, who had been captured and put in prison in
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Max Lucado in his book 3:16 notes the following about those living in the dead zone:
a. “He, at this very moment, issues invitations by the millions. He whispers through the kindness of a grandparent, shouts through the tempest of a tsunami. Through the funeral he cautions, ‘Life is fragile.’
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational