Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007
When I lived in San Antonio there was a lot of building going on and limestone was used in building a lot. It was everywhere, Dig a hole and chances are – limestone.
I had a chance to watch some of the stone masons in action. These guys were very fast in their work. As they built a wall, or a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB informers. By dusk, they
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
I recently read an article entitled the “The Seven Ages of the Married Cold,” this article revealed the reactions of a husband to his wife’s colds during their first seven years of marriage:
First Year: “Sugar dumpling, I’m really worried about my baby girl. You’ve got a bad sniffle and there’s no
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Immediately after former Romanian dictator Ceausescu was killed, his residency was open for everybody to visit it. In Bucharest, the capital.Everyone was free to come in take a look. I was curious too and I went. WOW! I was impressed: Gold, marble, exotic wood… I never see such thing before or
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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First, Give your kids the luxury of a mistake now and then. You made a few growing up. Acceptance by you and approval from you is critical to their healthy development.
Second, Give your kids room to come to their own convictions and conclusions. Parents are foundational to success. At the same
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Contributed by Scott Brewer on Jul 22, 2007
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A few years ago there was a phrase that was popularized by the TV game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” It has become a cultural catch phrase.
As you may remember, Regis Philbin would ask a contestant a question. The correct answer was worth a lot of money. The question would have a
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
If you ever paid attention to authors and composers when we used to sing out of the hymnals, you may remember the name Phillip P. Bliss.
He was the second most famous Christian song writer in history. Had he lived as long as his peers, Fanny Crosby, Charles Wesley and Ira
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
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Caesar Rodney’s Story – Delaware Quarter
Was a soldier / Judge / Speaker of Delaware’s Assembly / In fact he held more offices than any other Delaware Citizen. But the reason Rodney is on the Quarter is for his role as a delegate to the Continental Congress.
In early July of 1776 he was in Kent
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Pentecostal
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The pastor of a church that didn’t have the reputation for being very generous with their giving decided that it was time to do something drastic in order to teach the congregation the importance of giving. He contacted an electrician and had all of the pews wired.
The next Sunday which was the
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
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How many of you have a baseball card collection? There is a card called “Future Stars” and is valued around $100. There are three players on this card. The first is Jeff Schneider. Schneider played 1 year of professional baseball, pitched in 11 games, and gave up 13 earned runs in those 11
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Jun 5, 2008
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Old Pete had a knack for catching fish. Every weekend Old Pete went fishing and returned with dozens of fish. Nobody knew how he did it. When other fisherman were unable to land more than three or four, Old Pete always came back with stringer after stringer of freshly caught fish.
Curious, the
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Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Aug 25, 2008
Some of you remember that once upon a time I was -- sort of a hippie. It was during college -- Patty and I both attended K-State. My second Summer in college I left conservative K-State and went to a Navigator summer program in Boulder, CO. If you’ve been to Boulder you’ve seen the remnants of
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Baptist
Contributed by John Petty on Jan 18, 2008
FORGIVENESS: NO UGLY PICTURES
I was approached by the station manager of a local television station in Pensacola, Fl to contribute a 50-second devotional for his program transition period. I was reluctant to agree, since I struggled to limit my sermons to even 30 minutes. But feeling impressed by
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
WHIRPOOL GALAXY
God breathed out our sun. His word put the earth in its orbit around the sun. But this is really nothing. Our sun is one of between 200 and 400 billion other suns in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called? Milky way.
Now I want to show you a picture. [This picture can be found
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
DISCIPLESHIP IS INTENTIONAL MAINTENANCE
Discipleship requires maintenance, which you find true in so many areas of life.
Seventeen years ago we bought our present car. At the time I was working with the Rev. John Bomar on the American Family Asso. Committee. He noticed I had a new Volvo. They
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Oct 26, 2009
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Mordecai Ham was born April 2, 1877, in Scottsville, Kentucky. He came from eight generations of Baptist preachers. He came to Christ by the time he was eight years old and remembers: "At nine I had definite convictions that the Lord wanted me to preach."
But after high school, he changed his
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Methodist
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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THE STAGES OF LOSS
Several years ago a profound and dramatic research project began in Chicago's Billings Hospital. It was a seminar on death, in which psychiatists, chaplains, nurses, and medical doctors studied the ultimate human crisis of facing death.
Basic findings is that the very ill
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