Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 1, 2009
“Christian preaching begins only when faith in the message has reached such a pitch that the man or the community proclaiming it becomes part of the message proclaimed…” says James S. Stewart in his work, A Faith To Proclaim “…To be thus taken command of, so that our testimony, when we go out to
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 13, 2004
I read the story of a Louisiana farmer who tied a mallard duck to a stake by a pond with tame ducks. But later on, when the mallard duck heard the call of the wild ducks flying over, he tore up the stake and flew off.
Many are like the tame ducks, there interest, their love is here below. But you
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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The post office maintains a "dead letter office." To it come all the letters that cannot be delivered. At Christmas many write to Santa Claus, especially children.
One employee of the post office was very interested to see how many people ask for things and how many people thank others for giving
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Martin Luther understood this when he wrote, "The maid who sweeps her kitchen is doing the will of God just as much as the monk who prays -- not because she may sing a Christian hymn as she sweeps but because God loves clean floors.
“The Christian shoemaker does his Christian duty --- not by
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Contributed by John Harvey on Feb 23, 2006
In his memoir of his experience in a Nazi concentration camp, Elie Wiesel notes that before his village was ever emptied of the Jewish settlers, a poor man, Moshe the Beadle, who had been deported on some of the first trains of Jews out of the Hungarian village and had seen first hand the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Editorial Influence The ability of newspaper Web sites to measure which stories are drawing the most readers could change the way coverage decisions are made by newspapers. TV-like ratings are coming to print as papers harness technology that shows which stories attract readers and which don’t. The
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THE VILLAGE ATHEIST WAS NOT A BAD MAN, HE JUST DIDN’T BELIEVE. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CHURCH...AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. ONE DAY THE CHURCH BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE WHOLE TOWN RAN TOWARD IT TO HELP EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.. INCLUDING THE VILLAGE ATHEIST HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING
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Nazarene
Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 6, 2008
On October 13, 1992, Admiral James Stockdale, a virtual unknown to all those outside military ranks, stood in the vice presidential debate as the running mate for independent candidate Ross Perot. In his opening statement, Admiral Stockdale looked into the camera and with trembling voice and
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Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
When Dawn and I were in Kenya, it was an interesting thing. For about 2 hours every day, the local deep well near an oasis would be pumped into cisterns all around the area. It was often difficult to get the local people to allow the cisterns to fill before they turned on hoses to water the trees.
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Mennonite
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 6, 2009
Billy Graham told the following story: “Once while flying between cities on the African continent, I began to share my faith in Christ with some reporters who accompanied me. None seemed interested in hearing the Gospel. Suddenly the plane entered a very turbulent storm. The plane shook and began
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2009
When a man is saved, the world says goodbye to him, and he says goodbye to the world. He is spoiled as far as the world is concerned because he is no longer interested in its fleeting pleasures; the world has lost its attraction for him, because he has found One who completely satisfies.
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 9, 2001
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Illus.: “When Blind Eyes Were Opened”
D.L. Moody, the famed evangelist, told this story at one of his meetings: One evening just before Christmas, a man was walking through the streets of an Eastern city. The store windows were all beautifully decorated, and he observed three little girls
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Wesleyan
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Illustration: I actually typed into Google the words “I hate my life!”
1. I was shocked how many I hate my life websites came up!
2. Here is the opening page of one website:
You’re having a bad day. We want to know about it.
Maybe your agony exceeds ours. That could be interesting. Because
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
Shadowlands is a powerful movie
Based on the life of C.S. Lewis.
In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford.
Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham,
And American woman who was interested in his writings.
Later on in the story
Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private
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Mennonite
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Mar 23, 2010
IF you’re an average Australian you’re worth just over $250,000 have a house valued at $458,488, a mortgage of $341,000 , credit card debt of $3085 and earn $1124.50 a week.
Mortgage stress
According to the experts if you’re an average Aussie, then chances are you’ll technically be experiencing
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