Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 28, 2012
Television executives tried to reject The Charlie Brown Christmas story because it has the true story of Christmas. Charlie Brown has picked out an ugly tree, everyone laughs at him including Snoopy, and he screams out for someone to tell him the real meaning of Christmas. Linus begins to recite
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
ii. Robert Barrantes is a pastor in San Jose, Costa Rica. When he first felt the call of God to plant a church he knew it would be a challenge. God called him to begin a church in one of the toughest parts of San Jose. He came up against severe opposition from the drug peddlers, pimps and bar
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
Startling Statistics
Only eight percent of the time since the beginning of recorded history has the world been entirely at peace. In over 3,100 years, only 286 have been warless and 8,000 treaties have been broken in this time.
Jesus Himself tells us in Mt 24:6 6 And you will hear of wars and
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Christian Church
Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on Jan 29, 2009
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IS YOUR CHURCH A CHURCH OF BONES?
In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there.
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Baptist
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 15, 2023
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How important is Genesis 1:1? Henry Morris explains that "this one verse refutes all of man’s false philosophies concerning the origin and meaning of the world:
? It refutes atheism, because the universe was created by God.
? It refutes pantheism, for God is transcendent to that which He
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Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
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One day my three-year-old granddaughter, Beverly, was playing with her toys. Her mother, who was folding laundry across the room, noticed Beverly’s shirt was dirty and needed to be changed. After calling two times with no response, her mother gave her the full three-name call: "Beverly Elizabeth
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 7, 2001
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A Gaelic legend tells of an eagle swooping down and carrying a little baby to it lofty nest. The strong men of the village tried to scale the high and rugged cliff, but each one failed. Then past them went a small, frail woman, climbing the sheer precipice and returning the baby to safety.
"How
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Lutheran
Contributed by Robert Travis on Jun 27, 2001
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I dreamed one night that an angel was talking to me. The angel spoke words of comfort all through the night. I awoke the next morning to find a lump under my pillow. It was a small stuffed "angel" bear that had fallen off the headboard of the bed. When you press its paw it says, "I’m your guardian
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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One Saturday morning a wife awoke to the delightful smell of waffles and the sound of her two small boys in the kitchen with her husband. Padding down to breakfast, she sat on her husband’s lap and gave him a big hug for his thoughtfulness. Later that day, she and her husband were having a heated
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003
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Henry Blackaby tells a story in his book called “The Man God Uses”
about his son Tom. Tom was called to lead a youth Bible study in a small
town. Over time, God added more responsibility as a student council member
and then as student council president. Soon, he was called to a two year
mission
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Baptist
Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 18, 2004
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Costa Rican Tomato Frog
Deep in the Costa Rican jungle lives the small tomato frog. Red in color like a tomato, he has a unique defense against predators. Once he’s attacked, he emits a deadly, milky white poison all over his skin. As the attacking animal bites into a tomato frog, it
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
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A minister was filling in for a vacationing teacher of the pre-teen class. The minister was telling them about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy happiness, genuine laughter and it can’t buy love.” Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your
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Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 20, 2005
At Sagamore Hill, after an evening of talk, Roosevelt and a friend would go out on the lawn and search the skies for a certain spot of star-like light near the lower left-hand comer of the Great Square of Pegasus. Then Roosevelt would recite:
"That is the Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda. It is as
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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It was absolutely amazing. I was in West Africa—Timbuktu to be exact—and the missionaries were telling me that in that culture the larger the women were the more beautiful they were thought to be. In fact, a young missionary who had a small, trim wife said that the nationals had told him she was a
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Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
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A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation.
Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the
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Nazarene
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