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In a recent issue of READER’S DIGEST, Janey Walser wrote these words: I once worked in a grocery store and often assisted elderly people when they came in. One woman shopped nearly every day, asking for just a few items each time. After a month, she said to me, "I suppose you wonder why I’m here so
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Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 3, 2002
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In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine.
The Orioles’ John McGraw got into a fight with the Boston third baseman. Within minutes all the players from both teams had joined in the brawl. The
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 27, 2002
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The Bigger the Better
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
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 4, 2003
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My neice, Esther, has been a good cook from the time she was a little girl. She would have to stand on a chair just to get to the ingredients and mixing bowls. In the summer time she would make brownies and sell them at the local farmer’s market and had no problem sellling everything she made.
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A SIX WORD LESSON? A FAMOUS SPEECH:
Sir Winston Churchill speaks at Oxford the University Commencement.
As the great statesman addresses the graduates, he steps to the podium, leans on his elbows, looks at the
student body, and says:
NEVER GIVE UP! --- the crowd raises to their feet and
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 27, 2003
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The scene was San Diego Superior Court. Two men were on trial for armed robbery. An eyewitness took the stand, and the prosecutor moved carefully:
“So, you say you were at the scene when the robbery took place?”
“Yes.”
“And you saw a vehicle leave at a high rate of speed?”
“Yes.”
“And did you
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 5, 2003
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Listen to Adrian Rogers:
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better
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Wesleyan
Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 11, 2004
My youngest brother, afflicted with Down’s Syndrome, could catch and tie up a half ton bull that others were afraid to get near. The bull did not offer to harm him. Mom was busy about her regular duties, but happened to look out toward the lot, and saw the bull standing at a fence post most of the
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Methodist
Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
When Milan Cathedral was finished, in the vast throngs of people assembled to witness the dedication was a little girl who was heard to cry out in childish glee, as she pointed to the great building, "I helped to build that!"
"What!" exclaimed one of the guards who was standing in brilliant
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Baptist
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
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A serviceman wrote about a bit of unintended comedy he witnessed in the army. In happened during a company inspection at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
An inspection was being conducted by a colonel. Everything had gone smoothly until the officer came to the man standing next to the soldier who
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Baptist
Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
William Gurnall in his book "The Christian In Complete Armour" writes:
"Ask faith to look through the keyhole of the promise and tell you what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; ask it to listen and tell you whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints receiving the reward
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2005
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Recently I stepped into the restroom next to the office where I work. Another employee was standing there with a scowl on his face, and complained to me about the smell in the bathroom.
I was rather puzzled. Just by the very nature of their purpose restrooms have a tendency to contain some very
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
I’ll never forget when my bride appeared at the end of the aisle. I smiled a big smile -- couldn’t help myself! There were a lot of people happy for different reasons that day, but I was happy that I was taking Carrie Leigh Hart to be my wife! The groom’s joy comes because of the bride -- she
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
Illust. Jesus BROKEN HANDS
Story told of a large cathedral church that was hit by a earthquake. The disaster destroyed the church, and all that remained was a century old statue of Jesus stand ing with his arms out stretched, only the rubble that fell from the earthquake fell and broke off the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 30, 2006
Our favorite psychologist, Dr. Phil McGraw speaks a truth that is too commonly true for a lot of people. He writes, “Common sense might suggest that one of the easiest steps in getting what you want from life is to “place your order”: to stand up and declare what it is that you desire. Nothing
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Salvation Army
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