HOW YOU FINISH
James was excited as he turned the two hundred mark heading towards home. Two and three-quarter laps had gone and he was still in the lead. His one and only goal was to win this race and he was full of confidence that he could do it. His thoughts race ahead to the podium, the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 30, 2023
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‘Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house
Not a creature was praying, not one in the house.
Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care
In hopes that Jesus would not come there.
The children were dressing to crawl into bed,
Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head.
And Mom in
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025
[068]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ESTABLISHED NOW AND CHANGED
This poem is made up of couplets and each couplet is a contrast. What we were, to what God has made us to become. For example, in the first stanza, a member of the world system, but now, a member of the Body of Christ.
The last two
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 13, 2025
[199]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ON STONY SHORES
This is a short poem and I do not wish to add to it. I live close to the beach and the rainforest. Some beaches in the tropics here have a lot of smooth rocks on them, basalt in origin from past volcanic activity.
In the tropical rainforest you
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 31, 2026
How Long Is Eternity?
People have tried to describe eternity, but no preacher, no teacher, no human tongue can ever fully tell how long forever really is. At best, we can only stand at the edge of it, look into it, and feel our hearts break. Imagine a crow flying from the earth to the moon—a
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2026
[322]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - UNTETHERED WICKEDNESS HAS SPAWNED ITSELF
We know we live in a wicked world. We know our old fallen nature is wicked. It is just the way we are and confirmed by David – {{Psalm 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.”}}
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 11, 2001
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Pres. Teddy Roosevelt once told of a very interesting incident in his own life. He wrote, "On the beautiful little island of Islamorada, there are several hundred homes that belong to people who come to stay for the summer. I fell in love with that island & spent 4 summers up there."
"I had
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2002
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“The Big Feather Bed”
Dr. J.C. Massee was pastor of Tremont Temple in Boston but he was reared in Georgia. He said his mother was the sweetest woman in the world, but there was one thing she was very strict about. She wouldn’t let her children play on her snow-white feather beds. She prided
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002
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LIVING ON THE MOUNTAIN
Listen to one man’s remarkable discovery at Smokey Mountain near the Philippine capital of Manila: "A gigantic man-made mound, perhaps 100 feet high, ran on before us for a mile or more. Wisps of smoke rose from fissures all over the sides and top of this municipal dump and
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Pentecostal
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Last month Charlie Summers, the pastor of Seigle Avenue Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, wrote an op–ed piece for The Observer that I wish I’d written. Charlie stands in an interesting place. He’s got one foot planted among the poorest folks in Charlotte, for Seigle Avenue is in the heart of
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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STRANGE THEORIES
These are the results of a “Creative Scientific Theories Contest” sponsored by Omni magazine:
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet. And when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast
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