Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
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Grace
The boy stood defiantly. “Go ahead, give it to me.”
The principal looked at the young rebel and asked, “How many times have you been here?”
The child sneered rebelliously, “Apparently not enough.”
“And you have been punished each time?” the principal responded.
“Yeah, I been
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Contributed by Mike Kern on Jan 27, 2002
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AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO
Rebecca and Abigail Bates lived on the coast of Massachusetts, near a little village named Scituate. Their father was the keeper of the lighthouse, which stood at the entrance of the harbor and warned ships away from the rocky coast.
One day Rebecca and Abigail were up in
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Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
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The word “fool” doesn’t get as much use now as it once did. If one of my mates does something profoundly stupid I don’t usually cry out “you fool”. I might say “you are such an idiot” or “what a goose”. I’m sure many people you know would use much more colourful language than that. Fool is one of
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Anglican
Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 20, 2002
Billy Sunday was a pro Baseball player in the early 1900’s who became one of the most famous preachers of his day and laid the groundwork for Billy Graham in Crusade Evangelism. Billy Sunday said “Stopping at third adds no more to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about unthinkable
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 24, 2006
Story: “Our Father’s Home”
Two strangers, a small boy and an older man, were fishing from the banks of the Mississippi River.
As time passed they discovered that, although the fishing was rather poor, conversation was good.
And by the time the sun began to sink in the west they had talked of
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
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My husband, Michael, and I were at a restaurant with his boss, a rather stern older man.
When Michael began a tale, which I was sure he had told before, I gave him a kick under the table.
There was no response, so I gave him another poke. Still the story went on.
Suddenly he stopped, grinned
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Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Jan 31, 2004
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Charles R. Swindoll, in The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart and 1,501 Other Stories, told such a story of Dwight L. Moody. He tells the story like this.
On one occasion, evangelist Dwight L. Moody had been the recipient of numerous benefits from the Lord. In his abundance, he was suddenly seized with the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2002
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THE TOP TEN THINGS YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR FATHER
10.When he was your age, kids had to walk six miles to school
in the snow and rain . . . uphill both ways.
9. If he had acted like you, his father would have knocked
him into the middle of next week.
8. When he was your age, kids had to make
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 28, 2008
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Authority vs. Power
Jesus did not just send them forward into their world with empty hands. He provides them with all the tools that will be needed to bring in this harvest of souls. According to Matthew's account, Jesus "...gave them power" [10:1]. The New International Version employs a more
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
Authentic Christianity
A small child, sitting in church asked his father, “Dad, what is a Christian?”
The father replied, “A Christian is a person who loves and obeys God. He loves his friends and neighbours, and even his enemies. He prays often, is kind, gentle, and holy, and is more interested
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Contributed by Terry Barnhill on May 11, 2010
Here’s a story about a woman who was standing at a bus stop. She had just cashed her tax refund check, so she was carrying more money than usual. She glanced around and noticed a shabbily dressed man standing nearby. As she watched, she saw another man walk up to him, hand him some money, and
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002
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Several years ago, James Eads built the first steel bridge in America. It spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. No one believed that it would support its own weight.
Eads ordered 14 locomotives to stop on the bridge at the same time. The people then trusted the
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