Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
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Because of her late arrival at a railroad station, a lady had but five minutes to make connection with an outgoing train. As she ran toward the train, a Pullman car porter waved her to slow down and said, “Lady, you better take it easy or you are going to come down with Americanitis.” “What’s
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Contributed by Louis Bartet on Mar 16, 2003
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In the 1999 movie "Instinct," Anthony Hopkins plays an anthropologist and primatologist, Ethan Powel, who is being held in a maximum security prison for the critically insane. Cuba Gooding’s character is an ambitious psychiatrist, Dr. Theo Caulder, who is asked to evaluate Powel. At one point in
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 7, 2007
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The movie "Saving Private Ryan" ends with Captain Miller(Tom Hanks’ character)sitting near a bridge after an attack by German forces. His life is ebbing away as he pulls Ryan (Matt Damon)down toward him. Struggling for breath he whispers, "Earn this, earn this." As Ryan stands his face morphs back
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
Our topic today is worship and service. I’d like to begin by telling a true story that happened to Reverend Forrest I. Sears. He writes:
Wilma had been a member of our church for many, many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
IS GOD IN RESIDENCE?
I once saw a poster of a valentine-shaped heart with a castle on top of it. There was a flag with a slogan, oversized and coming out of the top of the castle. The slogan read: "Joy is the banner flown from the heart when the King is in residence."
Well, stupid me, I didn’t
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
A Heart for Praise
Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The
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A man came to his pastor who had attended church for 25 years and was a respected, leader in the church, said, "Pastor, I've got something to tell you. I've never told this to a soul, extremely difficult to tell you this now, but my wife and I have had a fight every day for the past 30
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Contributed by Tex Cox on Apr 19, 2004
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A pastor ran into the grocery store one day to pick up a couple of things he was needing – he was in a big hurry because he was running behind trying to get to his next appointment.
He quickly went through the checkout counter – paid for his stuff – grabbed the receipt and change and out the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 7, 2010
I don’t have any paid employment at present. Moving to Sydney has been a step of faith. We have limited resources for the future. Our possessions fit into a garage. Somewhere under all those boxes is a piano that we have carted around on all our moves and still has future moves to come.
I am
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Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 22, 2004
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A Sunday school teacher had just concluded her lesson and wanted to make sure she had made her point. She said, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?" There was a short pause
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Bevere states, “If you are offended and in unforgiveness and refuse to repent of this sin, you have not come to the knowledge of the truth. You are deceived, and you confuse others with your hypocritical lifestyle. No matter what the revelation, your fruit tells a different story. You’ll
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Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 12, 2006
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One day Vice President Calvin Coolidge, while presiding over the Senate, heard one senator tell another senator angrily, “Go to Hell!” The offended senator complained to Coolidge, who, while leafing through a book, simply looked up
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Contributed by Brien Sims on Jan 16, 2008
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In the movie Gladiator, a scene occurs between the current emperor (Marcus Aurelius) and his choice for a successor. During the short conversation the emperor asks Maximus to hear him out in his request. He tells Maximus that he would like him to succeed his
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