Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Sep 22, 2008
Healthy Shame
Healthy shame is that inner compass—-the gentle voice of God-—that tells me something is amiss in my life, and it motivates me to change or make amends so that I can be true to myself.
My first year of college was a bit of an exercise of 'livin la vida loca.' I didn't do well in
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 15, 2023
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In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, "Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one small apartment. What can I do?"
The rabbi answers, "Take your goat into the apartment with you." The man is totally upset when he hears this, but the rabbi insists.
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 30, 2002
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[The Honorable Bird, Philip Yancey in the foreword of Robertson McQuilkin’s Life in the Spirit]
Dorothy Sayers tells of a Japanese convert struggling to grasp Christian theology.
“Honorable Father, very good,” he said to his missionary
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Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 7, 2003
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One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
’Tis the set of the sail and not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,
As we voyage along through life:
’Tis the set of
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
An Englishman once remarked:
You need not tell me there is no hell, for I already feel my soul slipping into its fires! Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost
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Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Apr 5, 2006
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Police in Radnor, Pa., interrogated a suspect by placing a metal Colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The Message "He’s lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy Button each time they thought the suspect wasn’t telling
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 30, 2006
The 21st century Christian leaders are no different over these perplexing issues: Dr Rowan Williams likes to tell the story of Pope John XXIII, who woke up worrying about a problem. He said to himself: “I’ll
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Contributed by Rusty Davidson on Feb 19, 2007
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Farmer felt called to preach. Sitting under a tree sees letters P and C in the clouds. Decides it means “Preach Christ.” Sells farm and equipment goes to preach. He was horrible. After a sermon a neighbor came to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Illustration: Farmer called to preach. Sitting under a tree sees letters P and C in the clouds. Decides it means “Preach Christ.” Sells farm and equipment goes to preach. He was horrible. After a sermon a neighbor came
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Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009
SAFE AS IN BED
In the movie Gods and Generals, one of Stonewall Jackson’s staff officers asked him how he can be so peaceful and calm when there are bullets, shells, and death all around him? He responded,
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Then we have the symbol of being under water. I tell some of the baptismal candidates when meeting with them ahead of time that once they are under the water, the congregation votes how long they should stay under water. The voting process
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
I have had cars in which the gas hand was not accurate. You can’t ALWAYS tell the temperature of the engine or the gas in the tank or the oil pressure in the engine by the instruments. But most of the time you can. You can’t always
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Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
I'M A PEOPLE
A little boy was talking about a friend that he met. He was telling his mama, "I just think he's such a neat guy."
His mama said, "What is it that you like so much about
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 2, 2008
Glandion Carney and William Long – book, “Trusting God Again”. Carney tells the story of 11 year-old Ron, an HIV patient. In speaking of trust, Carney writes, “Ron’s struggle was not simply to get better physically, but also to trust
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Salvation Army
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