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  • My Testimony Of How I Gave Every Thing To God, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 8, 2006
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    My testimony of how I gave every thing to God, then after a night of prayer He spoke to my heart after I gave Him my all and said “Now everything I have is yours. 1. God speaking me of do not worry over pensions and how our needs would be met when we are ...read more

  • A Burning In My Bosom

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,107 views

    Story. A burning in my bosom. One day at Princeton Theological Seminary. We had an outside Speaker. Had a philosophy that directly, plainly contradicted several Scriptures. Yes, the speaker realized this (Claimed to be Christian by the way). Question was asked – how do you justify this, How ...read more

  • It May Seem That Would Be Easy To Get The Gospel ...

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 19, 2006
     | 1,546 views

    It may seem that would be easy to get the gospel to the whole world in this day and age. Scholars tell me that there are 6000 languages in the world – only 426 have both a copy of the OT and the NT available to them. More than 2500 languages do not have a single verse of scripture available. ...read more

  • In Chile, I Remember, One Man Heading For The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 31, 2006
     | 1,099 views

    In Chile, I remember, one man heading for the platform was stopped by a worker. He said he was god and how could we keep him off the platform. When he saw the policeman coming he took off. The next day in the newspaper there was a photo of him behind bars. The caption said something like god was ...read more

  • Psalm 59:16 Says, As For Me, I Will Sing About ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
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    Psalm 59:16 says, As for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. (NLT) One of my fondest memories of my Grandma, Mary Skidmore is how she sang hymns every day as ...read more

  • When I Was A Student At Asbury College In The ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 7, 2007
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    When I was a student at Asbury College in the late 1960s, we used to sing the old Gospel Chorus: Let’s talk about Jesus The King of Kings is He, The Lord of Lords Supreme throughout eternity, The Great I AM the Way, the Truth the Life the door Let’s talk about Jesus more and more. On His Glorious ...read more

  • God Sends Children For Another Purpose Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race--to enlarge our hearts; and to make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections; to give our souls higher aims; to call out all our faculties to extended enterprise and exertion; and to bring round our firesides ...read more

  • A Story Is Told That A Huge Tree Was Not Put Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Oct 12, 2004
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    A story is told that a huge tree was not put down by severe rains and storms, but to surprise or many, one sunny day it just fell. When they examined the inside, it was destroyed slowly by small insects eating the trunk. Small sins may appear harmless, but it is they that can blind the eyes! Don’t ...read more

  • Statistics On Lying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Our Daily Bread published an article on lying in the August 28, 1992 edition. In that devotional reading, it stated that lying seems to be a way of life for many people: “We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day American Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely ...read more

  • During His Term As President Of The U.s., ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "During his term as President of the U.S., Lyndon Johnson was somewhat overweight. One day his wife challenged him with this blunt assertion: "You can’t run the country if you can’t run yourself." Respecting Mrs. Johnson’s wise observation, the President lost 23 pounds." And yet this story not only ...read more

  • Always Assume The Safest Position - George Adam ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ALWAYS ASSUME THE SAFEST POSITION - George Adam Smith tells us that he was once climbing the Weisshorn above the Zermatt Valley with two guides on a stormy day. They had made the ascent on the sheltered side. Reaching the top, and exhilarated by the thought of the view before him, Smith sprang to ...read more

  • A Large Sum Of Money Was Given To [a Man Named] ...

    Contributed by Moi Kieng Ting on Aug 9, 2007
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    A large sum of money was given to [a man named] Rowland Hill to dispense to a poor pastor. Thinking that the amount was too much to send all at once, Hill forwarded just a portion along with a note that said simply, ‘More to follow.’ In a few days the man received another envelope containing the ...read more

  • All Of Us Are Probably Familiar With America's ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    All of us are probably familiar with America’s favorite five year old, “Dennis the Menace.” You can learn a lot about yourself from watching kids, and Dennis is no exception. On one particular day Dennis is found looking at the new department store catalog that had just arrived at the Mitchell ...read more

  • The Ten Commandments In Verse  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 13, 2007
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    The Ten Commandments in Verse Above all else love God alone; Bow down to neither wood nor stone. God’s name refuse to take in vain; The Sabbath rest with care maintain. Respect your parents all your days; Hold sacred human life always. Be loyal to your chosen mate; Steal nothing, ...read more

  • Fred Got Home From His Sunday Round Of Golf Later ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Oct 14, 2007
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    Fred got home from his Sunday round of golf later than normal and very tired. "Bad day at the course?" his wife asked. "Everything was going fine," he said. "Then Harry had a heart attack and died on the 10th tee." "Oh, that’s awful!" "You’re not kidding. For the whole back nine ...read more

  • I Am Amazed By What People Will Believe. I Read ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
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    I am amazed by what people will believe. I read this recently, the following headlines were observed: * Dinosaurs Honked Like Buicks * Cow Mattresses Help Cows Produce More Milk * Mother To Be On Diet Of Only Chicken, Lays Huge Egg * WWII Bomber Found On The Moon * Woman Gives Birth To 2 ...read more

  • I Remember Forgetting

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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    I Remember Forgetting Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked. “No,” came Barton’s reply, “I ...read more

  • The True Story A Meat Store Owner Told Some Time ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    The true story a meat store owner told some time back: The owner said: “one day a customer informed me she had gotten some unexpected money and wanted to fill her freezer. She picked out about $200 worth of meat and handed me her credit card." Laughing, the owner said: "I thought ...read more

  • R. G. Letourneau Was For Many Years An ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company that manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman what the ‘G’ stood for. The man, who was pretty quick on the ...read more

  • Go At It Again

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Aug 18, 2008
     | 3,499 views

    GO AT IT AGAIN When the young Theodore Edison was experimenting with a "glass bottle bomb" in his father's lab one day, the experiment exploded, and some of the glass from the bottle got stuck in the young Edison's hand. While his father, Thomas Edison, was caring for his son's hand, the boy ...read more