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His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of
college. He is intelligent. Kind of esoteric and very, very bright.
He became a Christian while attending college. Across the street from the
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A young couple visited a boarding care home which housed children for adoption. The care taker brought out all the children who were clean (recently bathed), well dressed, properly schooled in manners; for this couple’s inspection and selection. As they passed down the line and spoke to each child,
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Contributed by Rick Palmer on Oct 14, 2018
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In 1980 I was hired as a City Police Officer in a small Midwest town with a population of 2200. The first week on duty we closed an investigation of a local man who held a position in the School system. He had gained the confidence of the parents, students, and the community. After a traffic
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"Too many Christians are “’tweeners”: they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. It is clear, then, that the believer cannot deliberately be
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A man had the duty to raise a drawbridge to allow the steamboats to pass on the river below and to lower it again for trains to cross over on land. One day, this man's son visited him, desiring to watch his father at work. Quite curious, as most boys are, he peeked into a trapdoor that was
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In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: "We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas."
Katherine hurried to
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Pastor Clifford S. Stewart of Louisville, Kentucky, sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas when microwaves were a new thing for many Americans. Here's how he recalls the interesting experience:
"They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation.
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 8, 2023
“The Legend of Pepita’s Poinsettia”
Thank you much, my pretty friend,
For the beauty you display;
Those colors of green and red
Enhances our Christmas day.
Great is your reputation-
You’re like the Christmas Star,
For you are highly regarded,
No matter where you are.
You are called
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Those of you who have heard of Evangelism Explosion by D. James Kennedy
know the illustration of the chair.
You know, a person can say ‘Yes, I see that chair. That’s a chair. I acknowledge that’s a chair.
I believe that’s a chair. And I think that chair could hold me up if I sat in it.’
But
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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The Wesleyan Bible Commentary puts it this way: “The eternal one, caught in a moment of time. The Omnipresence corralled in a cave manger. The Omnipotent cradled in a helpless infant who could not even raise His head from the straw. The Omniscience confined in a baby who would not say a word. The
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
‘Raising children is quantifiably the most persistently unselfish act known to mankind, as millions of veterans of sleepless nights will attest. Parenthood is when "I" takes a backseat to "thou" -- when the infant-self submits to adulthood so that
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
Some neighbors were having a party for the baby's baptism. We did not agree the theology of infant baptism, but we sent a card to show friendliness and be a witness. They had a pretty rowdy party that got pretty loud. At one point, someone said, "We should have baptism parties!"
We need to
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Contributed by Don Hutto on Jan 27, 2001
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Years ago, my youngest daughter, Marilyn, and I went shopping for Connie. It’s hard. You wives, it’s hard for a man to shop for his wife because we don’t know what you want, and we don’t want to get that for you, anyway.
But Marilyn and I thought we had found the perfect gift: a nightgown. You can
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Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Mar 1, 2001
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The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach anywhere near its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for it growing in stunted form
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