Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
Jim Dobson tells the story about a couple whose husband placed an ad in the Rocky Mountain News just prior to a Super Bowl a few years ago.
WILL TRADE
Will trade my noncooking and Nonshopping wife with attitude problem
For one Super Bowl ticket No Indiangivers Call so-and-so at
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Contributed by Eric Schall on Oct 23, 2006
John Ortberg in his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted takes a chapter and deals with the unexpected suffering in this life that we all come up against. He tells this story:
“A couple come in for counseling. They desperately want to have a baby. They have waited and prayed for twelve anxious,
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Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2009
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HEAVEN: TITANIC
Last Sunday, right after church, when I got home tired and emotionally spent, I plopped into my easy chair and turned the TV on. The last few minutes of "Titanic" was on. In the conclusion, Rose (played by Kate Winslet) is an old woman. She lost the love of her life in the sinking
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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The soldier walks 21 steps. On the 21st step he turns and faces the tomb he is guarding. He does this for 21 seconds. The soldier then turns to head back the other direction. He moves his rifle to his outside shoulder away from the tomb. After 21 seconds he walks 21 steps and repeats the process
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2001
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An initial sin or mistake leads to regret … which is followed by some destructive coping mechanism … which brings more sin and mistakes … which prompts more regret. On and on the downward spiral goes
Some of the coping mechanisms we turn to include "drugs, alcohol, overeating, gambling,
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
As Abraham Lincoln prepared to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, he took his pen, moved it to the signature line, paused for a moment, and then dropped the pen. When asked why, the president replied, "If my name goes into history, it will be for this act, and if my hand trembles when I sign it,
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 26, 2004
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Sikorsky’s Helicopter
When Igor Sikorsky was a boy of twelve, his parents told him that competent authorities had already proved human flight impossible. Yet Sikorsky built the first helicopter. And in his American plant he posted this sign: “According to recognized aerotechnical tests, the
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 13, 2006
Sometime in the 1200’s a theologian named John Duns Scotus “and the Pope walked through the Vatican Gold Chambers. As the story goes, the Pope turned to the theologian and said, ‘Dr. Scotus, no longer can the church say ‘silver and gold have I none.’’ To which Scotus reportedly replied, ;And no
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
The Tongues of Fire
Philo: "Then from the midst of the fire that streamed from heaven there sounded forth to their utter amazement a voice, for the flame became articulate speech in the language familiar to the audience" (Decal. 46), quoted by Ben Witherington III in his commentary, The Acts of the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 9, 2022
Our country boasts 18 doctors named Dr. Doctor and another called
Dr. Surgeon. Yes, we have a dermatologist titled Dr. Rash, a
psychiatrist who goes by Dr. Couch, and an anesthesiologist named
Dr. Gass.
But when it came time to name Jesus, the Hebrew name, "Yeshua" has the same sound
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 10, 2023
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Notice how all three members of the Trinity are involved in Missions:
The Father is the first missionary, who goes out of himself in creating the world and sending the Son for our salvation. The Son is the second missionary, who redeems humanity and all creation through his life, death,
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 21, 2009
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So often, it seems like people and even churches want grace without responsibility. With forgiveness comes a responsibility to be forgiving. Our response comes through the ability to confess our love to Jesus and confess our shortcomings, our flaws, and our sins. It is the response to grace that
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Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 7, 2011
THE DAY YOU ENLISTED
I remember when I enlisted in the U.S. Army. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War. The year was 1967. I had a draft number and was probably going to be drafted – so I went down to the army recruiter and enlisted for three years. I signed on the dotted line, and before
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 23, 2025
[242]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IT’S ALL IN THE SAVIOUR’S HANDS
This poem came about simply by thinking of the hands of Jesus when He took the bread at the Passover on the betrayal night. That led to thinking of other incidences and that’s how the poem resulted.
Each stanza covers one incident.
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2002
Nicky Gumble Why and How should I read the Bible:
“Sometimes God speaks to us in a very specific way. God spoke to me very clearly about my father after he died on January 21, 1981. I had become a Christian seven years earlier and my parents’ initial reaction was one of complete horror. Gradually,
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