Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
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How many of you have a baseball card collection? There is a card called “Future Stars” and is valued around $100. There are three players on this card. The first is Jeff Schneider. Schneider played 1 year of professional baseball, pitched in 11 games, and gave up 13 earned runs in those 11
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Church Of God
Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 3, 2008
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Jesus said in John 13: 35, “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” A great New Testament example of this being done is in the early church. As Jews began to put their faith in Christ as the Messiah, they began to feel the effects of hostility toward them. They
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Baptist
Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
Be truthful - you sometimes root for the underdog, don’t you? Whether it’s football, baseball, or basketball; whether it’s college ball or professional players, you root for the underdog, don’t you?
I do too. Except maybe if it’s the home team. These days it seems like if we’re rooting for the
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Baptist
Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
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One airline passenger told his companion shortly after take-off, "Time sure changes things. See that lake down there? When I was a boy, I used to go out on it in a rowboat & fish. Every time a plane flew over I’d
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by David Limiero on Jun 5, 2001
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Dear Parent,
This is not a normal chain letter! At the bottom of this letter you will find a list of eight names and addresses. Please send your teen-ager to the person at the top of this list. Then add your name to the bottom of this list and send the letter out to seven others.
In approximately
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
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In one study microphones were placed on boys and girls ages 2 - 4 years old. They found that 100% of the girls’ speech was in conversation - either with another person or an imaginary friend. Only 60% of the boys’ speech was in conversation. 40% was unintelligible noise.
Women speak about
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Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001
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A bank in Binghamton, New York, had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest sympathy." The florist, who was greatly embarrassed, apologized. But he was even
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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Dr. Joon-Gon Kim, was a well-known Korean Christian leader. He witnessed his wife and father slaughtered before his eyes by communist sympathizers from his own village. He was beaten senseless and left for dead. He survived the beating and asked God to give him love for the souls of his enemies.
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George Barna did a survey and wrote a book about the status of today’s church, and it was shocking. He found that the divorce rate for non-Christians was 23%, and the divorce rate for Born Again Christians was 27%. That’s right, the Christians had a higher divorce rate than the non-Christian.
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Methodist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
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Someone has said “The advent of the new age can be seen as a mixed blessing for Christians who are called to respond in faith to the presence of new religions towards the end of the 20th century. While the new age may be drawing away from traditional faith many dissatisfied individuals who have not
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 4, 2003
A bank in Binghampton, New York had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flowers shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, “With our deepest sympathy.” The florist, who was greatly embarrassed apologized. He was even
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
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"Easily the most puzzling incident in the sports world occurs in baseball when a batter steps up to the plate and lets the pitcher throw three strikes without taking a single cut at the ball. . . . Even more disappointing is to see a person in the ball game of life step up to the plate and never
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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In one particular M*A*S*H episode, the character of Charles Emerson Winchester III has been on leave, only to have a woman show up at the unit who he had met on leave and claimed to be his wife. He, of course, being a upright person, was appalled to find out he had acted on leave in such a manner
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 19, 2004
Chuck Swindoll once said, “When you’ve suffered like Paul, your faith is moved out of the theoretical realm and into the practical. It becomes real. When you’ve been weakened, you understand a person in weakness. You don’t look over your critical glasses and ask, “When are you gonna snap out of
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Methodist
Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
Victor Frankel once said, “The more one forgets himself—by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love—the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. Logotherapy deviates from psychoanalysis insofar as it considers a man a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling
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Charismatic