THE THREE RACES
A boy realised that God had made him fast. He wanted to have a race in his village to prove his speed. People from his village and the surrounding villages were invited, either as competitors or spectators. A wise man came to watch the race, which the boy won easily. Everyone
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
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LIVING UNDER THE CROSS
Gerald L. Sittser writes
"Two years ago, I wrote a book about suffering. I have received many letters from people who wanted to tell me their own stories of suffering. I have asked permission from a few to tell their stories to others. One woman, Mary, was in a terrible
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 10, 2002
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THE CROSS AT GROUND ZERO
I’m an excavation laborer, and a member of union local 731. Pick-and-shovel work is my trade. I live in New Jersey, but I’m a New York City native, Brooklyn born and bred. After the Towers collapsed, my city was hurting. When I heard they needed guys like me for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 29, 2002
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“THREE MONKEYS”
Author unknown
“Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree, discussing things that are said to be.
Said one to the others, ‘Now listen, you two, there’s a certain rumor that can’t be true;
That man descended from our noble race.
Why, the very idea is a disgrace!
No monkey ever deserted
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003
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THE THREE WISEGUYS
Police in Hamilton, N.J., are investigating a kidnapping. Or, rather, a theft: the figure of baby Jesus was taken from its manger in a Nativity display in front of a private home.
"Whoever did it must’ve really planned this out, you know like a bank robbery," said homeowner
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
THREE BONES IN CHURCH
ILLUS: TAN-9022. Three “Bones” In Church
Church members may be divided into three classes in a mere skeleton outline: wishbones, jawbones, and backbones. The wishbones are always languidly hoping that their church will somehow grow without their effort; the jawbones talk
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Contributed by Eric Darr on Apr 11, 2005
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The mother of a nine-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle of the afternoon. It was the teacher from her son’s school.
"Mrs. Smith, something unusual happened today in your son’s third grade class. Your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you should know
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
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THE CROSS AND ANTICHRIST IN HISTORY
Massachusetts Bay Colony was the scene of "The Great Migration" wherein thousands of religious dissenters came over to the New World to make a new life for themselves in the company of "saints" and other Puritans. Right off quick they passed laws regulating
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 15, 2000
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I simply argue that the cross be raised again
at the center of the market place
as well as the steeple of the church,
I am recovering the claim that
Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles
but on a cross between two thieves;
on a town garbage heap;
at a crossroad of politics so
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
In 1913 George Bennard was struggling with a problem that caused him much suffering. His mind went back again and again to Christ’s anguish on the cross. This was the heart of the Gospel!
The cross he pictured was no gold-covered icon. It was a rough, splintery thing, stained
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 7, 2009
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GO BEYOND THE CROSS
Every year, thousands of people climb a mountain in the Italian Alps, passing the "stations of the cross" to stand at an outdoor crucifix. One tourist noticed a little trail that led beyond the cross. He fought through the rough thicket and, to his surprise, came upon another
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