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  • A Number Of Years Ago A Woman Living In A Nursing ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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    A number of years ago a woman living in a nursing home in Scotland wrote the following little piece that wasn’t found until after her death. However, it demonstrated the reality that life flies by even if you live to a ripe old age. I think you will be touched as I was. It’s entitled, "Crabby Old ...read more

  • There Is Rarely A Week That Goes By When I Don't ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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     | 1,809 views

    There is rarely a week that goes by when I don’t make a hospital visit. Because I visit the hospital so frequently, I will admit that after a few weeks have passed most hospital visits sort of fade from my memory. However, I want to finish up this morning by telling you about a hospital visit I ...read more

  • I Remember The First Time I Was With Someone ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
     | 1,592 views

    I remember the first time I was with someone when they died. Just before Lloyd passed from this life to the next he talked about how he saw someone holding his hands out to him. I believe he was talking about Jesus. The rest of in the room didn’t see Him, but we didn’t have ...read more

  • An Arabian Fable

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 3, 2005
     | 3,349 views

    There is an Arabian fable which tells about a man who went to his neighbor and asked to borrow a rope. "I can’t lend it, because I am using it to tie up a pile of sand." his neighbor answered. "But," the man came back, "you can’t tie up a pile of sand with a rope." To which his neighbor slyly ...read more

  • A Teenager Noticed This In His Own Life And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 3, 2005
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     | 6,890 views

    A teenager noticed this in his own life and sought out his pastor. A teenager was sitting in the pastor’s office saying,"Sometimes I don’t think I am a Christian. I don’t seem to have the same interest and excitement, or enthusiasm I once did. It isn’t easy for me to remember God, to come to ...read more

  • There Was Once A Great And Noble King Whose Land ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 21, 2006
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    There was once a great and noble King whose land was terrorized by a crafty dragon. Like a massive bird of prey, the scaly beast delighted in ravaging villages with his fiery breath. Hapless victims ran from their burning homes, only to be snatched into the dragon’s jaws or talons. Those devoured ...read more

  • In Our Church There Are Several Couples Who ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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    In our church there are several couples who built houses last year. All of them lived in rental homes until their new homes were completed. How many of them do you think spent a lot of time fixing up those rental homes? Yes, they wanted it to be clean and comfortable and functional, but they did ...read more

  • When Researchers Examined Data From The Late ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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    "When researchers examined data from the late 1980s on 5,232 married adults, they found that 645 subjects reported marital dissatisfaction. When the unhappy spouses were surveyed five years later, those who had remained married were more likely than divorced subjects to state that they were happy. ...read more

  • Divorced Adults Are More Susceptible To Severe ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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    - "Divorced adults are more susceptible to severe emotional and psychological problems, plus early death from an assortment of causes, than for married individuals. The suicide rate for divorced white men, for example, is four times higher than for their married counterparts. The situation for ...read more

  • Chaplain Ernst Gordon In His Book "Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 8, 2006
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    ’Chaplain Ernst Gordon in his book "Through the Valley of the Quai" tells of the hardship prisoners of War during World War II as they were imprisoned by the Japanese army. These men wrote Chaplain Gordon were reduced to skeletons, riddled with disease, and the only way they could survive was by ...read more

  • Dietrick Bonhoeffer Says In His Book "Life ...

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 8, 2006
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    Dietrick Bonhoeffer says in his book "Life Together": " God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word in the witness of a brother/sister, in the mouth of a man/ woman. Therefore, the Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him/her. He/she needs him again and ...read more

  • After A Physical Examination, A Man Said, "Tell ...

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Jun 7, 2006
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    After a physical examination, a man said, "Tell me in plain language, Doc, what’s really the matter with me?" "Do you want it straight? "Yes." "Well, there isn’t a thing wrong with you except that you’re just plain lazy!" "Okay," drawled the ...read more

  • God Ain't Dead

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 26, 2006
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     | 4,499 views

    A pastor wrote: "Some time ago I saw a picture of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possession. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes with a ...read more

  • Baptist Preacher A. W. Rainsbury Wrote: "Time Was ...

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 17, 2006
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    Baptist Preacher A. W. Rainsbury wrote: “Time was when the doctrine of hell caused men to tremble, but it no longer does so, for the doctrine of hell has been relegated to the rubbish heap by the Modernists. They think they are wiser than the Lord Jesus. They do not believe in hell any more; ...read more

  • I Read Of A Young Christian Artist Who Painted A ...

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 17, 2006
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    I read of a young Christian artist who painted a depiction of hell. In the flames he painted the faces of several of his lost loved ones. He painted his lost father crying out in agony. There was also his lost brother, and a lost neighbor burning in the flames of hell. When he showed it to his ...read more

  • Barn Handles

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
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    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
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    STORY. I once new a man that was very well off but dressed has a poor man for the reason he did not want people to know that he had money, one day he went to buy a car and stop at this dealership to buy a new car, he was dress in his bib overalls. As he was in the cat Lot looking at some a ...read more

  • On April 21st, In The Year 1519, The Spanish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
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    On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, and yet over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces defeated Montezuma and all the warriors of the Aztec empire, making Cortez the ...read more

  • In Case You Haven't Heard It Well Known Former ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
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    In case you haven’t heard it well known former football coach and present day broadcaster, John Madden, is being inducted in the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. I saw part of an interview with him this week. He talked about how as a coach he used to work 18 hour days and travel 6 months each year. Then ...read more

  • 3. On Sunday Morning, October 23, 1983, ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
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    3. On Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, terrorist bombed the Marine barracks in Beirut. Hundreds of Americans were killed or wounded as they slept. Many of us can still recall the terrible scenes as the dazed survivors worked to dig out their trapped brothers from beneath the rubble. A few days ...read more