Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 30, 2009
This morning when you came into the citadel you found the seats up against the wall, confusing, a bit of a nuisance? This was used to illustrate what life without God’s Grace is like, it is confusing, it’s not ordered, each of us as individual’s are lost and in turmoil, we do foolish things we are
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
A parable is told of a community of ducks waddling off to duck church one Sunday to hear their duck preacher. After they waddled into the duck sanctuary, the service began and the duck preacher spoke eloquently of how God had given the ducks wings with which to fly. He pounded the pulpit with his
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 3, 2009
PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE FAITH AND YET ARE SIMPLY FILLED WITH PIOUS GOOD WISHES TO THOSE IN NEED (CHRISTIAN BROTHER) WITHOUT GOOD ACTIONS GIVE TO THE LIE OF PIOUS WORDS. THE THOUGHT ONLY COUNTS IF SOMETHING TANGIBLE IS DONE TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL.
OUR FAITH BECOMES AN ACT MAKE PRETEND. IT SPEAKS
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
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THE ADOPTION OF MICHAEL OHER
Michael Oher was born in Memphis, TN. His dad was murdered and his mom a cocaine addict. He didn’t have a permanent address until he was 16 and went to 11 schools in 9 years. At the age of 16, he had a measured IQ of 80.
Michael was staying with a friend whose son
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
TRUTH IN CUSTOMS
I have a friend who lives in France and she lives on a farm with her husband and animals. (On Christmas Day, she and her husband were helping the sheep they own as they gave birth to lambs!)
I decided to ask her about table customs in France that were different in America and she
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2010
I’ll never forget my first experience using an automatic car wash. Approaching it with the dread of going to the dentist, I pushed the money into the slot, nervously checked and rechecked my windows, eased the car up to the line, and waited. Powers beyond my control began moving my car forward as
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 13, 2010
CRASHED AND BURNED
CRASHED AND BURNED! All my computer files from the last 10 years gone! No full back-ups so no way of retrieving it all. It seems I have lived the last 10 years on the ASSUMPTION that computers last forever, just keep adding data to them. Not so! Happened to me once before and I
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 3, 2010
AN ANGEL STORY
Julie and the kids were on their way home from the park when it happened. Ben was only about 5 years old and happily walking and running ahead on the edge of the road. There was no footpath beside the road, but he was still on the grassy area. Then he must have seen our house on the
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Contributed by Robert Joseph on Oct 13, 2010
FORGETTING THE THINGS OF EARTH
In January of 1997, astronaut John Blaha returned to earth after spending the previous four months aboard the Russian Space Station, Mir.
Besides conducting various experiments, his mission was to help scientists understand the effects of long term weightlessness
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 15, 2010
OUTLIVED HIS CHILDREN
His weather worn face looked like ancient parchment stretched over a wire mesh skeleton and his eyes, haunted with memories, looked straight through me into my soul. As I gave my devotion that day I could tell that he understood the anguish Abraham must have felt as God said,
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
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LIMITED UNDERSTANDING
Suppose I take my 2 year old to the doctor and he gets a shot in the arm and it really hurts. He doesn’t understand that the shot is to help him get better. All he knows is that shot hurt. And daddy just stood there. Doesn’t dad know how bad a shot hurts? Was he unable to
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