Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 24, 2001
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A confusing directive was recently issued by a British Admiral. It read: “It is necessary for technical reasons, that these warheads be stored bottom-side-up, that is, with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top. That there be no doubt which is the bottom, and which is the top, each
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Lutheran
Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
I CAN DO NO LESS
One day a man in the Army was reading his instructions from the General about what he was to do that day. Now the General of the Army was highly respected and loved. Someone happened to walk by and asked, "What are you reading?" The man answered, "I’m reading my instructions from
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Contributed by Corey Arnold on Nov 10, 2003
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Percentage of Americans who believe that religion can answer all or most of today’s problems: 67
Percentage who believe religion is largely old-fashioned and out of date: 20
Percentage who agree with the statement "There will be a day when God judges whether you go to heaven or hell": 79
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Gerald on Dec 4, 2004
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THE BRIDGE
An old man going a lone highway,
Came at the evening cold and gray
To a chasm vast, deep and wide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim
The sullen stream had no fear for him.
But he paused when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to stem the tide.
"Old man," said a fellow
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Methodist
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2006
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For over one hundred years the Holy Grail of athletic competition was to run the mile in less than four minutes. With each failed attempt the possibility of success faded further. In the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s science and what passed for sports medicine held that the human body was simply
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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There was once an absent-minded professor who became so absorbed in his work that he forgot the simplest details. One morning his wife said, "Now Henry, remember, we are moving today. Here, I’m putting this note in your pocket. Don’t forget." The day passed by and the man came home to his house. He
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
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Before we are too harsh in judging those scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day, let’s stop and look at ourselves. All too many Christians today go to church to find fault, to gossip, and to criticize. Warren Wiersbe, in his book Angry People, wrote, "An incident in the life of Joseph Parker, the
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Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 23, 2008
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The real power of the resurrection was demonstrated not only 2,000 years ago, but is also demonstrated today in the lives of people who are following Jesus Christ.
Those who refuse to give in to the power of darkness and are walking in the light of the resurrection, prove every day that God in the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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My friends, if you see a temptation coming, and you can avoid it, run! Don’t wait around, don’t play around, run. You drop a match in your lap, you don’t sit there and wonder how long it can sit there before it burns you. You get rid of it. …
> 1 Samuel 17:48 When the Philistine started
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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Always looking for inspiring stories to demonstrate the power of prayer,
The Presidential Prayer Team shares this amazing story in the news
today. Please pass it on to inspire others.
50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the
sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 14, 2003
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[Healed from Anger, Citation: Tony Campolo, "Year of Jubilee," Preaching Today #212]
In Preaching Today, author and speaker Tony Campolo tells this story:
I was in a church in Oregon not too long ago, and I prayed for a man who had cancer. In the middle of the week, I got a telephone call from his
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
Charles Francis Adams, the nineteenth century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: "Went fishing with my son today—a day wasted."
His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On that same day Brook Adams made this entry: "Went fishing with
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