Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 29, 2003
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During Sunday school, our pastor, who was teaching the adult class, selected a middle-aged couple to act out the burning bush scene from the Old Testament. The husband was asked to supply the voice for God and his wife would read Moses’ lines.
All went well until they got to verse 15. The wife, as
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 4, 2003
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In Words We Live By, Brian Burrell tells of an armed robber named Dennis Lee Curtis who was arrested in 1992 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Curtis apparently had scruples about his thievery. In his wallet the police found a sheet of paper on which was written the following code:
1. I will not kill
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 4, 2003
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Author Max Lucado writes:
All of us occasionally do what is right. A few predominately do what is right. But do any of us always do what is right? According to Paul we don’t. "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Rom. 3:10, NKJV).
Some may beg to differ. "I’m not perfect, Max, but I’m better than
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
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(Elapsed time: Measured from the beginning of the opening credit, this scene begins at 01:46:50 and ends at 01:49:00. Content: In Love and War is rated PG-13 for sensuality and graphic portrayal of war injuries.)
The movie In Love and War is based on the WWI experiences of author Ernest
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
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A LESSON OF LOVE AT CHRISTMAS
There is a seldom noticed yet preciously tender lesson to be found in Mary’s actions immediately following the angel’s visit announcing her role as bearer of the Christ Child. She had been told that her cousin Elizabeth was also experiencing an unusual, though
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
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[A Christmas Story, unknown]
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid.
I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" (Rejection!)
My Grandma was not
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 19, 2003
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[The Bike Before Christmas, unknown]
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our house
Not a creature was sleeping, not even my spouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with screws.
(If you can’t find the nails, what else do you use?)
The children were restless, awake in their
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 7, 2004
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[Illustration]
D. E. Host, who followed Hudson Taylor, wrote a book called Behind the Ranges.
He was trying to analyze a problem he had seen while working in two different villages in China: the people with whom he lived and worked were not doing very well, but the people in the other village
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 7, 2004
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This is a little old, but probably still as true in many churches today…
Singer John Charles Thomas, at age sixty-six wrote to syndicated columnist Abigail Van Buren:
“I am presently completing the second year of a three-year survey on the hospitality or lack of it in churches.
To date, of the 195
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
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[Source: Right to Life League of Southern California web site, http://www.rtllsc.org/abortion.html
Abortion Facts
Did you know that…?
…1.2 to 1.4 million abortions are performed in the United States every year? That amounts to 4,000 every day, 3 every minute, 1 every 20 seconds.
…the United States
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
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Pastor Lee Strobel shares this account:
We were doing a baptism service. We told people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece of paper, write down a few of the sins they’ve committed, and fold the paper. When they come up to the platform, there was a large wooden cross
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 14, 2004
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[Wrong Side of the Boat]
People who refuse to get involved in problems of their community are like the two shipwrecked men in a lifeboat.
From their end of the boat, the pair watched as those at the other end bailed frantically to keep the boat
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 14, 2004
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JUST CHECKING
A man who had regularly prayed for many years began to wonder if God heard his prayers at all. During one of his routine times of prayer, he started this doubting pattern once again. He stopped praying and thought for a moment.
“Enough of this,” he said.
He then lifted his eyes
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 14, 2004
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A new homeowner’s riding lawn mower had broken down, and he had been working fruitlessly for two hours trying to get it back together.
Suddenly, one of his neighbors appeared with a handful of tools.
“Can I give some help?” he asked.
In twenty minutes he had the mower functioning
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 30, 2004
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[Illustration]
Four ministers were discussing the pros and cons of various Bible translations and paraphrases.
Eventually each stated which version, in his opinion, was the best.
The first minister said he used the King James because the Old English style is beautiful and produces the most reverent
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 30, 2004
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[Illustration]
Jesus stressed the positive effect we can have on others when He said, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16 RSV).
But if sin dims our testimony so that our “light” is no longer visible,
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