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  • There Is A Field Out On One Of The Rural Routes, ...

    Contributed by Johnny Knight on Aug 2, 2007
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    There is a field out on one of the rural routes, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has ...read more

  • Not So Long Ago I Was In Cootamundra, A Small ...

    Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
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    Not so long ago I was in Cootamundra, a small drought stricken town in the middle of nowhere when I heard a story of a particular farmer. A Christian man who grew wheat, who had survived the drought when suddenly the rains came. And they came hard, so hard in fact that hail came with it. And 20 ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, An Experiment On Endurance ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 9, 2007
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    “Several years ago, an experiment on endurance was conducted at the University of California at Berkeley involving Norwegian field rats. The rats were placed in a tub of water, where they were forced to swim until they grew exhausted and finally drowned. During the first experiment, the researchers ...read more

  • Now Contrast That With One The Story Of Another ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    Now contrast that with one the story of another man. He owned a liquor store. One day, the liquor store owner met the Jesus. He poured all of his inventory down the drain. That’s called disposing of your liquid assets. And he owed a lot of money on some of that. He worked for along time paying off ...read more

  • His Book Folk Psalms Of Faith, Ray Stedman Tells ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
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    his book FOLK PSALMS OF FAITH, Ray Stedman tells of an experience H.A. Ironside had in a crowded restaurant. Just as Ironside was about to begin his meal, a man approached and asked if he could join him. Ironside invited his to have a seat. Then, as was his custom, Ironside bowed his head in ...read more

  • Ron Mehl: Love Found A Way

    Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 7, 2007
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    QUOTE: By Ron Mehl (Love Found a Way). “Some people think I get a little carried away with Christmas. No, they don’t actually say anything (who wants to offend the pastor?). But I can tell. I’ve caught them rolling their eyes or changing the subject. I know that they’re thinking. They think I’m too ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of An 8 Year Old Boy Who Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
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    There is a story of an 8 year old boy who was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinate in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days ...read more

  • Missing

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
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    I know what the tears in heaven will be when a mom looks for children and there’s one she can’t see after searching each mansion and her child she can’t find to know that one’s missing and lost for all time there will be such great heartache like none ever known to look at the circle and find one ...read more

  • Ill - In 2006 Elizabeth Shoaf Was Abducted While ...

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Mar 20, 2008
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    ILL - In 2006 Elizabeth Shoaf was abducted while walking home from school. The predator was a local man – weird past… He put Elizabeth in a bunker he had dug in the woods, and there molested her for 14 days! How do you survive that? Elizabeth used several techniques to shut her mind down and keep ...read more

  • Story: The Other Day I Had Someone Complaining ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Story: The other day I had someone complaining about the church of today. She said the church should be the one taking care of the widows and the people in need!” She went on to say that the church does not give enough to help people out who are financially hurting or in crisis. She went on to say ...read more

  • Playing At Religion

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
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    PLAYING AT RELIGION An elderly man visited a church during a business meeting. After a number of reports were presented, the chairman of the evangelism committee stood and solemnly stated that there were 200 homes in their county without a Bible. There was a moment of silence, and then the ...read more

  • Shout

    Contributed by Arliss Beavers on May 12, 2008
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    SHOUT A church ran into difficulty when the elders decided that one man was shouting too much in church. They thought he might disturb the very distinguished guests the church was suddenly now having. So the elders called the pastor aside and notified him that this shouter must be refrained. The ...read more

  • The First Time I Helped My Dad Prep A Car For ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 1, 2008
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    The first time I helped my dad prep a car for painting I got the glamorous job of wet sanding it by hand. I got done, went in the house and my dad said, "Are you done?" I got my usual senior high ego in a twist and said, "Of course. It wasn’t that hard." After lunch, my dad went out to look at the ...read more

  • Hardly Safe: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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    HARDLY SAFE: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE If you have ever been through a tornado. ... One personal encounter with a power that before was only theoretical can make all the difference. You live differently after that. You respect the power. You live in awe of its presence and tremble ...read more

  • The Visit

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Dec 9, 2008
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    THE VISIT As Dr. Charles B. Hardwick points out (in his sermon “The Promise”, 2nd Presbyterian Church, 12/24/07): "On that Silent Night, God kept His promise: the God of the universe became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood – moved into a stable, moved into a feeding trough.. . God ...read more

  • We Carve What We Already See

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    WE CARVE WHAT WE ALREADY SEE I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of ...read more

  • Ministry Area Profile 2006 -- Compass ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
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    Ministry Area Profile 2006 -- Compass Report 10/24/2006 Estimated 2006 households likely to be primarily concerned with: The Basics: Maintaining personal health – 42.6% Hopes and Dreams: 1) Achieving long-term financial security – 56.8% 2) Finding time for recreation/leisure – 31.7% 3) Other ...read more

  • George Barna Wrote The State Of The Church In ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians. • 48% could not name the four Gospels. • 52% cannot identify more than two or three of Jesus’ ...read more

  • Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Told Of A Distinguished ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 25, 2009
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    Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman told of a distinguished minister, Dr. Howard, from Australia who preached very strongly on the subject of SIN. After the service, one of the church deacons came to counsel with him in the study. "Dr. Howard," he said, "we don’t want you to talk as openly as you do about man’s ...read more

  • No More Spit In Soup!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
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    During WWII, a military unit in the Pacific hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. Being a bunch of jokesters, they quickly took advantage of the boy’s seeming naiveté. They smeared Vaseline on the stove handles so it would get all over his hands. They put buckets of water over the door ...read more