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IF YOU OBEY
Nearly thirty years ago, I was a middle school teacher in Kenya. One day I took 20 students, and I told them: "I will do my best to teach you and train you. If you obey me, you will be the best students of this school." They were excited.
In a short time, I realized that only some
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The man who doesnt relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 14, 2007
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I remember when I was a young Marine going through basic training in San Diego, California. One of the most challenging parts of the training was a several mile hike wearing full equipment with a rifle and a rucksack (backpack) in excess of 26 pounds, which culminated in climbing to the top of a
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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RED HERRING
You’ve probably heard the expression "red herring." This term was coined from a method of training hunting dogs to follow the scent of their prey. Once the dogs were following the proper scent, their trainers would drag red herrings (a stinky fish) across their paths. Initially, the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
When I first came into ministry many years ago now, Julie and I realized that the only way we could train in the Bible College was to sell everything we owned except our car and our children (actually our children already belonged to God, so they didn’t come into the equation). There was no
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Contributed by Jeff Kolk on Jan 27, 2001
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Pastor Steve Heartsill shares a story of A young man, who had worked for years on the railroad, wanted a job as a signalman for the railroad. For his interview, he was told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector asked him, "What would you do if you realized that two trains were
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Contributed by William Yates on Jun 12, 2002
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THE PRIZE IS WORTH THE CHALLENGE OF THE JOURNEY
Volleyball was introduced as an Olympic sport in the 1964 Tokyo games. A Japanese women’s team was chosen to represent their nation for the event. Hirofumi Daimatsu, their coach, put the women through a grueling training program that resembled a
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 29, 2005
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Illustration: “In the Dark”
A young soldier and his commanding officer got on a train together. The only available seats were across from an attractive young lady who was traveling with her grandmother. As the four engaged in conversation, the soldier and the young lady kept eyeing one another, as
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Contributed by Daniel Haas on Apr 4, 2009
In 2005, a grant was provided to the Ikengo Agriculture and Training Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What began with the purchase of 20 pigs has resulted in 305 pigs in 2
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
A man under deep conviction by the Holy Spirit caught up to an evangelist as he was boarding a train. He said, "How can I be saved?" The evangelist said, "Turn to Isaiah
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