As a young teen, I loved to read books from the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. In the first couple of pages a story would be set up – for example you are going on a hike with your cousins and it begins to storm. But by the end of page three the reader comes to a critical point in the story
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
BILLY GRAHAM'S CONTINUING HOPE
Billy Graham has been through the grinder in recent years. He lost his beloved wife, and he is suffering from the effects of Parkinson’s disease, making him unable to continue his crusade work.
In his latest letter to the public, he has this to say about the hope
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Wesleyan
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
When Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a home run. One day, he hit a line drive against Auburn. As he approached third, the coach was waving him on. As he made his turn,
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Perhaps one of the most striking examples of the place of prayer in revival happened in Coleraine in 1859: "A schoolboy in class became so troubled about his soul that the schoolmaster sent him home. An older boy, a Christian, went with him, and before they had gone far, led him to Christ.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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DONALD GRAY BARNHOUSE was the pastor of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church, when his wife died and left him with young daughters to raise alone. He did something hardly anyone else could do--he conducted his own wife’s funeral.
It was while driving to that funeral that he realized he had to
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Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Dec 30, 2007
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One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
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One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
It was a busy day in our Costa Mesa, California, home. But then, with 6 children and one on the way, every day was a bit hectic. On this particular day, however, I was having trouble doing even routine chores -- all because of one little boy.
Len, who was three at the time, was on my heels no
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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"THEY’RE SO BEAUTIFUL, MOMMY"
Diane Komp is a pediatric oncologist. She treats children who have cancer. A highly trained physician, she used to be an agnostic. That was before Anna died. Anna was a little girl who had leukemia, in the days when recovery was rare. As death came close, her parents,
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Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2009
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HEAVEN: TITANIC
Last Sunday, right after church, when I got home tired and emotionally spent, I plopped into my easy chair and turned the TV on. The last few minutes of "Titanic" was on. In the conclusion, Rose (played by Kate Winslet) is an old woman. She lost the love of her life in the sinking
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