Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 30, 2003
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In 1955, President David Eisenhower was in Denver, Colorado, for a few days of business. In the Saturday morning newspaper, one of the president’s aids read a letter to the editor from a teenaged boy with cancer, named Paul Hailey, who expressed his dream of someday, somehow, someway meeting the
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Assembly Of God
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On a balmy October afternoon in 1982, Badger Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, was packed. More than 60,000 die-hard University of Wisconsin supporters were watching their football team take on the Michigan State Spartans. It soon became obvious that MSU had the better team.
What seemed odd was
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 6, 2004
C.S. Lewis makes reference to John Donne’s poem, “What if this Present Were the World’s Last Night?”
And he makes this point:
“A moralist will tell you that the personal triumph of an athlete or of a girl at a ball is transitory; the point is to remember that an empire or a civilization is also
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Orthodox
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
“The day of glory may be future, but its arrival is as sure as if it had already come. The hope of glory will then give place to glory realized; but as it is Christ Himself who is now in us the hope of glory, so it is Christ Himself who will eternally be
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Orthodox
Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 20, 2004
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The original prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled by Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) who betrayed the Jews by taking over the temple and offering a pig upon its altar. He forbade Jews to sacrifice and to keep the Sabbath day and other Jewish traditions. He even forbid any Jews from having copies of their
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Methodist
Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
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Some timber producers have to wait up to 180 years to produce a harvest! That means the planter will never know the great grandchild who reaps the harvest, and the harvester will never know the forefather who planted the seed. The future depends on the foresight and patience of each
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2005
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A Protestant Minister and a Catholic Priest enjoyed teasing their Rabbi friend, continually asking him when he was going to convert to their faith.
When the Holidays rolled around, the Rabbi sent them a card with the following: "Season’s Greetings! Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish; When the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 15, 2005
Story of Daddy’s gunfight w/o clothes in WWII. My dad was in the Navy during WWII and he served on a small submarine chaser ship in the South Pacific. While on the ship one of their strict commands was to always be combat ready which meant even when you took a shower you must keep your gear
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by E. Venn on Nov 23, 2005
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Follow the Emergency Lighting to the Exit
Our family flew to Texas for a speaking engagement last week. My young son listened attentively to the flight attendant’s safety demonstration. After looking at the safety card, the questions starting flying . . .
"Where are the emergency lights?"
"Dad,
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
History books report that WW II began on Sept 1, 1939 when German armies invaded Poland. The original plan was to invade on August 26th. The order was sent out to stand down because of a last minute change in plans. All units but one received the news. That unit moved forward on the 26th,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
TARZAN STORY: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE
Johnny Weissmuller, the champion Olympic swimmer who donned the role of Tarzan the Ape Man in the silver screen with as much aplomb in 1930s and 40s as he dominated the Olympic swimming lanes in 1920s, had "a close encounter of a different kind" with the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 29, 2012
THE ICE HOTEL
In January 2001 Canada's first Ice Hotel was opened. That's right -- Ice Hotel. The hotel is constructed of 12,000 tons of snow and 400 tons of ice covering more than 30,000 square feet. It has ceilings over 18 feet high, walls covered with original artwork, and furnishings carved
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA"
An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian
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Brethren
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