Contributed by Myron Loss on Jun 9, 2006
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Adonirum Judson, the renowned missionary to Burma, endured untold hardships trying to reach the lost for Christ. For seven heartbreaking years he suffered hunger and privation. During this time he was thrown into Ava Prison, and for 17 months he was subjected to almost incredible mistreatment. As
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Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 11, 2006
Years ago on Candid Camera, children were used in an experiment about generosity. The children were placed by themselves in a room with a plate of cookies. On the plate were at least two cookies, there may have been more, but one of the cookies was very large. The adult left the room and the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Val Black on Jul 14, 2006
More Than Conquers!
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history. He subdued most of his known world but he was conquered by his own lusts; he died in a drunken stupor.
The Christian conquers his own lusts in order to subdue the world within him.
We’ve not
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Contributed by Don Parmely on Sep 11, 2006
A [recent] study by The Barna Group shows that despite an intense surge in religious activity and expression in the weeks immediately following 9/11 the faith of Americans is virtually indistinguishable today compared to pre-attack conditions.
The director of the Barna study, David Kinnaman, put
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2006
In his essay on morality in the book, “Mere Christianity”, Lewis made a strong argument for the worth of the individual in light of Christianity’s teaching that people are eternal and not simply ceasing to exist when they leave this world.
“If individuals live only seventy years, then a state,
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Orthodox
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2006
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Humor: “The Only Prayer I Know”
Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull coming straight toward them. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The raging bull followed in hot pursuit and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make the fence in time to
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007
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1. Give the keys to Jesus.
Letting anyone drive our vehicle is tough. I admit that at times I’m not the best passenger, especially when it’s my vehicle. Just ask my wife.
And just for the record, I think my wife’s a great driver. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t let her take my kids
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
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DO IT ANYWAY
While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10).
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
………Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 21, 2003
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A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two fallen frogs that they were as good as dead. The two fallen frogs ignored their comments and tried to jump up
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
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There was this parrot who lived in a bar. Well the barkeeper decided to sell the bar and a group of church people who needed a new church bought it to convert it to a place to meet for worship. So the bar was open it’s last night for business. After midnight when the bar closed down and the
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Methodist
Contributed by Mark Evans on Jan 7, 2004
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Regardless of his state in the present, the negative thinker finds disappointment in the future. The epitaph on a negative person’s headstone ought to read, “I expected this.” A sign that was read several years ago in an office building can best describe this type of thinking:
Don’t look – you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2004
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I WANT TO RULE THE WORLD
Madonna has a little confession to make: She wants to rule the world. The singer reveals this perhaps unsurprising tidbit in “Nobody Knows Me,” a 52-page collection of photos and quotes from the ambitious blonde. “Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to
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