Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Aug 30, 2008
Precious At the Bottom
A Persian legend tells us that a certain king needed a faithful servant and had to choose between two candidates for the office. He took both at fixed wages and told them to fill a basket with water from a nearby well, saying that he would come in the evening to inspect
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Illustration of God’s grace: A certain man had a son who died in a war. His son had joined his father in a love for fine art. The son even began painting some during the Jays of battle. One of his son’s fellow soldiers brought the father a painting that the son had done during the days just before
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Baptist
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In a Peanuts comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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A number of years ago a woman living in a nursing home in Scotland wrote the following little piece that wasn’t found until after her death. However, it demonstrated the reality that life flies by even if you live to a ripe old age. I think you will be touched as I was. It’s entitled, "Crabby Old
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Contributed by Tony Miano on Dec 11, 2000
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A Wall Or Bridge
They say a wife and husband, bit by bit,
Can rear between themselves a mighty wall,
So thick they cannot speak with ease through it,
Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall.
Its nearness frightens them, but each alone
Is powerless to tear its bulk away;
and each dejected
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Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 20, 2001
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Whenever I walk through the mall, I pass the Army Recruiter Office and notice all the incentive posters and slogans in the windows. "Sign up today and receive $50,000 for college!" "Get a $20,000 signing bonus!" "Join the Navy and see the world!" "You can Fly High in the US Air Force!" "We are
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Nazarene
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
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One day, in 1888, Alfred Nobel picked up the morning newspaper and read his obituary. It was his brother who had passed away, but an over-zealous reporter, who had failed to check the facts, wrote that the world saw Alfred Nobel as the inventor of dynamite, an armaments manufacturer, a merchant of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
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On a vacation to Australia, a Texas farmer meets an Aussie farmer and starts talking to him about his farm.
The Aussie takes him to see his big wheat field, but the Texan wasn’t impressed.
"We have wheat fields that are twice as large as this one," he told the Aussie.
The Aussie farmer drives
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 26, 2004
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A CATHOLIC CRITIC SPEAKS
Roger Ebert – film critic in Chicago said: “What Gibson has provided for me, for the first time in my life, is a visceral idea of what the Passion consisted of. That his film is superficial in terms of the surrounding message — that we get only a few passing references to
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Contributed by Allen Patterson on Aug 21, 2006
A Wall Or Bridge
They say a wife and husband, bit by bit,
Can rear between themselves a mighty wall,
So thick they cannot speak with ease through it,
Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall.
Its nearness frightens them, but each alone
Is powerless to tear its bulk away;
and each dejected
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Terry Kemp on Dec 23, 2006
From August 1975 thru July 1988 our family lived in Orange County, Indiana. Once and soon again to be the gambling center of the Hoosier state, Orange County was then stuck in a malaise of poverty. This was evidenced to many visitors by our waste collection service. Rather than setting trash
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
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Grace - an illustration of the effect of grace.
By grace, Jesus took our place on the cross, enduring what he didn’t have to, so that we could have a relationship with our father. As an illustration of this, there is a scene in the Hugh Grant movie ’About A Boy’. Towards the end of the movie, the
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Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 19, 2004
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A few weeks ago I was working with Bridge town ministries and we were washing homeless people’s feet underneath the Burn Side Bridge. I know that Christ desires to touch and hold and love all those people. When I see those homeless people I am scared and I feel awkward and uncomfortable thinking
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Methodist
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D. L. Moody has expressed it so well: “. . .Joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can’t see
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 5, 2004
I was riding with a friend in Mexico and a police car signaled us to pull over. We weren’t doing anything wrong and instant hostility and fear filled our minds. As it turned out, a policeman wanted to tell us the licence plate was about to come off our truck. One police officer came to my side of
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Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 15, 2010
As a matter of fact it’s not always easy to even treat lovingly those in our own family. It can be challenging. It can be tough. I’ll give you an example. You may not know this but my wife treats me like a little child. She does. It’s embarrassing and I just can’t get her to see me as an
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