Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
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When I was a kid, I discovered among my parents’ books an ornately illustrated volume of the 10 Commandments. It looked like it was probably a reproduction of an illuminated manuscript that had been painstakingly created by medieval monks. The writing was big and old fashioned; the language was
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years.
According to a recent Associated Press story, there
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 19, 2004
Chuck Swindoll once said, “When you’ve suffered like Paul, your faith is moved out of the theoretical realm and into the practical. It becomes real. When you’ve been weakened, you understand a person in weakness. You don’t look over your critical glasses and ask, “When are you gonna snap out of
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Jul 19, 2004
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When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do; when we rely upon eloquence, we get what eloquence can do, and so on. Nor am I disposed to undervalue any of these things in
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 25, 2004
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It was around 1870 when New York City had one of the most hotly contested mayor’s races in its history. The incumbent was Mayor John Tweed. Everybody called him “Boss Tweed,” and it was a name that suited him well. The time came when he ran for reelection, and Boss Tweed’s political machine
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Contributed by Gregory Fisher on Jul 1, 2004
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When I lived in Ghana I remember hearing about a certain man. He lived in a village near Kumasi that is known for the production of kinte cloth. You know these Ghanaians dress very smartly in their kinte cloth. This particular man was very talented at cloth weaving, and designed and wove a very
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 6, 2004
Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God. Not only is it sin, it is a perverse distortion of the image of the Creator in us. All these good things, and all our security, are
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Contributed by Steve Bond on Aug 31, 2004
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A man was out on walk when he saw another man about to throw himself from a bridge into the river. He ran over to save him. "Why do you want to kill yourself?" the man asked. "I've nothing to live for."
"Don't you believe in God?" "Yes I do."
"What a coincidence-so do I! Are you a Jew or a
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Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
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We know we have a healthy body when each and every member is working together and looking out for one another. Paul uses a lot of analogies comparing the human body and the church. There is not one part of our body that is not dependent on another part.
Behold, a team went forth to play a game
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You know, when I was a little boy my mother taught us to sing a song that was written by Civilla Martin. Although many hymn books says that it was C. Gabriel who wrote this song, a deep historical investigation shows that Miss Martin was visiting a very close friend that was dying. This lady
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2004
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When I was young boy, my brother planted brussels sprouts in his garden. We lived in a climate where the Brussels sprouts did not grow and so they just came up and never produced fruit. However a big leafy weed grew in the midst of the sickly Brussel sprouts row. Since the Brussel Sprouts row was
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 25, 2004
Lloyd Ogilive tells a story about when his family took a vacation by sailing from New York harbor to Quebec.
They were going through the locks that allow ships travel up the river where they have to move to higher elevations. You come into a lock at the level of the water where you are. Then
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
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In his book, When God Whispers Your Name, Max Lucado tells the story of John Egglen, who had never preached a sermon in his life before the Sunday morning when it snowed and the pastor wasn’t able to make it to the church. In fact, he was the only deacon to show up. He was not a preacher, but he
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Contributed by David Ward on Dec 7, 2004
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In the early 1990s when President George Bush had John Sununu as his White House chief of staff, a reporter asked Sununu if his job was difficult. He quickly answered, "No." The reporter thought Sununu had misunderstood the question, so he asked again, and got the same reply.
Sununu, a former
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
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The world says when you get the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on. You can choose to do that. With a tenacity and determination you can hold on tight to your rope, and guess what? God will just let you hang there. You will find yourself getting tired—your faith will falter; where is God;
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Contributed by John Stevenson on Dec 26, 2004
When we first came to Jesus, we might not have understood just how big He is. We came to see a winsome Galilean rabbi, but we found that He is so much more.
C.S. Lewis makes this point in his Chronicles of Narnia when Lucy returns to the magic land and sees Aslan, the Christ figure.
"Aslan," said
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Contributed by Ric Feeney on Dec 29, 2004
When I pastored in CA I served on 2 commissions. One of them was the board for a home for unwed mothers willing to give their children up for adoption, rather than abort them. In gathering research for a presentation, the board received a letter of encouragement from then Cardinal John O’Connor
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Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 30, 2004
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When you wait to buy what you need – not getting weary in doing well – many times you are in place for a miracle. Last month we gave more than what we had in our giving budget. We knew that was what we were suppose to do, but it caused our clothing budget to dip too low and Joanne was telling me
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